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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.

After carefully producing the gospel film Beyond, China Soul Association has completed the project and is hosting the documentary movie premiers and evangelistic revival meetings in at least nine cities across United States, in Vancouver and Toronto in Canada, and in Sydney Australia, which began early this month.

A church leadership conference on instilling the biblical worldview into the society and on church leadership was held in late August in New Mexico, where Chinese church leaders from mainland China were invited and speak.

Evangelist Franklin Graham concluded his monthlong Rock the River evangelistic tour on Saturday with more than 8,000 youths in Western Canada.

Hong Kong, China - The 21st Hong Kong Book Fair officially kicked off this Wednesday. Chinese Christian publishers and ministries held a simple opening ceremony for the Christianity section marked in the event.

Last week, the first historic gathering of Chinese Christian leaders from restaurant ministries and believers from the restaurant businesses from around the world took place in United States.

VANCOUVER, Canada -- As part of the Franklin Graham Festival’s initiatives, Rock the River Tour will be held in three major cities throughout Canada to reach the unchurched youths this summer.

Prior to the Lunar New Year, around 20 Chinese university students who have been receiving financial assistance for their tuition and living expenses participated in a Project Torch winter event where they got to spent time with local orphans and middle school students.

On January 23, Christian from various denominations and professions in China gathered to seek unity, to encourage harmony in the government, corporations, families and churches, and to ask the Lord to bless their city and nation during this time before the Lunar New Year.

God is the most God-centered person in the universe, says Baptist pastor John Piper. And some people take offense to that.

More than 20,000 university students from 40 countries have converged in Atlanta for a four-day gathering that is being touted as more than just an event or a conference.

Some 17,000 youth have convened for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship's preeminent student missions convention, which kicked off in St. Louis Sunday with a strong emphasis on personal evangelism.

Christmas is only weeks away but 50,000 children whose parents are behind bars may miss their only chance at celebrating Christmas.

Toronto, ON – November 2, 2009 – The Canadian Bible Society (CBS) partnered with the Gospel Music Association Canada, to sponsor the new GMA category for the 2009 Scripture Song. The competition, held last week in Calgary, was once again a drawing out of some amazing Christian talent.

Hundreds of Reformed believers passionate about preaching the Scriptures and making Christ known have convened in Minneapolis for three days of talks centered on the life and teachings of 16th century reformer John Calvin.

HONG KONG – The largest Chinese Christian church umbrella group held a grand initiation ceremony for a foundation aimed at assisting organizations in the fields of education, charity, medical services, and other public services with funding.

With great passion and earnestness, over 2,000 people prayed together for the nation of Canada for it to turn away from its sinful ways, repent, and to experience a spiritual revival at The CRY, a large prayer and fasting movement, held in Vancouver’s Stanley Park.

Toronto – July 3, 2009 – The Canadian Bible Society’s (CBS) Bike for Bibles rides are taking place in the provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, North Alberta, South Alberta, PEI and Ontario this summer. All across the country, cyclists are receiving colourful Bike for Bibles jerseys and they are busy finalizing their sponsorships for this exciting fundraising event.

INVERNESS, Scotland – “What can Jesus do for me that I cannot do for myself?”

World renowned Biblical scholar Rev. Dr. Chris J. H. Wright hosted two seminars, in which he delivered a very important message to the Chinese churches in Hong Kong and in the world, at the mega-church EFCC Yan Food Church in Hong Kong on June 13th.

American Christians across the nation will band together the day after Independence Day to repent and pray for God to heal the country.

According to The Media Evangelism Association report, the “We Will Rock You” Music Evangelism Conference, hosted by Media Evangelism, was held at the Hong Kong Exhibition Center on April 10, where numerous starring celebrities participated. Several starring celebrities, including Eric Suen, Zhang Jin, and Tats Lau, shared their testimonies.

Hong Kong, China - Under the solemn overtone of the music being performed, the overhead display revealed scenes after scenes of disturbing images: collapsed houses that were unrecognizable, messages left for the deceased, red incense altars placed in front of the collapsed schools, flowers given to commemorate the Sichuan Beichuan Middle School students, sobbing relatives of the deceased……no one can forget these images after seeing them. Then the music suddenly changed to a loud overtone, reminding everyone to not forget this painful event in the history of mankind.