China Christian Daily •

Lausanne 4: Femi Adeleye Calls for Repentance, Return to Holy Spirit

The first full day of the fourth Lausanne Congress in Incheon, South Korea, started with a session called The Coming of the Promised Spirit – No Mission Without Power. The message was delivered by Rev. Dr. Femi Adeleye, vice chair for the Lausanne Movement. From Ghana and Nigeria, Adeleye is the Africa director for Langham Preaching, the director of the Institute for Christian Impact (ICI), and an author and teacher, among other titles.
Over 200 countries and territories were represented, with...
The Diplomat •

Helping South Korean Adoptees Return to Their Birth Country

The Global Overseas Adoptees’ Link has been vital in pushing for a special visa status and other services to help Koreans adopted abroad reconnect with South Korea.

South Korea at one time topped all other countries in the region in one export to its allies in the West – children.

Since 1953, over 200,000 Korean children have left the shores of the small peninsular country to be adopted by families in the United States, Europe, and other allied nations. More than half of all Korean adoptees ha...
South China Morning Post •

How China became the dominant force in world chess – with help from Asia

There are 32 seconds left on the clock for Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi, and he is scrambling to secure the victory he was denied in his last attempt at the International Chess Federation (Fide) world championship, in 2021.

His opponent, China’s Ding Liren, has an advantage in time and in pieces on the board, and one move could mean the end for Nepomniachtchi, who has dominated most of this year’s final, on April 30, in Astana, Kazakhstan.

As the fourth and final 10-minute tiebreaker begins, mo...
Hot Springs Sentinel-Record •

WATCH | ‘So bizarre’:Questions still remain in case of missing man found in lake

The discovery of a 20-year-old Ford Escape submerged in Lake Hamilton may have solved a decades-old missing persons case, but did little else to answer the question of how Kerry Joe Angell Jr. died.

Angell's skeletal remains were found inside the 2003 Ford Escape in March, after he had been missing since 2008.

Then 49, Angell missed his shift at Riser Ford on Feb. 23, 2008. As a salesman at the dealership, he was allowed to drive the demo car as a perk for selling lots of inventory -- a common practice at the time. The dealer tag FX12110 was not found when the car was pulled out of the lake.
Hot Springs Sentinel-Record •

John’s Shoe Hospital takes its final steps

After 115 years in business, John's Shoe Hospital is set to close in mid-June after the property at 828 Central Ave. was purchased by a local company.

The shoe repair store was started in 1908 by John Walknowitz and was subsequently taken over by his son, Joe.

In 1955, a 15-year-old by the name of David Garner was hired at the store and learned the business. He eventually took over the shop and has continued the legacy until today.
South China Morning Post •

Why Chinese church offering ‘de-Westernised’ Christianity thrives in the US

“I came alone, without knowing any friends in the US,” recalls Michael Chen of his 1997 arrival in New Jersey. “A Chinese PhD student picked me up from the airport and prepared my first meal; another brought me, and other newly arrived Chinese students, for weekly grocery shopping, which is one reason we couldn’t reject his offer to go to his church.”

Having earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering in physics from Tsinghua University, in Beijing, Chen had crossed the Pacific to pursue a master...

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