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San Francisco City Impact Founder Roger Huang Talks 29 Years of Healing the Tenderloin
Tenderloin, the most crime-ridden, drug infested and violent neighborhood in San Francisco, have experienced the persistent and tenacious intervention and acts of compassion through San Francisco City Impact, an inner-city ministry that works together with the Christian churches in the Bay Area and around the country to minister to the homeless, drug-addicts, prostitutes, and the poor.
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Les Miserables and Gospel Connection According to John Ortberg
John Ortberg, senior pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, over the weekend deciphered the gospel according Les Miserables for the members of his church in Silicon Valley, highlighting the doctrine of substitutionary love and the promise for all whose hope is in God.
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Homeless Inventor Mike Williams Testifies of God Intervening through 'Angels'
Homeless inventor Mike Williams testifies of God’s intervention through ‘angels’ when his life hanged on a thread. His encounter with a former homeless veteran, a case worker, and a 72-year-old urologist turned his life around. His story of second chance was first picked up by Los Angeles Times and will be made into a movie.
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Audrie Pott Impacts Classmates in Life, Death; Remembered as Light that Brought Joy to Others
SARATOGA, Calif. – A candlelight vigil was held for Audrie Pott, the 15-year-old Saratoga High sophomore who committed suicide days after being allegedly sexually assaulted during Labor’s Day weekend and pictures taken of her during the battery were texted to other students.
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Photos: Candlelight Vigil Held for Audrie Pott, Victim of Alleged Sexual-Assault, Cyberbullying
SARATOGA, Calif. - A candlelight vigil for Audrie Pott, the 15-year-old Saratoga High sophomore who committed suicide September after an alleged sexual assaulted and cyber-bulling, was held at the Saratoga High School. About a hundred supporter gathered giving their heart-felt condolences and support for the Pott family.
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10th CCOWE: Rev. Dr. Joshua Ting Asks 'What Has Gone Wrong with the Chinese Church?' and Calls for Renewal Through Repentance
At the 10th CCOWE, Rev. Dr. Joshua Ting called Chinese church leaders to spiritual repentance, warning that institutional success masks deep crises—such as youth attrition, co-worker burnout, and internal power struggles—and urging renewal that begins with inner transformation, not external methods.
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[10th CCOWE] Edmund Chan: The Greatest Crisis Facing the Church Is Putting 'Mission Ahead of the Mandate'
Rev. Edmund Chan urged the global Church to prioritize inner spiritual formation ("Mandate") over external ministry ("Mission") to faithfully fulfill the Great Commission.
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10th CCOWE Opens in Malaysia as Nearly 2,000 Leaders Gather Under 'Open Our EAR, Understand Our ERA, Here We ARE'
The 10th CCOWE opening ceremony gathered 1,800 global Chinese Christian leaders in Malaysia, with keynote speakers—Rev. David Doong, Rev. Joshua Ting, Dr. Cheung Teng, and Rev. Edmund Chan—unanimously calling for church renewal through inner repentance, a return to the Gospel’s core, intentional disciple-making, and cross-generational collaboration, rather than relying on institutional success or numerical growth.
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[10th CCOWE] Rev. Wayne Chen: When Everything Is 'Mission,' the Church Loses Its Way
Rev. Wayne Chen calls on the Chinese church to move beyond the false dichotomy between "evangelism" and "social concern," urging a return to the cross-centered Gospel as the core—trusting that the Gospel is inherently holistic and that it alone drives the church into the world without losing its focal direction.
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[10th CCOWE] Clement Chia and Chuang Yu-ming Dialogue: 'What Kind of Christian Does the World Need?'
Revs. Chia and Chuang called the Church to return to the full, embodied Gospel of Christ the King—beyond moralism—so that believers' transformed lives visibly demonstrate God's Kingdom.