Archive for July, 2007

Kevin Brown: Hurricane Katrina – Tales of the Storm: CCDA 2006 Audio

On August 29, 2005 a devastating hurricane wiped out most of a city: 80% of the housing stock gone, most of the population evacuated, the infrastructure a shambles. In this session you will learn how one CCDA ministry reshaped its mission and began unique work to bring hope from chaos.

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AIDS: Beyond the Numbers: Christianity Today

HIV/AIDS affects everyone. What should be the church’s response to this epidemic? How do we love those that are hurting? How do we see past numbers and see the lives that are affected?

Globalization: The New Reality: Christianity Today

Globalization isn’t just an intellectual word that academics like to use. Rather, globalization is a reality that is deeply shaping the lives of millions around the world.

Lebanon, one year later


One year after the war between Hezbollah and Israel, instability and insecurity continue to impede children’s recovery.

Hidden Faces of AIDS

World Vision’s Acting on AIDS video. Power and poignant, this video captures not just the statistics of those impacted by HIV and AIDS, but also the real face of those affected. This video highlights World Vision’s holistic approach to humanitarian relief and caring for those impacted by the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Used by World Vision and the Acting on AIDS student movement to create awareness and promote activism on their college campuses. For more information on Acting on AIDS and starting a chapter, visit www.actingonaids.org

In the News: Africans to Bono: ‘For God’s sake please stop!’

With all of the megastar attention to the needs in Africa, and public awareness reaching all time highs, voices from inside Africa have begun to raise a new concern: STOP flooding Africa with aid. This perspective might come as a surprise. Read on to investigate these viewpoints through two recent articles…

The New Divide: Online Segregation in the Church

It was decades before the Web when Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous quote that “Eleven o’clock Sunday morning is the most segregated hour in America.” MLK’s point was that the church sets a poor example in its own segregation of congregations. The effects of ongoing segregation were recently detailed in the book Divided by Faith. The basic point of the book is that the segregation of the church results in a separation of “social capital” between communities which perpetuates injustice. For example, a church member in a very resourced church who is looking for a job, may get 10 referrals from friends in the church, whereas a church member in a church where 50% of the attendees are unemployed might not get any referrals.

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Selling Innocence: Sex Trafficking and Child Prostitution

Selling Innocence – A ghastly look at the child sex trade.