As the world changes at breakneck speed, the Church is grappling with how to reach a generation formed by digital culture, moral fluidity, and deep questions about identity. Ashish Hirday, Global Facilitator of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) Youth Commission, believes the answer is found in the Word of God rather than in programs.
The recent flood from the Himalayas through Nepal to India, shared via social media, stunned the world. Relief organizations mobilized to capitalize on the catastrophe and the Nepali government collected a great deal of financial aid to assist but relief action was slow. Whereas, NGOs and churches competed for the donor dollar while families grieved.
For a followers of folk religion in Taiwan, who understand religion as transactional with individual spirits, forgiveness of sins may not immediately sound like an answer to the practical fears that emerge during Taiwan's Ghost Month. Yet the gospel can reframe the human problem without ignoring the fear that brought the person to the conversation. Our deepest problem is not that we have failed to satisfy every unseen power. It is that we are sinners before a holy God.
Disciples are made to need one another, and in their interdependence they reveal God's glory. Collaboration with those who follow Christ from other backgrounds is a powerful witness in this regard. By living and ministering well together the lives of those who don't know Jesus will be impacted by a community of spiritually transformed, self-giving people who demonstrate a love that is not of this world.
Zeeneta has experienced things in life that seem almost unimaginable as part of a family that was persecuted for their faith. Her parents' resilience modeled a resilience that Zeeneta now encourages others to have, especially women. The young girl that worried about not having a future is now passing on a powerful legacy.
A post-conference reflection by African public theologian Israel Olofinjana urges Majority World Christian leaders to reclaim agency in global mission, proposing a missiology rooted in local contexts, the work of the Holy Spirit, and the lived reality of suffering rather than Western managerial models and imported theologies.
Education leaders in South Korea gathered Sept. 26 to discuss ways to sustain alternative schools, highlighting the need for stable financial support while preserving the schools’ unique identities. The third Education Mission Forum, held at Myongji University in Seoul, was organized by the university’s Education Mission Center and Global Vision Christian School under the theme “New Government Education Policy and the Sustainability of Alternative Education.”
A wave of attacks on Christians erupted in northwest India’s Rajasthan state following passage of harsh anti-conversion legislation even though it has yet to receive the governor’s assent, sources said.
A Muslim crowd near Jakarta, Indonesia demanded a congregation suspend worship on Sunday (Sept. 21), sources said.
Hindu relatives of a 20-year-old Christian woman in central India raped her and nearly killed her mother for their faith in Christ, sources said.
Christian leaders hailed the Trillion Peso March as “a miracle” after more than 70,000 Filipinos gathered at the People Power Monument on Sunday in a massive prayer rally against corruption, which organizers say is tied to misuse of a trillion-peso flood control budget.
For children and teens, the impact of AI is more than cognitive. It reaches deeply into the adolescent person; their spirituality, convictions, and ultimately the lens through which they interpret truth, all come into play. Our adolescents crave human connection but are easily seduced by a synthetic, readily accessible alternative.
