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Mission to Honduras: A trip that touches lives forever

Zionica — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:00:57 +0000

When leaving the San Pedro Sula airport, the van carrying 15 excited, chattering Aiken residents grew quieter as they began taking in the sights of Honduras. A few “wows” were murmured as they looked through the tinted windows at dilapidated homes and litter lining the roads, police standing in the streets with assault rifles, horse-drawn…

India: Missionary released after eight years in prison

Zionica — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:55:14 +0000

After eight years of imprisonment under false accusations and numerous delays in justice proceedings, a Gospel for Asia-sponsored missionary in India has been released. Brother Samuel was arrested in 2004 in Jharkhand, India, on charges of participating in insurgency riots that left 19 dead. Despite avowing his innocence from the beginning and having no connection…

Loving the Loners, One Apartment at a Time

Zionica — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:30:06 +0000

Chris and Bethany Priebe say Christians' greatest 'mission' in Phoenix may be relationship. In order to love one's neighbors, one must first know who they are—a teaching that's much easier said than done in a place like Phoenix. One of the largest U.S. metro areas, Phoenix is home to a multitude of transplants but surprisingly…

Ministering on the Margins in Rural America

Zionica — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:25:27 +0000

Tierra Nueva ministry reaches drug addicts, migrant workers, and other downtrodden people living in Washington State. Each year, snow geese fly 3,000 miles from the tip of Siberia, across Alaska, down the coast of Canada to their wintering home in the rich agricultural hub of Skagit Valley, Washington. The geese fly back to the arctic…

Salvation at the Storefront Church

Zionica — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:15:13 +0000

In every city, you will find them: storefront churches, often next to liquor stores and laundromats, nearly imperceptible except to those neighbors looking for shelter and spiritual sustenance. And in Detroit, the need for shelter and spiritual sustenance is great. Yet so is the sense that change, however slow and halting, is possible, on the…

Chickens for families in need

Zionica — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:30:08 +0000

Mission without Borders supporters are giving up their loose change this Lent to provide chickens for deprived families in Eastern Europe. Every £40 raised will provide a family with a batch of 10 chickens which can then be used to keep a family alive and help them out of poverty. Viorel Bulmaga received chickens for…

Health Dept.: Homeless Can’t Eat Deer Meat

Zionica — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:00:16 +0000

Hunters across Louisiana are outraged after state health officials ordered a rescue mission to destroy $8,000 worth of deer meat because venison is not allowed to be served in homeless shelters. The Dept. of Health and Hospitals ordered the staff at the Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission to throw 1,600 pounds of donated venison in garbage bins – and…

Mixing Medicine and Mercy in the Streets of Iraq

Zionica — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:30:32 +0000

When my church commissioned me nearly ten years ago to move to the Middle East, a vision for the common good of the cities to which we were sent was not part of our lives. Instead, we focused narrowly on one thing: converting Muslims through force of argument to Christianity. In fact, we fortified ourselves…

Private Missions Restoring Hope to NYC's Homeless

Zionica — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:00:58 +0000

When Hurricane Sandy hit New York City last fall, thousands were forced from their homes. Months later, many are still displaced. But shelters in the city have been providing a place to sleep for the homeless long before this crisis. They're also restoring hope. Rebuilding Lives The Bowery Mission in lower Manhattan first opened its doors…