Church in Action

Red-Light Rescue
The 'business' of helping the sexually exploited help themselves.
Long-Distance AIDS Ministry
How one modest-sized church in North Carolina is making a big difference in the heart of Africa.
China's New Legal Eagles
Evangelical lawyers spur civil rights movement forward.
Bygone Protests
Operation Rescue transforms clinic.
The Call of Samuel
Samuel Rodriguez wants to build a bridge between Hispanic and Anglo evangelicals.
A Prayer for Lenas and Luis
How one racially diverse church ministers to foreigners, while submitting to Caesar.
Seeking Shelter
Christians scramble to aid earthquake victims before worst of winter hits.
It Takes a Schoolhouse
How one Mexican pastor is transforming his community.
Saving the Suburbs
Riots prompt Christians to reach out more to Muslims.
Hurricane Heroes
Government may have been tripped up by Katrina and Rita, but the Southern Baptists, among others, are standing tall.
The Sunday After
What Gulf churches were doing on the first Lord's Day after Katrina.
Purpose Driven in Rwanda
Rick Warren's sweeping plan to defeat poverty.
Flood of Mercy
Christians at the forefront of aid after the deluge in Mumbai.
A Church in Diaspora
A New Orleans pastor takes care of his scattered flock from Houston.
I Was a Stranger
Ministry in the Astrodome and beyond.
Amid the Evacuees
How churches in Houston, among other cities, began picking up the pieces.
Raising the Compassion Bar
How 575 suburban teens underwrote a medical clinic, schoolhouse, and a year's supply of food for a village in Zambia—with money to spare.
Love in the Land of Enmity
The local joke is that Gaza is hell. But that doesn't seem to deter ministry there.
Big Dream in Little Rock
What multiracial church looks like in the town formerly infamous for segregation.
The Colossus of Care
World Vision has become an international force—and a partner with the poor.

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