Articles filed under Global Report

1. Columns // Global Report0

   Persecuted Christians aid survivors of Sri Lanka’s civil war

   By Geoffrey P. Johnston on Jul 3, 2009

   After almost 27 years of civil war that set government forces against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the Government of Sri Lanka declared victory over the separatist forces in May of this year. But victory came at a very…Read More→

2. Columns // Global Report0

   Persecuted Christians struggle for peace in Sudan

   By Geoffrey P. Johnston on Jun 2, 2009

   “Blessed are the peacemakers,” begins Matthew 5:9, “for they shall be called the children of God.” The Christian community in war-torn Sudan has clearly taken that piece of Scripture to heart. The Church has two missions in Sudan, says John…Read More→

3. Columns // Global Report0

   Anglicans struggle to aid Zimbabwe

   By Geoffrey P. Johnston on Mar 27, 2009

   On February 25th, Ash Wednesday, Anglicans across Canada and around the world prayed for and fasted in solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe, a famine stricken southern African country plagued by disease, oppressed by an authoritarian government and intimidated by…Read More→

4. Columns // Global Report0

   Christians play humanitarian role in Gaza

   By Geoffrey P. Johnston on Mar 15, 2009

   At the outset of last month’s war in the Gaza Strip, Carl Hetu recalls seeing a television news report that showed Israeli soldiers and Hamas fighters praying for victory in battle. In contrast, the Christians of Gaza “prayed for peace,”…Read More→

5. Columns // Global Report0

   Deadly conflict ravages Congo

   By Geoffrey P. Johnston on Feb 1, 2009

   For more than a decade, one of the deadliest conflicts in recent history has raged in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Millions of Congolese have perished as a result of the ongoing conflict in the…Read More→

6. Columns // Global Report0

   Attacks on Iraq Christians largely under-reported

   By Geoffrey P. Johnston on Dec 15, 2008

   The terrible human toll that the Iraq war has taken on the country’s Sunni and Shia Muslim populations has been well documented by mainstream news organizations. But the intense suffering of Iraq’s indigenous Christians and their desperate struggle for survival…Read More→