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Chinese Christians in Metro Vancouver will be gathering in Burnaby, Tri-City, Richmond, and Vancouver for four consecutive days of prayer beginning next Sunday. All church pastors, co-workers, elders, deacons, and Christians are welcome to participate.

Drawing thousands of Chinese Christians in the greater-Vancouver area, the premier of the monumental documentary “Beyond”, which tells the stories of overseas Chinese Christians, was premiered in Evangelical Chinese Bible Church in Vancouver from January 29-30, 2011.

China Evangelical Seminary of Taiwan has announced earlier this month that Dr. Peter K. Chow will serve as their incoming president beginning August 1, 2011.

Towards the end of last year, Davy Liu, who was recruited by Disney Animation in the early 90s and worked on such feature films as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, and Mulan, led a children’s gospel rally titled “The Enchanted Tree” at the Evangelical Chinese Bible Church in Vancouver.

To express solidarity for the plight of the children worldwide, 13 Chinese celebrities and pop-artists from Asia recorded a music single called "Letting Everyday be Like Christmas."

Rev. Tong Liu, senior pastor of River of Life Christian Church in Santa Clara, California, encouraged Christians to be the instruments of God's miracles in this tumultuous time during a gospel rally held in New York City.

New York Faith Bible Church Senior Pastor Rev. John Edward Hao recently concluded his visitation to the churches in China, to both the registered and non-registered churches.

On December 5, 2010, OMF General Director Patrick Fung visited Chinese Presbyterian Church of Sydney, where he explicated a chapter from Nehemiah in the Old Testament.

Produced by Hong Kong Media Evangelism, Team of Miracles: We Will Rock You, featuring an amicable cast of Hong Kong and mainland faces, including Eric Suen and TVB actress Gigi Lai in her last cinema role, received the Golden Angel Award Outstanding Film of Hollywood’s 2010 Sixth Chinese American Film Festival, making it the first Hong Kong gospel film to receive such honor.

The largest Fujianese church in North America held a joint worship service on Thanksgiving, gathering thousands of believers to praise God for what he has done for them.

If a man feels that he is a woman and walks into a woman washroom or the woman shower/change room in a public facility, this is his gender expression. Any one stops him from doing so can be prosecuted for violating the criminal code.

After carefully producing the gospel film Beyond, China Soul Association has completed the project and is hosting the documentary movie premiers and evangelistic revival meetings in at least nine cities across United States, in Vancouver and Toronto in Canada, and in Sydney Australia, which began early this month.

The third Lausanne Congress has inspired the 4,000 participants from 200 nations in making the changes in their respective regions. Taiwan Christian leaders testify of the inspiration that they’ve received and their hopes for their country.

Drug-usages among youths in Hong Kong are becoming more prevalent. A Christian drug-rehabilitation ministry hopes to free these youths from their spiritual and physical bondages, so they can begin new lives.

In recent years, Chinese-American youth pastor Jaeson Ma has received beautiful testimonies for his evangelistic outreaches on university campuses and churches in the cities in North America and Asia. He will be releasing a new gospel album titled “Glory”, which he hopes would spark a movement that leads youth to live life that glorifies God.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Canadian Alliance for Social Justice & Family Values Association held their annual fundraising dinner on October 24, where Saskatoon-Humboldt Member of Parliament Brad Trost participated and commended the organization for their tireless efforts to stand up for social justice.

Recently, Dr. Thomas Chan Sze Tong, former chief executive officer of World Vision China and Hong Kong, shared of World Vision China’s past developments, present challenges, and future goals through the October’s issue of the ministry’s monthly periodical.

Dr. Philemon Choi Yuen Wan, member of Lausanne Congress Theology Working Group (TWG), president of Hong Kong Youth Foundation, and honorary chairman of Breakthrough Ministry Hong Kong, explained the theological themes of Lausanne III, the interaction between Lausanne and Africa and Asia, and the definition of the whole gospel through an interview with Hong Kong-based Christian Times last week.

The third Lausanne Congress has officially kicked off yesterday in Cape Town, South Africa. However, the majority of the two hundred China delegations were barred by China authorities from attending the conference.

Only eight more days left until the third Lausanne Congress. While China's house church representatives are making their last minute preparations to attend this year’s conference, overseas Chinese Christian leaders have expressed their concerns.

In less than a month’s time, the third Lausanne congress will gather 4,000 Christian leaders from 200 countries for a conference to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, 16-25 October 2010.

A church leadership conference on instilling the biblical worldview into the society and on church leadership was held in late August in New Mexico, where Chinese church leaders from mainland China were invited and speak.

Since the August 23 hostage hijacking incident in Manila that left eight Hong Kong tourists dead, the political parties in Hong Kong legislative council have united together in a march for “grieving for the victims and demanding for a complete investigation to uncover the truth”; over 80,000 people joined in the march, mourning for the deceased Hong Kong citizens.

A massive rain-triggered mudslide hit Zhouqu in northwest China’s Gansu Province Sunday, causing 1,117 deaths, with 627 still missing, local authorities said Wednesday.

With their praise songs sang in most Chinese churches throughout the world, Stream of Praise ministries embarked on their 2010 Stream of Praise Worship Tour, beginning from Asia - Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan – in July.