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Nigeria Declares Emergency Rule as Christians Debate Amnesty for Boko Haram Islamists

(UPDATED) Controversial proposal to end terror campaign creates another faultline for Christians in Africa's most-populous nation.

Madonna's Humanitarian Diva Moment

Lesson's from the singer's outburst in Malawi.

Our Lenten Thirst for Justice

40 days drinking, walking, and raising big bucks for clean water.

African Pastors Lead Crusade for Circumcision

Religious leaders join effort to circumcise 20 million adult men in fight against HIV.

How Not to Care for Widows

After her husband's death, a typical East African widow may face property theft or eviction. But faith-based advocates are turning the tables.

Fury Over Mission School Fees

Church-run schools in Nigeria made a shift in cost.

Liberia: Getting Back to the Founding Faith

Believers debate re-labeling the country a 'Christian nation.'

The Ceasefire Prayer Behind Leymah Gbowee's Nobel Peace Prize

How faith led to a Nobel Peace Prize winner's push for reconciliation.

A Crackdown on International Adoptions

The rate of adoptions in Ethiopia has declined 90 percent.

Pentecostal Renewal Transforms Rwanda after Genocide

Survivors flock to charismatic churches as a haven for healing.

Church Leaders Debate Self-Defense

Nigerian Christians abandon cheek-turning.

Out of Africa: What AMIA's Exodus from Rwanda Portends for Global Christianity

Break underscores the difficulty of shifting denominational power across cultures and continents.

Leaving Rwanda: Breakaway Anglicans Break Away Again

Dispute between African bishops and Anglican Mission in the Americas prompts U.S. leadership to leave body.

Our Secret African Heritage

How we can remember our big family history.

Fighting Famine Isn't Enough

Some 2,000 Somalis die of starvation daily. Drought isn't the reason.

Anti-Christian Backlash After South Sudan’s Secession

Churches attacked and threatened with demolition as Bashir reiterates promise to make Sudan strictly Islamic.

The Messy Business of Clean Water in Africa

Drilling for truth in the Central African Republic.

Q & A: Katie Davis on Raising a Dozen Children at 22

The Nashville native is feeding and caring for thousands and raising children on her own.

Aid on the Edges

What turned Somalia into the epicenter of a famine hinders attempts to help. And now even the refugee camps are targets.

Undoing the Famine Damage

If the famine in the Horn of Africa is manmade, human intervention can end the crisis.

'Machine Gun Preacher' Under Heavy Fire

Sam Childers, subject of a new movie, is accused of neglecting children at his orphanage in South Sudan.

Tanzanians Throng to Miracle Cure

Churches debate healing power of pastor's cure.

Growing in the Word

What the Ethiopian Orthodox have learned from the expansion of evangelicals.

Famine in East Africa: Who Cares?

Several Christian NGOs are on the move, provided they can get the appropriate funds.

Ethiopia's River of Death

A handful of tribal Christians are fighting child sacrifice.

Zimbabwean Churches Told to Support Ruling Party—or Else

Mugabe regime violently targeting wide spectrum of congregations.

No More Band-Aids: Shannon Sedgwick Davis Wields Law to Halt Genocide

Why the president of the philanthropic Bridgeway Foundation says money alone won't fix the problem.

Alternative Capitalist: How a Coffee Business Brews Reconciliation

Why Jonathan Golden helps farmers in Rwanda.

The Foot-Washers of Ethiopia

A mysterious disease, misdiagnosed for decades, finds healing in Christian hands.

Christian Microfinance Stays on a Mission

While scandals rock the microfinance industry, Christian nonprofits diversify their efforts to help the poor.

Magic Words: Ghanaian Churches Confront Fake Pastors

Ghana's church planting boom has left denominations struggling to keep opportunists out of pulpits.

Pushing Back the Desert: Niger's Christians Get Creative for Daily Bread

'Give us this day our daily bread' is both a prayer and a project for Christians living in one of the world's poorest countries.

Tough Calling in Africa

Two doctors who would rather serve where surgical equipment is dated and wards are overflowing.

Idolatry, the Gospel, and the Imitation of God

Why evangelicals have taken such an interest in idols.

The Uganda Conspiracy Theory

Activists have targeted the country as murderously homophobic.

Somali Pirates Kill Bible Distributors

Scott Adam, a graduate of Fuller Seminary, was killed with three others after they were taken hostage.

Love Language

The new Lausanne Covenant prods us to take personal inventory.

Living the Love

Part II of the Cape Town Commitment spells out what the Lausanne Movement's theological manifesto means for the practice of ministry and mission.
News Feed
Good news on AIDS in Africa
Deaths are down, and the heroes of the story aren’t who you think. (Jenny Trinitapoli and Alexander Weinreb, Slate)
Global data upend usual picture of Christianity trends
While the discipline of religious demography is emergent, its initial findings about the changing landscape of global religious life pose deep questions about enculturation, theological formulation, and church organization. (ACNS)
Blasts Hit Military Church in Nigeria
KADUNA, Nigeria—Twin suicide car bombs exploded Sunday at a church inside one of Nigeria's top military bases, killing at least 11 people and wounding another 30 in an attack that shows the continued insecurity that haunts Africa's most populous nation. (AP/The Wall Street Journal)

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