David Gilliam went on his first mission trip as a member of the youth group at Royal Oak Presbyterian Church when he was just a teenager. A group from the southwest Virginia town of Marion built a house in Mexico, and a seed for ministry was planted. Now 40 years old, Gilliam is an ordained…
By Christian Today Congregations in the Philippines are continuing to hold worship amid the destruction caused by Typhoon Haiyan. The Our Lady of the Holy Rosemary church, in Palo, was virtually destroyed by the super storm, with the roof being completely blown off. The extent of the damage has forced the congregation to hold mass…
By Anugrah Kumar A week after Super Typhoon Haiyan killed 4,460 people and displaced over 1.8 million in the Philippines, American Christian groups working with their local partners are calling for prayers and financial support amid tragic stories of loss and a severe scarcity of food, water and medicine. While U.S. Christian relief agencies, along…
By Carey Lodge The worst of Typhoon Haiyan may be over, but the Philippines has a long way to go before it recovers from the devastating storm that hit over the weekend. A report released by the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates that 9.5 million people have already been affected…
By Russ Jones Friday, November 8,the strongest typhoon to ever make landfall slammed into the central Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan, known locally as “Yolanda,” produced sustained winds of 170 mph with gusts over 200 mph. The storm reportedly was moving twice as fast as the average cyclone when it struck land and forced millions to seek…