Missionaries of the World

Church World Service (CWS), Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, and other faith communities are urging the United States Government to resettle 100,000 Syrian refugees this coming fiscal year, in addition to increasing the total U.S. resettlement commitment to 100,000 refugees from other parts of the world. The CWS and the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service are cooperative ministries by churches based in the United States, including member churches of the World Council of Churches (WCC).

Sister Sarah Navaroji, a pioneer in Tamil Christian devotional music and a prolific composer, wrote countless Christian songs praising the virtues of Lord Jesus Christ was born in Madurai, Tamilnadu, India. She was the Founder of Zion Gospel Prayer Fellowship Church. She has written 365 songs in her last 50 years. She was awarded doctorate by an International University in Rhode Island. The renowned Audio production company – HMV was published her songs continuously. Name: Sister Sarah Navaroji Born: 1939, Madurai in Tamilnadu Served at: Chennai, Tamilnadu Marital status: Spinster Death: July 22, 2014

Fr. Dominic Monto Hasda was ordained a priest on August 07 and he will leave in January 2016 to begin his own mission in Papua New Guinea. His parents converted by PIME missionaries and as a child, Dominic dreamed of being like them, humble and loving one’s neighbor. I "surrendered to Jesus Christ to serve the poor and the glory of God with my love”, says Fr. Dominic Monto Hasda, the first tribal Santhal in history to become a priest of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) in Bangladesh.

Hindu extremists have intensified their persecution campaign against Christians in India, threatening to "cut them into pieces" if they go back to church and refuse to reconvert to Hinduism, church leaders disclosed recently. In Rajasthan State, 10 Christian families in Nakhnool village, near Alwar have fled after Hindu extremists harassed and threatened to kill them, area church leaders said. One of the Christians facing Hindu fury was a pastor who was threatened with death if he continues holding worship meetings, according to the report.

Christine Hardman has been announced as the next and twelfth Bishop of Newcastle, making her the seventh woman to take up the position of bishop since legislation was passed last year. Christine Elizabeth Hardman, who currently works in Southwark, will replace Rt Rev Martin Wharton, who retired last November. She is likely to become the second woman bishop in the Church of England and the first in the Province of York. She is currently an archdeacon-emeritus.

Over 5,000 Christians of Eastern India joined in a protest organized by Kandhamal Nyaya Shanti O Sadbhabana Samaj in Raikia on September 02, 2015. The participants demanded justice and a return to peace and harmony seven years after Hindu fundamentalists massacred Christians in 2008. They have sought President of India - Pranab Mukherjee's intervention for justice saying the State has failed to punish the guilty and compensate for losses seven years after the deadly violence.

“Today is the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Let us work and pray.” That was the papal message on Twitter on Tuesday as Pope Francis prepared to lead a special Worship of the Word in St Peter’s Basilica marking the Catholic Church’s first Day of Prayer for Creation. Last week at his general audience, the Pope invited local residents and visiting pilgrims to join him for the Mass of the Word in the Vatican Basilica, beginning at 5pm. He urged Catholics around the World to contribute to solutions to the environmental crisis facing our planet by organizing their own prayer and practical initiatives to mark this new celebration.