At the International AIDS Conference, Christian groups feel more at home than in the past By Emily Belz (WNS)–The weeklong International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C., has brought together disparate players on the issue: government officials, gay activists, African bishops, and American evangelicals. The United States, the world leader in fighting AIDS, is hosting the annual conference for the first time in 20 years, after President Obama lifted a ban on HIV-positive individuals traveling to the country. Some Christian relief groups have formed close partnerships with the U.S. government in fighting HIV/AIDS through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief […]

Meet Jeff Stone. Home in Fort Lauderdale for a brief missions respite. Nothing about Jeff’s warm demeanor and clean-cut appearance give any hint of the life that he once lived back in Las Vegas. However, once Jeff sits down and begins to open up, he tells an intriguing and powerful story of his transformation from crystal meth addict to Christian missionary. Jeff begins, “As a young boy, my dad would bring me along to his baseball games where most of the guys were drunk most of the time. From an early age I saw alcohol as a normal part of […]

Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, author of 18 books, was a Romanian Christian Minister of Jewish descent who had the misfortune of growing up during a time of severe anti-Semitism in Communist Romania. Pastor Wurmbrand had publicly declared that Christianity and Communism were incompatible, and thus Pastor Wurmbrand was tortured mercilessly and imprisoned for 14 years for his beliefs; his wife Sabina was imprisoned for three years. One of the many trials he had to endure during this time period was spending three of those years in solitary confinement in a cell 12 feet underground, with no light. He slept during the […]

The Good News recently caught up with 18 year old Madison Baczewski, the youngest Freedom Climber, who also happens to be a South Florida native. Counting down the days until January 11, here is what Madison had to say about the upcoming Freedom Climb: The Good News (TGN):  Will you tell us a little bit about yourself first? Madison Baczewski (MB): I’m 18 years old, the youngest of the climbers, and I’m a dually enrolled student at Palm Beach Atlantic University. I want to pursue degrees in Nursing and Cross Cultural Studies. God has created within me a heart to […]