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I am often perplexed by the ironies of life. We recently moved house, in large part to give our growing family more room. My wife and I reasoned that a bigger home would give us all more space, and the process of moving would enable us to clear...
AIDS is now a leading cause of death and morbidity in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the devastating impact that this is having on local communities and national economies is hard to overestimate. The Christian response to this crisis has been variable, but overall there have been many positive examples of innovative,...
These three stories, which tell of doctors who responded to a specific call to medical mission, may encourage those healthcare professionals thinking and praying through similar issues today. The Father of Home Medical Mission Burns Thompson [i] was born in 1821 and died in 1893. He describes...
‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these’. Luke 18 v 16 The World Health Organisation has declared that Poliomyelitis is to be eradicated. Yet, at the Africa Inland Church Child Care Centre in Kenya, they are still regularly...
"The poor you will always have among you." [1] Jesus’ comment to Judas was not just a statement of fact, but also an indictment. Poverty is as real and horrifying in our day as it was in the first century, but the scale has grown beyond all imagining. Facts The...
Over the past twelve months, we have supported many students who have gone out on electives in developing countries. You will probably have read the reports that we publish in each edition, but with so many reports and so little space in which to publish them, it is often...
