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BRAZIL, 1990
A small team of missionaries were acting as a
physical lifeline to a tiny tribe in the Amazon jungle that was
threatening to poison itself out of existence.
CANADA, 1990
An occult fair featuring mediums and
astrologers prompted an unusual response from local Christians.
Instead of demonstrating outside to warn visitors of the dangers
of the supernatural, they went inside to hire a booth at the
International ESP Psychic Expo.
HONG KONG, 1991
Customers got more than they bargained for
when they stopped at a church's fortune-telling table in the
notorious Temple Street red light district. Rather than seeing
their palms read, they had hands laid upon them and were prayed
for.
NETHERLANDS, 1992
Free beauty care for prostitutes in
Amsterdam's infamous red light district was proving to be an
unlikely key for turning their thoughts towards God.
BRAZIL, 1993
Street children were being given the chance to
experience the love and security of a home for the first time -
in the last weeks of their lives - at a new AIDS refuge.
UNITED STATES, 1995
A Bible study that began in a former
funeral home was showing rebel teenagers obsessed with death that
there was life worth living in Christ.
UNITED STATES, 1996
Last Days Ministries, the organization
founded by the renowned late gospel singer Keith Green, and his
wife Melody, prepared to close down after 19 years.
NEW ZEALAND, 1996
A medical missionary ship began planning a
visit to a tiny Pacific island after receiving an unlikely
invitation -through a long-forgotten message in a bottle.
BRAZIL, 1996
Fast-moving roller hockey was helping former
street kids learn the skills they needed to make lives for
themselves away from crime and violence.
UNITED STATES, 1996
Artist Mauricio Palacio was bringing a
whole new meaning to the term "illustrated sermon" - by painting
a message from God, instead of preaching it.
ENGLAND, 1996
A new counseling and support ministry for
transvestites and transsexuals was established by a man who
himself once considered undergoing a "sex change" operation.
PACIFIC, 1996
A missionary's unwitting fulfillment of a
strange island prophecy had led to a unique "adoption" program
linking tribal villages and First World churches.
PHILIPPINES, 1997
Refugees from the Philippines'
flourishing sex trade were being given the chance to make a new
start through a dramatic change in livelihood - making white
wedding dresses.
UKRAINE, 1997
A young American Christian was bringing help
and hope to Ukrainian children and teenagers suffering from the
deadly legacy of the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster.
UNITED STATES, 1997
An unlikely offer of prayer for
passers-by was reaching the hearts of busy New Yorkers in a way
that traditional evangelism methods had previously failed to
UNITED STATES, 1997
An "instant" Christmas was being
delivered to a group of cancer-stricken families during the
holidays to remind them that someone, somewhere cared.
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produced (bi-monthly in 1998) by: Andy Butcher
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