Rachael Lee Articles
INFUSE Conference: Creating a Space for Dialogue about the Issues of the Asian American Church
INHERITANCE Media, a non-profit ministry that focuses on connecting Asian American Christians together as a community, is hosting INFUSE Conference on Saturday, September 13, to create a space in which Asian American Christians can interact with one another about the struggles and issues of the ... Koreatown Won’t Let Her Voice Go Unheard, and Asks the Church to Speak Out Together
In 2012, five plaintiffs from Koreatown filed a lawsuit against the L.A. City Council because they believed that the council members unfairly divided the Koreatown community into two different council districts rather than keeping Koreatown in one council district, creating a disadvantage to their ... WCC Demands Increased Humanitarian Response in Iraq, IDPs in Urgent Need of Shelter
The World Council of Churches (WCC) sent a team to northern Iraq last week and said in a press release that the “group came back deeply affected by the depth, intensity, and suddenness of the violence that has left thousands dead and hundreds of thousands more uprooted from their homes and ... Private Plane Crashed at Sea Near Jamaica
A small private plane crashed at sea near Jamaica on Friday after having lost contact with ground controllers during a flight from Rochester, New York, to Naples, Florida. Although early reports said that there were three passengers on the plane, there have only been two identities that were ... Al Qaeda Announces Launch of New Branch in India
On Thursday, al Qaeda’s chief Ayman al-Zawahiri announced in a video that he would “raise the flag of jihad” in India and start a branch of the al Qaeda militant group in the subcontinent. Zawahiri said that the purpose for the expansion is “to wage jihad against its enemies, to liberate its land, ... Interview with United Breakthrough Ministries: “A Mighty Army of Youth Rising Up for His Kingdom”
United Breakthrough Ministries (UBM), a relatively young church that will be celebrating its fourth anniversary next March, sent a young mission team to the Middle East through a mission organization called InterCP this past summer, amid the widely known Israel-Hamas conflict in the Gaza Strip. The ... Korean American Youths Donate $7,000 to Build Clean Water Wells in Chad
God’s Image, a praise and worship team consisting of kindergarten to college-aged Korean Americans, participated in performances on August 16th at Oriental Mission Church (OMC) in Los Angeles, and on the 23rd at the La Mirada Performing Arts Center. Through these two performances, they were able to ... Third American Missionary Infected with Ebola Headed to Nebraska for Treatment
Dr. Rick Sacra, 51, who had been serving Ebola patients in Liberia through the mission organization SIM, recently contracted Ebola, and is heading to the Nebraska Medical Center, located in Omaha, for treatment. His expected arrival is Friday morning, and will be treated in the medical center’s ... Children in ISIS Training Camps Ordered to Watch Violent Acts, Including Beheading, Crucifixion, Stoning
CNN released a video from the Islamic State on Friday showing that young children are being recruited at schools to join the Islamic State’s jihad camps, in which they learn at a very young age how to treat ‘infidels’ and are ordered to watch the violent punishments that these ‘infidels’ would ... Florida Public Schools Remove Sports Chaplains and Bibles
Orange County Public Schools in Florida announced that they will no longer have sports chaplains—who are now called ‘life coaches’—and Bibles in their schools. The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) “pressured” the schools to ban chaplains from praying before and after football games.