News & Organizations Impacting the World
Haiti (MNN) — Being a small ministry means sometimes, the most menial upkeep tasks have intimidating price-tags. For Haiti With Love is one such ministry, and Eva Dehart knows all too well how crucial finances can be when… Read More
International (MNN) – World Refugee Day, June 20, is a day that remembers those 65.3 million refugees who have been forced from their homes due to violence, conflict, and natural disasters. It remembers all that they have lost… Read More
Europe (MNN) — Tensions flare in Europe and a new UN report reveals troubling statistics. Ahead of next week’s EU Summit, several nation heads remain bitterly opposed over issues of migration and refugee asylum. Meanwhile, the number of… Read More
Russia/Chechnya (MNN) — The recent ISIS attack on a church in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, has people wondering are churches in the area in danger? Despite the religious culture of the region, governments aren’t okay with radicalism…. Read More
Today’s Headlines Outside pressures threaten SGA churches in Chechnya Healing schools for refugee children Love Europe app helps refugees What does it take to keep a small ministry afloat? Solomon's PorchThank you for exploring Solomon’s Porch. We aggregate… Read More
Child-Friendly Spaces are programs that support the well-being of children during emergencies. That can encompass risks of all kinds: conflict, natural disaster, or potentially exploitative situations. Here are five places where World Vision’s Child-Friendly Spaces and the staff… Read More
International (MNN) – Creating Bible audio recordings in different languages can take a long time – sometimes even years. Especially with people groups, ministry teams and translators must learn and understand the language, they must record the language… Read More
North America (MNN) — Yesterday, we talked about a surge of suicides taking place in the United States. But there is a certain group of people throughout North America suffering from rampant hopelessness and higher suicide rates than… Read More
Russia (MNN) — As May turned into June, the Republic of Chechnya, an area in the Caucasus region of Russia that’s nestled between the Caspian and Black seas, experienced yet another church attack. This time, the attack took… Read More
Today’s Headlines Church attack in Chechnya builds ISIS concern in region Amidst climbing suicide rates, Native Americans desperately need hope A new way to record the Bible Solomon's PorchThank you for exploring Solomon’s Porch. We aggregate mission-related articles… Read More
India (MNN) — Political tensions in India are rising, and nationalists are pushing for a Hindu government. As the situation escalates, Joe Handley of Asian Access says Christians are feeling the fallout. “The government is putting pressure on… Read More
United States (MNN) — InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is defending religious freedom at Wayne State University in Michigan. The organization has been on this campus for 75 years. However, in 2017, the InterVarsity chapter at Wayne State was denied… Read More
USA (MNN) — Kate Spade. Anthony Bourdain. The recent, tragic loss of these prominent figures to suicide has prompted a national conversation. Ron Hutchcraft with Ron Hutchcraft Ministries says, “It’s pretty staggering [because] all of the sudden your… Read More
Today’s Headlines The plague of suicide: why to live instead of leave InterVarsity defends right to religious freedom on campus Pressure ramping up against Christians in India Solomon's PorchThank you for exploring Solomon’s Porch. We aggregate mission-related articles… Read More
World Vision believes every child deserves the chance to reach their God-given potential. More than 1 billion people around the world have some form of disability — many of them children. Some have been affected by congenital diseases or… Read More
Children are a precious gift from God. As adults, we have the privilege and responsibility to care for them and help them live the full and abundant life God desires for them. Sadly, love and security are not the… Read More
Haiti (MNN) — If someone wishes you a Merry Christmas this summer, they’re probably not crazy; they’re just with For Haiti With Love. For Haiti With Love’s Eva Dehart is already moving forward with the Christmas in August… Read More
Mexico (MNN) — Alcoholism, family struggles, and a stale understanding of the Bible were all rampant in the mountains near Oaxaca, Mexico just a few weeks ago. And that’s exactly where Jim Loker and his team went. “We… Read More
Lebanon (MNN) — The results of Lebanon’s parliamentary elections from May have shifted the government. The results granted more power to Christian political parties as well as the Shi’a Islamic-supported political party, Hezbollah. Of the 128 seats in… Read More
Eritrea (MNN) — Pastor Oqbamichel Haiminot was wrongfully imprisoned in Eritrea for over a decade. Christians around the world prayed fervently for Pastor Oqbamichel’s release, but it seemed the Eritrean government would not budge. Today, however, we rejoice… Read More
