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Afghanistan: Preparations for one-time openness
Argentina: When missionaries are saved
Australia: Reconciliation on a human level; UK reconciliation tour
Bangladesh: Cell churches amid unreached people groups
Belgium: Challenge of faith
Belize: Alcoholic becomes pastor
Benin: Our pastor, the President
Brazil: Prayer leads to church planting; 'Operacao Janela Fortaleza' trio; Brazil wakes to missionary call; Every Christian home a church; Witch repents
Bulgaria: Evangelical Alliance UK receives official status
Cambodia: Growing house church movement; Prince Ranarridh becomes a Christian; Lame man healed
Canada: Rural Christians become 'short term homeless'; Robinson Crusoe's message rediscovered; Demon in the couch; Victory in Victoria
Ceylon: Dalai Lama: Buddhists can learn from Christians
Chile: 18-year-olds weep and pray for young teenagers
China: Speechless missionary - 500 Buddhists become Christians; One more Christian is one more good Chinese (Special report); Women play a dynamic role; First church among the Shui; "A light unto my path"
Colombia: Special report: National churches growing quickly; Church fills the Colliseum 3 times a week
Czech Republic: If you are open to God, he will lead you
Denmark: What God brings together
Dubai: Healed of goitre
Egypt: Decentralisation reaches more; Great demand for Bibles; 150,000 in evangelistic services with Luis Palau; Church growth in Cairo
Estonia: Bible in prison brings late fruit
Ethiopia: Three things accompany awakening; More raised from the dead; 71 churches started among unreached people groups; Raising the dead, with side effects
Finland: Dalai Lama: Buddhists can learn from Christians
Germany: Iranian finds Jesus through dream; German musician healed of arthritis in USA; If you are open to God, he will lead you; 'Prayerlift' for Berlin; Church Planting Strategy Days; One voice; Jesus House rocks Europe
Guatemala: 2,000 take part in World Prayer Congress
Haiti: Special report: No longer in a pact with the devil
India: God sends girl back from the dead; Dead raised in hospital; Openness and divine appointments; Mark conquers Shiva; Himachal Pradesh: Light in India's darkest state; Moral code introduced; Jesus instead of a holy bath; 20 million watch TV series about Jesus; Hand in hand to the last village; Prayer and the Kumbh Mela; Fiery coals in Madras; The Lord guards the house; Hindu-reconversion attempts huge flop; Freed from husband's black magic; Unusual visa application
Indonesia: Revival in the midst of collapse; Reconciliation in a divided country; A nation divided; Cell groups for Chinese Christians; Youth revival
Iran: Unusual visa application
Iraq: Dream guidance -- Saddam Hussein's son Uday hears of Jesus
Israel: Messianic Jews' new radio programme; One speaks for many
Japan: New churches
Jordan: 35 percent of Jordanians want to know more about Jesus
Kenya: Church planting among unreached people
Laos: God among the Khmu
Liberia: Do churches always grow when missionaries go home?
Maldives: Government helps Christianity!
Mexico: Healing rain
Myanmar (Burma): 52-year-old sterile ex-witch gives birth; Cell churches growing; First multi-denominational prayer conference
Nepal: Follow Jesus, says Buddha
Netherlands: 'Crazy Africans' change Dutch university
Nicaragua: In Nicaragua, even children preach
Niger: Unreached people groups ask for missionaries
Nigeria: Book burning no help
Norway: 'That's My work!' - US evangelist returns home; What is God's plan?
Pakistan: Rain stops during evangelistic event
Peru: Teenagers lead churches; Holy dissatisfaction in Lima
Romania: Timothy Principle works
Russia: TV series receives 1 million written responses; Teaching how to plant church-planting churches; Grozny/Caucasus: Church untouched, 15 Muslim rebels find Christ; Siberia: guarded baptism
Serbia: By truck to church
Solomon Isles: Reconciliation starts unity movement
South Africa: New missionary awakening; Even mission leaders are healed sometimes; Just healed of glaucoma, man raises dead
Spain: Bride ducks under the gate; Mission by Internet
Sudan: Head of state Al-Bashir hears the gospel
Swaziland: King's vision fulfilled
Switzerland: Signs of movement; Lutherans end dispute with Roman Catholics; 150 new churches since 1990
Syria: Government donates land to Christians
Taiwan: Christian diplomat survives bloody hostage-taking; Hope where there is none
Thailand: Late fires in the Karen hills
Tibet: Dalai Lama: Buddhists can learn from Christians; Prayer trips in the Tibetan highlands
Tonga: Reconciliation starts unity movement; Queen calls for women to evangelise their families
Turkey: "Close to a spiritual breakthrough"; Jesus Film now legal for Kurds
Uganda: Charismatic revival in rain-answering prayer; African Presidents speak their mind
UK: Youth church Eternity reaches 300; Welshmen jump over the pews; Round the clock prayer initiative; Over 8,000 people get right with God; Australian reconciliation tour; Deaf and dumb teacher speaks in tongues; Like Pentecost - fresh wind in the church
Uruguay: Evangelical Christians plan to double; From drunkard to taxi preacher
USA: Church attendance increases life expectancy; Gang members form Christian churches; German musician healed of arthritis in USA; Black and white churches to merge; 2,000 baptised by fire hose; Clinton follows King David's example; Salvation Army receives $80 million; Religion protects youth from drugs; Strategy not tactics; Power of love from mouth of 3-year-old; Miracle on parking lot; Hawaii: Mega-churches on small islands; 50,000 women attend conference; Special edition of Jesus film for Soccer World Cup; Hawaii: Prayer with results; AD2000 target still reachable!; 27,000 attend 'Saddleback'; Revival live - bad news for airlines; Evangelistic event - openness in Baltimore; Baptists give over $100 million to world mission; Baby boomer pensioners could set off a new wave of missionaries
Uzbekistan: As in the first century
Venezuela: Crisis and church growth
Vietnam: Growth under persecution
Zambia: Growth through indigenous Christians; Presient Chiluba encourages Bible distribution
Zimbabwe: 'Cops and Robbers' results in new church; It must have been angels!; 4,500 new churches in the last six years
Worldwide: 683 million evangelical Christians: Century of growth; Latin America: Agreement to plant 500,000 new churches; Central Africa: Developing a national perspective; Jubilee 2000 debt-cancellation programme; 180,000 churches pray for the persecuted church; Caucasus: "God is doing something wonderful"; 277 countries: Blessitt carried cross to them all; YWAM: Global effects; 409,000 missionaries in the world; The church is larger than you think!; Over 130,000 Messianic Jews; Dalai Lama: Buddhists can learn from Christians; Lutherans end dispute with Roman Catholics; AD2000: Target still reachable!; Three million pray for Latin America's salvation; Central Asia: Pentecostal churches continue to grow; Prayer initiative on the Horn of Africa; 447 billion "evangelism hours"; Deteriorating world religions - open door for the gospel; Shaking the Queen's throne; Africa: Moslems see visions, house churches started; A web site for every church by the year 2000?; 10 million new converts per year

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