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More than 22-thousand people have died in Monday's earthquake in Syria and Turkey, but survivors are still being pulled from the rubble.

Rescuers pulled several people alive from the toppled remnants of buildings on Friday, some who survived more than 100 hours trapped under crushed concrete in the bitter cold. 

Kelly Farley and his wife were living their best lives. They were both successful engineers climbing the corporate ladder with no end in sight.

"We put off having children for a while to get our careers going," said Farley. "When we decided to have children, we ended up having to go through fertility treatments."

A baby born in the debris of a collapsed house after the earthquake in Syria was found alive with the umbilical cord still attached. 

The death toll has risen to 15,000 people after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria early Monday morning. 

As a white Afrikaner woman growing up in South Africa during apartheid, Idelette McVicker was steeped in a community and a church that reinforced white supremacy and shielded her from seeing her neighbours’ oppression.

A photo of a female police officer hugging a suicidal teenage father on a bridge in Memphis recently went viral.

A Memphis police officer responded immediately to a call last Thursday when they heard that a male was on the I-40 Mississippi River Bridge threatening to jump. 

The Memphis Police Department made a statement on Facebook later that day with an update. 

One year after sexual allegations against Brian Houston and his resignation, Hillsong Church is welcoming his permanent replacements. 

The co-founder of Hillsong church, Houston was accused of being sexually inappropriate with two women within the church. The allegations happened in early March, 2022. Two weeks later the pastor gave his resignation. 

Rainbow Mennonite Church recognizes that to make amends, the church should educate itself on Indigenous life and culture.

On January 8, 2023, Rainbow Mennonite Church (RMC) in Kansas City, Kan., dedicated a large painting of Turtle Island with Indigenous dancers present within the animal in Fellowship Hall titled "An Acknowledgement of Life."

Tokeya Waci U (Comes Dancing First) is the artist and will use this painting to not only talk about the art but the significance of the details to Indigenous culture.

Jodie Ballenger experienced more in her childhood than many of us will experience in our lifetime.

Her mother was a prostitute, and her father chose his new wife over her, leading to neglect and abuse. This impacted her life in ways she never imagined.

Turkey’s death toll keeps climbing as rescuers pull more bodies from the rubble after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Monday.

The record-breaking earthquakes rocked Turkey and parts of Syria yesterday, collapsing buildings and burying people alive. The death toll is exceeding 3,500 at press time, with more than 10,000 injured.

Paul*, a friend of Trans World Radio, is on the ground with his team in Turkey.

"[The] most damaged city is Antioch; we had a radio station there," says Paul. "I will go with my wife to Antioch [to survey the situation.]"

Anne Wilson has a new single out that is featured in the highly-anticipated film Jesus Revolution. 

"I love to create and write songs, especially ones that truly speak to me," says Wilson in a recent interview. "After watching the new Jesus Revolution movie, I was deeply inspired by its message and its ability to reignite my own faith journey, which led us to write ‘Living Water.’"

Wilson was recently nominated for a Grammy award for her album My Jesus.