In Depth:  Crosswalk

SOAR International Ministries, an Alaska-based organisation dedicated to missions and outreach in Russia, has partnered with local Russian churches during the Sochi Winter Olympic Games, to spread the gospel to tourists and communities converging on the event.

The ministry sent 40 volunteers to Russia to establish a number of ‘fun zone’ hospitality centres in local church buildings. They will also go out into parks and other public venues to invite others to partake in their activities.

It was reported on November 21 that a ministry serving the homeless had been banned from helping the poor as it was taking place on public property, a street in Harrisburg.

Liberty Institute and Independence Law Center, on behalf of its client Isaiah 61 Ministries — a well-established non-profit Christian ministry serving homeless and elderly people in Harrisburg — submitted a demand letter to Dauphin County commissioners for wrongfully pushing a Christian ministry off public property and threatening to arrest ministry workers and volunteers if they continued their ministry on county property.