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Watermark Community Church in Dallas, Texas will host Linger Conference, a time of extensive worship, prayer, reflection, and meditation on Scripture on February 14-15 of next year. Scheduled conference speakers include John Piper, Matt Chandler, Todd Wagner, and Tullian Tchividjian, and several well-known Christian artists including Shane and Shane, Phil Wickham, Bethany Dillon, and Jimmy Needham will perform at the seminar as well.

Dr. Tony Evans will host a conference for men entitled “No More Excuses!” on Saturday, and will later host “Desperate for Jesus,” for women on July 27. The well-known Dallas pastor will team up with former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, Jr. and musician Kirk Franklin for the men’s session. Evans and his wife, Lois, will also speak alongside Christian author Priscilla Shirer and singer Crystal Lewis two weeks later for the women’s conference.

Christian hip hop artist Lecrae will host the Unashamed Conference in September, promoting leadership and discipleship in an urban context with guest speaker Francis Chan. The conference will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, and will take place over the weekend of September 13-15.

Manassas, VA– Motivational speaker, author and ministry leader Nick Vujicic will deliver an address on Tuesday, March 5, for the International Keynote at the NRB 2013 Convention & Exposition in Nashville, TN.

How can an organization, NGO, or a one-man band achieve great innovative results? In an article published in Outreach magazine, Saddleback Church senior pastor Rick Warren suggested that great innovations come from great questions, for without right questions, you won’t get the right answers, without right answers, you won’t build the right strategy, and without the right strategy, you will never get the results that one hopes for.

Manassas, VA- In less than two months, thousands of Christian media and ministry professionals will converge at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, TN, to take part in the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) Convention & Exposition - the world's largest annual gathering of Christian communicators.

We spend more time at work than with family per person per day. Do you not wish to work with God and the Holy Spirit in order to renew our strength in our work? Campus Evangelical Fellowship Press (CEF Press) invited Dr. Miroslav Volf (theology professor at Yale University) to host a feature forum titled “Embrace the work of the Holy Spirit” in the past weekend, featuring the two main themes of the workplace and renewal of spiritual life, to guide the audience on how to wisely use the spiritual blessing to create a more Godly work environment.

The United States Chinese Christian Business Association held the second annual International Christian entrepreneurs Conference earlier this month in Houston, Texas. Over 150 Christian businessmen, ministry leaders and pastors from different states in America and various countries from East Asia participated in this important gathering.

The annual international Double Portions Ministry convention organized by the Double Portions Ministry Women's Centre took place at the Santa Clara Hyatt Regency Hotel, from the evening of the 14th through to the afternoon of the 15th. One to two hundred sisters from 12 churches in the San Francisco Bay area attended in preparation to become "talented women in Heaven".

A memorial commemorating the life of a godly and courageous woman who passed away 30 years ago still brought together 500 friends during the two hour event on a working week night in Hong Kong last month.

A year has passed since the March 11th Japan earthquake and tsunami. Billy Graham Evangelistic Crusade (BGEA) shared that the Japanese, who had been relatively critical towards Christianity, have softened to be more receptive after the earthquake, according to an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN).

Most people today spent more time at work than at home, whether one’s willing or unwilling. Thus the topic of how Christians can practice their faith at work and in the market place is becoming an ever-increasingly popular discussion topic.

WHEATON, Ill. – Under the slated skylight and within the clean, airy white walls of College Church on the Wheaton College campus, more than 600 people gathered Friday to remember and be inspired by the life of John Stott – the English Anglican clergyman who helped define and drive the global evangelical movement in the 20th century. One by one, speakers eloquently, but with much sincerity and humor, recalled the humble, intellectual giant of the evangelical community who astounded and touched Christians around the world with his clear and authoritative exegesis of the Bible, and with the way he lived his life.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday, January 27th, 2012 - Watoto, a holistic care program, initiated to serve the dire needs of Africa and her people, is thrilled to present a brand new tour entitled Beautiful Africa: A New Generation.

Christians only make a positive contribution to the marketplace when they start living as followers of Jesus, a Christian business leader highlighted.

Langley, British Columbia | Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 – This year will mark the 6th Annual Mercy Ride for the Homeless. This is a community motorcycle ride to raise money for The Salvation Army’s Gateway of Hope, being held this coming Saturday, August 20th, 2011.

Exhibitors from Chinese Christian ministries and publishers are holding their annual book fair in conjunction with the Hong Kong Book Fair 2011 held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC).

Seeing China’s rapid economic development and the essential role that she plays in the international stage, overseas Chinese can’t help but be ambivalent? On one hand, they hope for their motherland’s good in hope to return and join in on making money; at the same time, neither do they want China to excel, or else how can they prove that their decision to immigrate was correct! OMNI Television producer Ding Guo pointed out some overseas Chinese’ mindsets in the “Cultural China” forum held on July 10th.

LOS ANGELES – Evangelist Franklin Graham concluded his first outreach to the American Hispanic community in Los Angeles Sunday evening speaking about the value of the human soul.

Vancity Dream is hosting the Dream Culture Conference 2011 at the Jewel Ballroom from May 5-7, 2011. The featured speakers include Hong Kong hip pop artist Jin Au-Yeung, also known as MC Jin, Pasadena HRock Church youth adult pastor Gabe Ahn, and Vancouver New Joy Church founding pastor Steve Kim.

Renown Chinese Indonesian evangelist Stephen Tong’s 2011 San Diego evangelistic rally held from April 8th to 10th concluded successfully. About 2,000 people turn out to the event and hundreds more listened to his message delivered for believers.

Chinese Christians in Metro Vancouver will be gathering in Burnaby, Tri-City, Richmond, and Vancouver for four consecutive days of prayer beginning next Sunday. All church pastors, co-workers, elders, deacons, and Christians are welcome to participate.

The 14th annual million hour prayer movement “Do This Prayer” was held last month at the Hong Kong football stadium, which drew over 10,000 believers from throughout Hong Kong. With the theme “Stop, Think – Prayer, Life, Positive Energy”, the organizing committee - Hong Kong Jireh Foundation and Hong Kong Campus Crusade for Christ – has placed this year's focus on youth’s saying no to drugs. The speakers for this year’s venue were Rev. Ping-Kwong Li, chairman of the Hong Kong Church Network for the Poor, and Dr. Philemon Choi, honorary director of Breakthrough Ministries.

The subject of prayer seemed to have struck right at the heart of many pastors as confessions of prayerlessness and lack of trust poured out on Wednesday.

ATLANTA – People want to be here. That’s the sense you get when you come to the Passion 2011 conference that opened Saturday, New Year’s Day, with 22,000 students.