An Olympic athlete, a World War II hero, a prisoner of war survivor, a Christ follower, an inspiration. Louis “Louie" Zamperini lived one of the most remarkable lives imaginable, and today I join thousands at his public memorial to pay tribute to his extraordinary life in the stadium that bears [...]
What do Arab Spring revolutionaries and Martin Luther King Jr. have in common? It turns out, a lot more than I thought. According to my friend, Zainab Al-Suwaij of the American Islamic Congress, King's “Montgomery Method” became the mass-distributed playbook for young activists throughout the Middle East and North Africa and [...]
Would mixing dynamic, young leaders from China with counterparts in India be a volatile mix — a seeming clash of titans? We decided it was a worthwhile experiment. First Fruit brought together a dozen leaders under the age of 35, men and women, who represented fields ranging from journalism, business, [...]
A Sudanese judge convicted Mariam Yahya Ibrahim of apostasy and offered the eight-months pregnant mother three days to abandon her Christian faith and “return” to Islam (she was born to a Christian mother and a long-absent Muslim father). The judge also revoked her marriage, convicted her of adultery for marrying a [...]
Many of our grantees are involved in developing Christian leaders. Many of these leaders oversee organizations with staff largely from the majority faith of their country (where Christians are usually a religious minority). How can a Gospel witness occur in such a workplace context? In this piece written by one of First Fruit's founders, Peter Ochs, he draws [...]
The speed and disruptive force of the lightning offensive spearheaded by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has caught the world by storm and has made ISIS the latest fixation of the international media. It’s no coincidence that, according to the latest report by the UN refugee agency, [...]
When Boko Haram, the notorious Nigerian terrorist group, abducted 276 girls from their school in northern Nigeria last April, the world put a spotlight on their dastardly act. The #BringBackOurGirls Twitter campaign generated millions of tweets, multi-country demonstrations, and discussions about everything from rising radicalism in the region, religiously-justified violence, [...]
Anyone who has attempted to study trends in China can attest -- it is simultaneously an enchanting and confounding nation. Among the many notable shifts in recent years: 205 million people have moved to cities between 2000 and 2010, and an estimated 500 million more will move in the next [...]
This op-ed was written by a guest author who is a prominent leader of a large civil society organization in India. His name is being withheld for security reasons. ANOTHER CHAPTER IN INDIA'S POLITICS The dream of the right wing Hindutva political groups has materialized. They will be in power [...]
Among the biggest identified needs among our grantees is increasing the effectiveness of board governance. On May 21 Stanford Social Innovation Review is offering a free webinar where you can learn the nine attributes of effective nonprofit board governance and be able to make significant improvements in your organization’s board. [...]