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Hope in the darkest places

Effective Compassion | 2019 Hope Awards Southeast winner Scarlet Hope | Rachelle Starr and her friends help women emerge from the sex industry

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Forge fires and watered gardens

Effective Compassion | 2019 Hope Awards Northwest winner Watered Gardens | At a gospel rescue mission, men have a chance to escape the spiral of drugs, homelessness, and joblessness. But it isn’t easy, and many do not make it to the end

Charissa Koh
Picked up, sanded off

Effective Compassion | 2019 Hope Awards Northeast winner Purposeful Design | A carpentry shop offers ex-addicts and homeless the chance to build furniture, friendship, and a future

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Scheming for God

Effective Compassion | 2019 Hope Awards International winner 20schemes | How a Scottish ministry works in hard places to show the poor and addicted the riches of new life in Christ

Charissa Koh
Letting them shine

Effective Compassion | 2019 Hope Awards Southwest winner Little Light Christian School | This Christian school’s mission is to love the children of prisoners—but traumatic backgrounds make the work a marathon of trusting God

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Forge fires and watered gardens

Effective Compassion | 2019 Hope Awards Northwest winner Watered Gardens | At a gospel rescue mission, men have a chance to escape the spiral of drugs, homelessness, and joblessness. But it isn’t easy, and many do not make it to the end

Picked up, sanded off

Effective Compassion | 2019 Hope Awards Northeast winner Purposeful Design | A carpentry shop offers ex-addicts and homeless the chance to build furniture, friendship, and a future

Scheming for God

Effective Compassion | 2019 Hope Awards International winner 20schemes | How a Scottish ministry works in hard places to show the poor and addicted the riches of new life in Christ

Letting them shine

Effective Compassion | 2019 Hope Awards Southwest winner Little Light Christian School | This Christian school’s mission is to love the children of prisoners—but traumatic backgrounds make the work a marathon of trusting God

Hope in the darkest places

Effective Compassion | 2019 Hope Awards Southeast winner Scarlet Hope | Rachelle Starr and her friends help women emerge from the sex industry

Christian compassion at the border

Compassion | How ministries are working to alleviate the migrant crisis

Shelter for the soul

Homelessness | Solutions to homelessness fall short when they ignore spiritual brokenness

Career and calling

Charity | A major league pitcher supports boys’ and girls’ homes in Uganda to combat trafficking

Three other R’s

History | Scottish evangelicals of the 19th century can teach us about revival, reformation, and reunion

House rejects impeaching Trump

WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump for his remarks directed at four Democ

House holds Barr, Ross in contempt

WASHINGTON—House Democrats on Wednesday voted to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for

Chat scandal rocks Puerto Rican government

Puerto Rico’s leadership faces a growing scandal and protests after the U.S.

Former Justice John Paul Stevens dies

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens died in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Monday after suffering a stroke. He was 99.

House votes to censure Trump’s remarks

WASHINGTON—House Democrats voted Tuesday to condemn President Donald Trump’s controversial comments targeting four minority congresswoman.

House Democrats move to condemn Trump’s tweets

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the controversial tweets he posted over the weekend about several liberal congresswomen.

Trump nominates Esper for defense secretary

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump nominated Mark Esper on Monday afternoon to succeed Gen. Jim Mattis as secretary of defense.

White House tweaks asylum rules on ‘pass-through’ countries

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is set to implement a new

Trump targets liberal congresswomen on Twitter

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump drew criticism Sunday for a

Man sets lethal fire in Japanese anime studio

An attack on a popular animation studio in Kyoto, Japan, early Thursday killed at least 33 people.

Ebola outbreak in Congo declared an international emergency

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo an international public health emergency

Sudan’s warring sides sign political agreement

Sudan’s military council and the opposition alliance on Wednesday formally signed a power-sharing agreement to lead the country until elections can

Afghanistan and the Taliban hail progress in talks

International | Uncertainty remains over the insurgent group’s commitment to peace

Deadly flooding and landslides in South Asia affect millions

Seasonal rainfall and landslides across parts of South Asia have led to the deaths of more than 100 people and have affected millions more, officia

Ebola reaches Congo-Rwanda border

Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday confirmed the first Ebola case in the city of Goma along the border with Rwanda sinc

India moon mission delayed

International | Historic launch called off at the last minute

Dozens dead in terror attack on Somali hotel

The Somali terror group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for an attack on a hotel over the weekend that left at least 26 people dead, including se

Sudanese military blocks coup attempt

Sudan’s ruling transitional military council said Thursday it foiled a coup attempt days after reaching a governing agreement with the civilian-led