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World-renowned Christian evangelist Billy Graham turns 95 years old today, November 7. To celebrate, 800 guests are invited to a party at Grove Park Inn in Asheville, including former President Bill Clinton, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, Donald Trump, Michael W. Smith and Pastor Rick Warren.

"America's Pastor" Billy Graham will be reaching out beginning on his 95th birthday with the cooperation of over 28,000 churches in America, who will invite people into their homes and congregation, with a television and web broadcast program entitled "The Cross" from Nov. 7-10. Amid frail health, the evangelist acknowledged that this may be his last message to the nation.

Over 22,000 churches across the United States will tune in to Billy Graham's My Hope America video program from Nov. 7-10th. Besides the churches, individual Christians are making preparations to open up their homes, or another gathering place, to invite neighbors to watch the 30-minute video featuring life-changing testimonies and Billy Graham's message, and then invite them to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and savior.

Sometime after my mother died, when I visited my father, I began to notice Scripture verses appearing all over the house-on an index card taped to the kitchen telephone, on a marker board in his study, even on a hand-lettered poster in his bedroom.

Over 3 million people have made a decision that directly determines where they will be for eternity as a result of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) Internet Evangelism ministry, SearchForJesus.net, since its launch in May 2011.

Rev. Abraham Kun, senior pastor of New Life Church in Taipei, Taiwan, wrote on the church’s Facebook page, testifying of God’s faithfulness towards the celebrity converts who have recently started to attend New Life church and come to learn about God’s love and truth. These celebrities include Lulu Xu, Kirsten Rong-Hsuan Ren, and Hannah Quinlivan.

The Indonesian Reformed Evangelical Church, founded by the famous evangelist Pastor Stephen Tong, has preached the Gospel to 1.5 million Indonesians, much more than its initial goal of reaching 1.3 million for this year. This is a testimony to God's blessing and greatness. According to Pastor Tong's International Evangelism Fellowship's adaptation of the press release by the Indonesian Reformed Evangelical Church, a survey up until November 9th of this year showed that sermons have the Indonesian Reformed Evangelical Church's sermons have reached 1.5 million, exceeding historical records.

There are many trials and tribulations in life, and how to overcome these trials is a lesson that everyone must learn. A few days ago, Pastor Luke Zhang was invited by the Vancouver Chinese Christian Evangelistic Association (VCCEA) to preach in a series of 4 sermons from September 7 to September 9. The sermons focused on "Breaking through in Life", touching on the "trials and tribulations, value, road, and meaning of life" from various perspectives, in aims to reach the final stage of breaking through within oneself.

Pastor Morley Lee, former General Secretary for the Chinese Coordination Centre of World Evangelism (CCCOWE), mentioned at the eighth CCCOWE conference in Indonesia that despite his stepping down from the leadership position last September, he will continue to travel to different places to preach the Gospel. He has recently shared his expectations and encouragements towards the global Chinese churches at the LOGOS Evangelical Seminary in Los Angeles.

Renowned Chinese evangelist Boli Zhang preached to 5,000 people in Singapore during a three-day evangelistic event, where around 400 people came to Christ; in addition, he setup the fourth branch church there.

Casual sex between consenting adults is cool and doesn’t hurt anyone is a phrase one hears frequently from those who practice it, but it hurts, at least it has hurt America in a big way, Pastor Greg Laurie said at a mega crusade in Southern California Saturday night.

Some 100,000 people are expected to make commitments to Christ this year through the widely popular Alpha Course. Over a decade after being introduced to the United States, the course is again being picked up by churches across the country as more people seek answers to questions about God and the meaning of life.

Hong Kong – This year’s Lunar New Year fell on Valentine’s Day, which is February 14, so the night markets throughout the city were filled with flowers and gifts made for Valentine’s Day. Some churches have setup booths there in order to share the message of God’s love through praise songs, which was like spring water in loud and busy market place.

Tomorrow is Lunar New Year; it’s a time when the Chinese families return home for family reunion and celebration to welcome the New Year. While some traditions may conflict with their faith, some Christians worry that they may get into conflict with their loved ones.

VANCOUVER – Starting Apr. 24, the 36th Annual Greater Vancouver Area Evangelism Conference with the theme titled “Words of Eternal Life”, will feature Mr. Bian Yunbo, an 83 years-old Chinese preacher and former coworker of one of the China's church fathers Mr. Ming Dao Wang, as the main speaker in the following three days. On the first night, Mr. Bian explicated Romans 12:1-2, encouraging the attendants to “Serve under grace, Renew the Minds”.

Addressing those who are willing to dedicate their lives for the Lord, Rev. Maak said every Christians should be concerned about politics and the well-being of the society, but they should focus more on fulfilling The Great Commission of the Lord.

NEW YORK- Over 10 Chinese churches and Christian organizations in New York are united in ‘Jesus Loves Chinatown’ Evangelistic Campaign, igniting the fire of evangelism in Chinatown.