The women of Sololá, Guatemala, are weaving a brighter future for themselves and their families, thanks to a generous Food For The Poor donor. In Sololá, a small community of 5,000 about 80 miles west of Guatemala City, slightly less than half the population lives in extreme poverty, earning an average of $1.25 or less […]
-Read MoreThe “International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief” will be observed for the first time Thursday. The United Nations created the day in May 2019, and experts consider it a welcome step towards the prevention of religious persecution in the future. “All people have the right to peacefully […]
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Food For The Poor is partnering with Minuto de Dios, a Colombian nonprofit organization, to bring relief to families in Colombia, including tens of thousands of Venezuelan migrants who have fled to escape shortages of food, water and medicine. As many as 30,000 a people a day from Venezuela pass through the Colombian border city […]
-Read MoreBiblica, The International Bible Society, announced today that Matt Forté will join the Biblica staff as a Global Advocate for the 210-year-old ministry. Forté is a retired professional running back who played ten seasons in the NFL. After playing college football at Tulane University, he was a 2008 second round draft pick by the Chicago […]
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Food For The Poor is responding to a critical situation in Colombia, where tens of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants have fled to escape shortages of food, water and medicine. A Food For The Poor team recently visited Cucuta, Colombia, with staff from longtime partner Feed My Starving Children and saw firsthand how aid is […]
-Read MoreThe Easter bombings of churches and hotels in Sri Lanka remind us that it is dangerous to be a practicing Christian today in many parts of the world. The Wall Street Journal reports, “There were at least eight explosions, most blamed on suicide bombers. Six of the attacks were coordinated and were carried out by seven suicide […]
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Because of the generosity of donors across the United States, Operation Christmas Child delivers more than 8 million shoeboxes packed with fun toys, school supplies and hygiene items to needy children around the world, bringing joy and the eternal hope of the Gospel. You can participate by packing your own shoebox and dropping it off […]
-Read MoreAnita Fain Taylor brings back to Broward County the third-place trophy of the 2018 Toastmasters International World Championship of Public Speaking held in Chicago on Saturday, August 25. To make it to the finals, Taylor defeated 30,000 competitors from across the globe including the USA, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, Middle East, Africa, India, China, Japan, […]
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Cross International and its ministry partners in Guatemala are launching a major community building effort to help families displaced by the Fuego Volcano eruption. The effort aims to provide new housing construction for 1,100 families with donor support. Because of the disaster, hundreds of people died and hundreds more remain missing. The thousands who fled […]
-Read MoreAlmost 30 years ago, Coach Rick Andreassen, founder and president of SAINTS International Sports Ministry and SAINTS of Florida Homeschool P.E., knelt at the foot of his bed and prayed. “They were going to have me teach Sunday School [at New Covenant Church] and I was like, ‘Lord, I can’t.’ I was making all the […]
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