A Christian charity has distributed almost 4 million dresses to girls living in poverty abroad through a campaign that oversees dress-making efforts from numerous churches and nonprofits.
The Southern Baptist Convention announced that the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, an annual donation meant to benefit international missions, received a record $206.8 million.
Recognizing the shift away from the primarily Western-led “Christendom” era of missions, COALA, which stands for Christ over Asia, Africa and Latin America, seeks to introduce new paradigms for today’s “polycentric” missions era: from everywhere to everywhere.