A sweeping new law regulating religious conversion took effect in Maharashtra last week, threatening to turn catechism classes, charity work and even prayer meetings into grounds for a police investigation, Christian leaders said.
Speaking with Christian Daily International following the closing session of the Arise Asia 2026 Congress, Rev. Dr. David Ro said he believes the global missions world is at the beginning of a shift that will see missionaries from challenging context going out to share the gospel in hard-to-reach places.
Among many of us there is a quiet yet unsettling recognition that the ways we’ve tried to broker good in the world often feel hurried, fragmented, and unsatisfying. A we try to live at a machine pace, the Kingdom moves like seed in soil, quietly, organically, sometimes unseen for a season, yet full of divine potential. To be a true blessing and effective witness it requires wise charity.
Water is a true wonder we easily take for granted. It is so essential for life on planet Earth, and so rare in the known universe that it deserves the utmost respect from us all. The characteristics of water provide us with a great example of grace. As we contemplate the wonder of water, let us give praise for God's glorious grace.
Across Africa, millions of children are growing up in rapidly changing communities filled with tremendous opportunities and significant challenges. It’s an extraordinary opportunity to reach the next generation with the gospel.
The invisible treadmill of life has a familiar rhythm. Work hard. Achieve goals. Build financial security. Keep everyone healthy. But we can be left wondering how can we experience the easy yoke and light burden that Jesus promised.
Pastor Nihad Hassan, head of the Evangelical Kurdish Church in Beirut, was released on Monday (Aug. 3) from detention in Syria, which also coincided with his birthday.
Following Algeria’s closure of nearly all evangelical churches in waves of repression that began in 2017, Christians have been forced underground in what they describe as an internal exile, sources said.
