Organizers have announced the speaker lineup for the ChurchWorks Summit, a one-day event exploring how faith and policy can work together for the social good. The summit takes place Feb. 27 at Central Hall in Westminster, London.
The year 2033 has become significant focal point for the global Church, in an attempt to rally fresh evangelistic energy leading up to the 2,000th anniversary of Christ's resurrection. Yet we must not forget that the Church's authority is rooted in Jesus' example on the cross. Broad-spectrum evangelistic initiatives will not replace the need for embodied witness with those who are suffering.
Christian missionaries have carried the Bible and have taught people how to read it, shaping the entire modern world through literacy projects. As we face radical literacy disruption by AI, missionaries may yet be a balwark against knowledge loss once more.
Trizenia September is the first woman to serve as director on a GBA vessel. She prefers to not dwell on that but instead on that our realities do not define who we are and we need to build resilience. She says, being faithful in following Jesus with our whole heart and serving God well is every Christian's responsibility.
We need churches that take seriously the responsibility to prepare people for the reality of life outside the sanctuary. Jesus said we should love God first, then our neighbor. When that order is softened or reversed, the result is a version of Christianity that feels compassionate but lacks depth and is ultimately diluted.
A Christian mission-owned airplane carrying critical aid supplies crashed in the mountains of Haiti with no survivors. Agape Flights lost contact with N316AF Embraer 110 Bandeirante over the mountains of Jeremie, Haiti, on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 5. Chief Executive Officer Allen Speer, of Agape Flights, tearfully confirmed the tragic news on Friday and said no further information was known at this time. He also paid tribute to those lost and the families involved.
The Italian Evangelical Alliance has raised theological and practical concerns following the signing of a national ecumenical agreement that brings together Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and some Evangelical and Pentecostal churches in Italy.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and the Evangelical Alliance of Kenya (EAK) convened a prayer breakfast Wednesday, Feb. 4, launching a formal partnership ahead of the 2027 General Election aimed at safeguarding the country's democratic process through value-based engagement. The initiative comes as the commission warns it faces a significant shortfall in funding for key pre-election activities.
Stewardship, a financial support organization, has published its third report examining current trends in financial giving and generosity by U.K Christians. The latest 64-page report puts the ethical value of trust at the center of its enquiry with the understanding that giving is not just about capacity or conviction but also relational. “This year, we have therefore paid special attention to the impact that perceptions of integrity, transparency, accountability and reliability have on the way
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In the light of the reality of the severe persecution of Christians in many parts of the world, Brobbel suggests to those living comfortably: “Far too often, Christians seem more concerned about preserving our Christian values than willingly living them out and bearing the consequences for doing so.”
A cave in Bethlehem, revered by Christians around the world as the place of Christ’s birth, will undergo a restoration for the first time in 600 years as part of a collaborative effort to preserve a sacred site that connects believers to the roots of their faith.
The Liberal Democrat party in the United Kingdom this month agreed to pay damages of at least £250,000 ($337,250) to former BBC journalist David Campanale for unlawful discrimination against him for his Christian beliefs.
