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The Rev. Andrew Anderson is the minister of a Church of Scotland church in Edinburgh and a member of the Executive Committee of Edinburgh 2010, the four-day gathering of 300 Christians taking place in the Scottish capital this week to mark 100 years since the historic World Missionary Conference.

Jerry Rankin, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board, spoke to The Christian Post last week about his new book with missiologist Ed Stetzer called Spiritual Warfare and Missions.

Geoff Tunnicliffe, international director of the World Evangelical Alliance, spoke to The Christian Post this week while in Washington, D.C., to attend the National Prayer Breakfast, among other events. During the interview, Tunnicliffe addressed the controversy surrounding the WEA’s recent visit to China, the group’s role in the upcoming Lausanne conference, and what its members are doing to help Haiti.

The outgoing general secretary of the World Council of Churches, the Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia, spoke about his last six years in office and where he is headed next in his ecumenical ministry.

Everyday he lives not knowing if he will see the next sunrise. He is not an outlaw or a man with a terminal disease. He is a machine gun toting pastor in the middle of nowhere in Africa on a dangerous mission to save the children of Sudan from the unconscionable horrors carried out by an insane local rebel group.

VANCOUVER – With less than a year away from the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, Christians in metro-Vancouver / Fraser Valley have been networking diligently to prepare for an integrated Christian outreach to the hundreds of thousands of visitors that are coming to see the games.

More Than Gold(MTG), a growing network of denominations, churches, Christian institutions and individuals, gathering in preparation for the influx of hundreds of thousands of visitors coming for the 2010 Olympic Games, has been asked by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC)to assist them throughout the games and Para-Olympics.

Operation Noah is determined to take Christmas back from the grip of advertising giants and rampant materialism. As part of its 'Reclaim Christmas' campaign, the organisation is challenging people to get back to basics and celebrate the birth of Christ in simple yet meaningful ways. Christian Today spoke to Operation Noah’s Campaign Strategist Mark Dowd to find out more.

Millions of people have participated in the hugely popular prayer and fasting movement called TheCall which has had events across the United States and around the world. On Aug. 16, the movement will hit the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to pray for revival and the nation to change ahead of the historic November presidential election. The expected number of participants: 1 million.

The International Director of the World Evangelical Alliance, Geoff Tunnicliffe, has returned from the Holy Land after a weeklong visit to give encouragement to Evangelicals and other Christian communities in the region, and promote peaceful resolutions to the conflict among Israeli and Palestinian political leaders.

NEW YORK - When Luis Palau shares the word of God, he's usually speaking before a live audience of thousands at one of his contemporary evangelistic festivals worldwide. But in his new book, Palau sits down in a one-on-one conversation with an atheist, who is also a Chinese diplomat, in hopes of making a positive step toward bringing the Good News to a country known for its repressive policies on religion.

In 2006, the 7th Chinese Congress on World Evangelization (CCOWE) will provide a parallel English track in order to reach out to American Born Chinese by including them into the CCCOWE movement.

…but the winners will have to perform

The time for Christians really to start worrying is when we find ourselves winning too many popularity contests.

The Apostle Paul, and the Bible in general, teach an equality between the sexes expressed by how they complete each other.