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WORLD—ASIA/MIDDLE EAST
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The highlighted countries of Afghanistan, China, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Japan Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Philippines, Russia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam have been featured in CC Magazine articles.

population: 3.78 billion; 41.2% of the world's population lives in Asia (including the Middle East). The 36 most densely populated cities in the world are all located in Asia.

size: 17.14 million square miles, 29.9% of the earth's total land area, the largest continent in the world.

economy: Nearly 1/3 of Southeast Asians live on less than $1 a day. Poverty is increasing because of rising food prices
last updated 5/7/09 sources

regions:
Central Asia
Eastern Asia
Northern Asia (Russia)
Southeast Asia
Southern Asia
Southwest Asia (Middle East)

countries:
Afghanistan Indonesia Maldives South Korea
Armenia Iran Mongolia Sri Lanka
Azerbijan Iraq Myanmar Syria
Bahrain Israel Nepal Tajikistan
Bangladesh Japan North Korea Thailand
Brunei Jordan Oman Turkey
Cambodia Kazakhstan Pakistan Turkmenistan
China Kuwait Philippines United Arab Emirates
Cyprus Kyrgyzstan Quatar Uzbekistan
East Timor Laos Russia Vietnam
Georgia Lebanon Saudi Arabia Yemen
India Malaysia Singapore
CC MAGAZINE ARTICLES ABOUT ASIA:
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Indonesia—Issue 37
As Calvary Chapel believers have been steadily showing God’s love in practical ways, doors to share the Gospel have opened in Indonesia. Though believers serving there do tread cautiously and respectfully in the predominantly ... download PDF
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China Earthquake—Issue 37
While the Olympics got underway in Beijing, China, believers were ministering to earthquake victims in central China after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake killed nearly 70,000 people in mid-May. In August, two CC ... download PDF
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Philippines—Issue 36
Sundari felt overwhelmed. It had been difficult enough that her parents had divorced when she was a child and handed her over to the Christian orphanage in Bali. As she grew into a young woman, her ... download PDF
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Indonesia—Issue 36
Sundari felt overwhelmed. It had been difficult enough that her parents had divorced when she was a child and handed her over to the Christian orphanage in Bali. As she grew into a young woman, her ... download PDF
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Iraq—Issue 36
The dry heat of a June desert sun beat down on U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Villalobos as he walked toward the captain’s office. It was his first day assigned as a special support staff member to the 82nd Airborne Division in Iraq. He had ... download PDF
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India—Issue 33
Believers from CC Fort Lauderdale, FL, and North Coast Calvary, CA, were part of a 63-member Operation Mobilization team last fall that went to India to minister to several ...

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India—Issue 33
Sixteen believers from Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, CA, recently went to India for two weeks with Calvary Chapel Boise, ID, a fellowship that has been ministering in the Hindu country for 18 years. ...

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Vietnam—Issue 33
A Vietnam veteran himself, Pastor Raul Ries of Calvary Chapel Golden Springs in Diamond Bar, CA, is reaching out to veterans and those serving today with the hope of Jesus Christ. ... download PDF
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Philippines—Issue 32
A few weeks after being hit with the worst typhoon in 20 years, the Albay Province in the Philippines was blasted by a deadlier, super typhoon labeled “Durian.” In the wake of losing their homes ... download PDF
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Japan—Issue 32
In the heart of Tokyo, Pastor Chizuo Sakurai walked home past the train station. His heart was heavy for the teenagers he saw there late every night. Tonight a group clothed in gangster attire was dancing hip-hop style ... download PDF
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South Korea—Issue 30
Hundreds of young people gave their lives to Jesus Christ at a recent outreach in South Korea sponsored by Horizon Christian Fellowship and Festival of Life.

More than 44,000 Koreans came to the ... download PDF
Saving Lives and souls in Iraq
Iraq—Issue 30
Working at the military base in Baqubah, Iraq, had been relatively quiet for the U.S. Army’s 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment (2-69)—until one afternoon in March when a suicide bomber drove a vehicle into the ... download PDF
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Iraq—Issue 29
When they joined the United States Marine Corps and moved to Southern California four years ago, a handful of young Christian men had no idea how God would knit them together through tragedy and victory on the front lines ... download PDF
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Israel—Issue 29
In the tiny country that dominates world headlines and stands as Ground Zero for biblical end-times prophecy, less than three percent of Israel’s population recognizes Jesus Christ as the Messiah. At the Western Wall ... download PDF
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Kyrgyzstan—Issue 29
While Kyrgyzstan has been called “religiously tolerant” by some, many Christian missionaries clandestinely share the Gospel under threat of persecution in the mostly Muslim country. Located west of ...

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Lifting Up Praises in Afghanistan
Lifting Praises—Issue 28
“The kids there are tough as nails,” said U.S. Marine Colonel Hobie Smith, who attends CC Santa Barbara and served in Bagram, 30 miles north of the capital city of Kabul. “Of all ...

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Philippine Mudslide
Philippines—Issue 27
The air was filled with chaos and death. The entire village of Guinsaugon in southern Leyte had been buried under nearly 100 feet of mud and fallen boulders a few days earlier. Bereaved family ...

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Afghanistan—Issue 26
“The kids there are tough as nails,” said U.S. Marine Colonel Hobie Smith, who attends CC Santa Barbara and served in Bagram, 30 miles north of the capital city of Kabul. “Of all ...

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India—Issue 24
Amid honking cars, bicycles, mopeds, and carts, walks a man. The streets are an array of colors, contrasting from the local men’s traditional robes to the women’s striking multi-dyed saris. While easily identified ...

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Committed to Serve—Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka—Issue 24
Looking around at the faces of his congregation, Gospel for Asia (GFA) Pastor Shantha’s eyes fall on his sister-in-law and her husband. It is all he can do to choke back the tears ...

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Thailand—Issue 24
She believed her life would end up like the grains of sand on the beach she picked up and let run through her fi ngers—void and without meaning. “I go back to the dust,” ...

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Holy Land Journey—Israel
Israel—Issue 23
“If God is for us, who can be against us?” asked Pastor Chuck Smith of CC Costa Mesa, as he prepared to cast a rock from a sling in the Elah Valley—the location of David’s defeat ...

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Israel—Issue 23
CC Downey has traveled to Israel for many years, visiting various locations to have worship and Bible studies in the Holy Land. Four years ago, the church began an outreach ...

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Returning Remnant—Israel
Israel—Issue 23
God’s chosen people began returning to their biblical homeland after six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust of WWII. In 1948, Israel became the first nation ever to be reborn. Over ...

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Thailand and Sri Lanka—Issue 23
As Jai passed from this life to the next, his arms slowly raised until they were fully extended, as if reaching out to embrace someone. A serene look encompassed his face as ...

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India—Issue 22
CC Paso Robles, CA, felt led to help with the tsunami relief. A team traveled to the central and northern coast of India carrying relief aid, a few contacts, and faith in God’s command to ...

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Iraq—Issue 22
The first time the local mosque blasts the Islamic call to prayer across loud speakers, it is apparent you are not home. The haunting sound makes one edgy and uncomfortable. Staff ...

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Sri Lanka—Issue 22
Pulrenraja sits on a brick wall and stares past people jockeying for their meals and a place to lay their heads. His mind isn’t on survival like the others at this refugee camp; it is focused on what did ...

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Thailand—Issue 22
Pastor David Rosales, CC Chino Valley, was struck by “the vastness of the devastation. It’s hard to comprehend all that has happened here.” The barren ...

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Philippines—Issue 21
Small groups had been sent out into the local villages to pass out flyers for the massive crusade planned that evening. While sharing candy with some young children on the side of the road, several ...

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Comforters from Zion—Russia
Russia—Issue 21
A young Russian boy clutched his cross. Islamic terrorists ordered him to take it off. He refused, stood up, and boldly proclaimed, “Jesus Christ is risen!” He was immediately shot—his lifeless body slumping to the floor of Beslan School #1. Stories of child martyrs and hero teachers ...

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Pastor Chuck in Russia
Russia—Issue 17
A dramatic outpouring of affection overwhelmed Pastor Chuck Smith, CC Costa Mesa, as he made his first trip to Russia this past June. He ministered to CC pastors as well as radio listeners who gathered in ...

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India—Issue 16
A dozen years ago, Pastor Bob Caldwell, CC Boise, Idaho, partnered with native Indian pastor Guna to share Jesus Christ in this Hindu land. They have faithfully sought God’s leading as 22 Calvary ...

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Inductive Bible Study—India
India—Issue 16
The Indian air was hot and thick. Eleven hundred pastors were crammed in the partially completed sanctuary at CC Eluru to learn how to study the Bible, verse by verse. The two-story concrete building, with only ...

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Nepal—Issue 15
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Japan—Issue 14
"Did Christianity not intrigue you?” Marré asked the Buddhist monk named Myosei as they stood outside of a temple in Tokyo. Myosei neither blinked nor lost her serene smile as she replied, “No one ever told me ...

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Israel—Issue 6
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Russia—Issue 3
Entering 2000 with a focus on ministry, over 400 Russians and nearly a hundred missionaries from America met for the 6th Annual Pastors’ and Leadership Conference in Moscow ...

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Russia—Issue 1
The 1990s saw incredible changes in the former Soviet Union. Years of harsh Communist rule gave way to a struggling democracy. As restrictions against religion lifted, many Russians ...

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Mission:Possible—Issue 1
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