World
Reports say that negotiators have come to a deal for a potential ceasefire in Ukraine on Tuesday night. Leaders from Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France are expected to gather at a summit Belarus on Wednesday to come to an agreement.READ MORE
Ministries
Young Nak Outreach and Transformation (YNOT) Foundation announced on Thursday that it has received a $100,000 grant from the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH) to provide mental health services to the Los Angeles County community, free of charge.READ MORE
Society
The Korean Resource Center (KRC) in Los Angeles will be holding a California (CA) Dream Act workshop on February 14 to help undocumented students and their families to navigate through the process of applying for the Dream Act and for financial aid before the application deadline. The CA Dream Act application is due on March 2.READ MORE
Church
In an effort to take steps forward in actively building deeper relationships of understanding between different ethnic communities, a group of Christian leaders from various backgrounds gathered at “Together We Can Breathe,” a follow-up symposium to the Institute of the Study of Asian American Christianity (ISAAC)’s sixth symposium which took place last November.READ MORE
As the March 3 primary elections for city council are drawing closer, candidates have been actively campaigning for support in their respective districts, including Grace Yoo, who is running for the position in District 10. Bernard Parks, the current Councilmember for District 8 and former Los Angeles Police Department Chief, publicly showed his support for Grace Yoo at a press conference with Korean media on Feb. 2.READ MORE
World
August 15, 2015 marks the 70th anniversary since Korea became independent from Japanese colonial rule, a day known as “Gwang-bok-jul” in Korean. It also marks the start of the divide between North and South Koreas, as the Soviet Union slowly started gaining influence in the north, and the United States the south. A group of Korean Christians have been seizing this year to pray specifically for the reunification of Korea and for God’s love to abound in North Korea. READ MORE
World
Kenji Goto, the Japanese journalist who had been taken hostage and beheaded by the Islamic State on early Sunday, was known as a Christian journalist whose passion was to reveal the human suffering caused by war and conflicts.READ MORE
World
The story of Raif Badawi, a Saudi Arabian blogger who is currently imprisoned in Saudi Arabia on charges of insulting Islam and breaking the country’s Internet rules, has been drawing widespread, international attention due to the extreme nature of the punishment for his alleged crimes: 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes, and $267,000.READ MORE
World
The Islamic State, also known as ISIS, released a video online Tuesday demanding that Jordan release a female suicide bomber within 24 hours in exchange for the release of Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist, and First Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, a Jordanian pilot, who have both been held hostage by the militant group.READ MORE
World
During a recent visit to Boise, Idaho, President Obama met with the family of Pastor Saeed Abedini, an Iranian-American pastor who is currently serving an eight-year prison sentence in Iran for his Christian faith. President Obama told Naghmeh Abedini, the wife of Saeed Abedini, that bringing Abedini home to the U.S. is a “top priority.”READ MORE
US
One of the most serious snowstorms is expected to hit the northeast region of the U.S. Monday night and continue on to Tuesday, one which led to the cancellation of thousands of flights and may affect up to 40 million people, according to the National Weather Service. The storm is expected to affect a vast 250-mile region from northern New Jersey up to southern Maine, and some states may see up to 3 feet of snowfall. Winds in some areas are expected to lash up to 50 mph, and the New York Times reports that winds can blow up to “hurricane strength” in coastal areas and warned that floods and power outages are possible.READ MORE
Church
Korean American college students may be familiar with various types of conferences offered to them by para-churches and local churches, including mission conferences, leadership conferences, and evangelistic conferences. SOLA Conference, however, is unique in that it doesn’t fit quite into any one of those categories.READ MORE
Church
Pastor Henry Lee is the lead pastor of the English ministry (EM) at Los Angeles Full Gospel Church (LAFGC), located at the edge of Hollywood. Lee has been serving at LAFGC for about five years, and has served in numerous Korean immigrant churches as an EM pastor prior to serving at LAFGC. He shared his thoughts and insight regarding pastoring an EM congregation in general, and his experiences as an EM pastor at LAFGC specifically.READ MORE
Church
Los Angeles is a unique city with diverse groups of people ethnically as well as socioeconomically, and the city itself contains various neighborhoods that are vastly different from each other: Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Echo Park, Koreatown, Little Ethiopia, South Central, Compton, Little Tokyo, and Downtown, to name a few—all in one city. Recognizing the importance and uniqueness of Los Angeles as a city, Christian leaders in various contexts, including churches, non-profits, government, and entertainment, have decided to gather at the upcoming ‘TogetherLA,’ in hopes to equip and connect Christian leaders to love the city more effectively.READ MORE
World
One Los Angeles Times article that put a man’s journey of love into words led to a feature-length documentary to put into motion: “The Drop Box.” The film is on the story of Pastor Jong-rak Lee, who has been taking in unwanted babies abandoned by their mothers by having set up a small, warm, “baby box” in which mothers in desperate situations could leave their children. READ MORE
The Sunday Assembly, also known as the “Atheist Church”, based in the United Kingdom is scheduled to have its first global assembly. The “church” is also known to have a branch and ...
World May 06, 2014 02:34 AM EDTThe leaders of the DPRK have been making very strong statements regarding human rights. A representative from the North Korean government has stated in a speech that the U.S. is a ‘living ...
World May 08, 2014 03:08 AM EDT
