• China Frees Man Who Helped N. Korean Refugees

  China released a man imprisoned for four years for the “crime” of helping starving North Korean refugees, reported the head of a North Korea freedom organization Tuesday.

• Importance of Strong Families Stressed Amid Marriage Challenges

  Observance of national Family Day on Monday recognizes the importance of strong families to a better America. But for some, the day also serves as a reminder of the country’s growing marriage problems.

• Pro-Family Summit Faces Opposition

  A protest was staged outside a Florida Baptist church last week as it hosted a pro-family summit attended by some of the nation’s most prominent conservative Christian leaders.

• South Korean Mission Groups Re-Strategize for High-Risk Areas

  Mission groups in South Korea have been discussing new practice procedures after being harshly criticized by the international community for sending inexperienced Christian workers into a high-risk area in Afghanistan – resulting in what was the largest abduction of foreigners in the country since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001.

• Lebanon Says Goodbye to Slain Christian MP

  Thousands of Lebanese attended the funeral of the Christian, anti-Syrian lawmaker Friday whose assassination throws the already divided country into deeper schism ahead of the presidential vote this coming week.