Charisma Magazine

Soccer fans have awaited this year's World Cup for the last four years—and so have human traffickers who've brought in possibly thousands of women and children to serve as sex slaves during one of the world's biggest sporting events.  

To help stop the potential exploitation of thousands, Exodus Cry, an anti-trafficking organization birthed during a time of worship and intersession at the Missouri-based International House of Prayer, sent a team to South Africa to aid in what they call "the prayer movement to end slavery."

Healing evangelist Charles Edward Hunter died in his Houston-area home Monday night after being in frail health for several years. He was 89.

Hunter and his wife, Frances, spent nearly 40 years leading healing crusades worldwide before her death last July at age 93. Known as the Happy Hunters, the couple wrote numerous books on divine healing, including the best seller How to Heal the Sick, and produced teaching DVDs to train others in healing ministry.

Christian broadcasters are mourning the loss of Cornerstone TeleVision President Ron Hembree, who died in his home June 10 from an unknown illness. He was 72.

Frank Wright, president of the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), said Hembree, who served on the group's board, was an "encourager, teacher, godly example and friend" whose "steady leadership and optimistic outlook will be sorely missed."

Moroccan Christians say Muslim extremists in the country are aiding and encouraging the government to pursue them by exposing and vilifying them on social networking site Facebook.  

Facebook user Gardes Maroc Maroc has posted 32 image collages featuring dozens of Christian converts, calling them "hyena evangelists" or "wolves in lamb's skins" who are trying to "shake the faith of Muslims." That terminology on the website, which is in Arabic, matches that of Morocco's anti-proselytizing law, which outlaws efforts to "shake the faith of Muslims."  

As up to 2.5 million gallons of oil pour daily into the Gulf of Mexico with no end in sight, Christians touring the region this week are offering the one thing they believe will make a difference: prayer.

The Rev. Mitch Hescox, president of the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN), began the Gulf Spill Prayer Walk Monday in Waveland, Miss., and will journey through the Mississippi Delta before ending Saturday in Venice, La.

Photo: Evangelical Environmental Network