Articles by CDI Staff
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In today's episode of Faith Without Frontiers podcast, Bhatti discusses how his family’s history, his Christian faith and the assassination of his uncle, Shahbaz Bhatti, shaped his commitment to religious freedom and public service. -
US evangelical body welcomes government announcement of $2 billion for faith-based global health work
The National Association of Evangelicals has praised a U.S. government announcement directing nearly $2 billion in health and humanitarian funding through faith-based organizations, calling it an encouraging sign that global compassion work will remain a national priority. -
Shahbaz Bhatti’s legacy lives on through landmark reforms for Pakistan’s Christians, other minorities
As Pakistan observes National Minorities Day on Aug. 11, the legacy of slain Christian federal minister Shahbaz Bhatti continues to shape the country’s minority rights landscape through reforms that remain among the most significant protections secured for religious minorities since the Muslim-majority nation’s creation almost eighty years ago. -
TeenStreet draws more than 3,300 to Offenburg for biblical wisdom theme
More than 3,300 teenagers and adults from Europe, the United States, and South Korea gathered in Offenburg, Germany, last week for TeenStreet 2026, an annual Christian youth conference organized by Operation Mobilisation. -
Pranitha 'Pinky' Timothy, Lausanne justice advocate, dies at 51
Pranitha "Pinky" Timothy, who spent decades fighting bonded labour and human trafficking across South Asia and served as the Lausanne Movement's regional director for the region, died Aug. 9, 2026, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. She was 51. -
Evangelical Press Association board proposes renaming group 'Christian Communicators Network'
The board of the Evangelical Press Association has unanimously recommended changing the organization's name to Christian Communicators Network, saying the 75-year-old name no longer reflects what the group's members actually do, according to an announcement titled "Honoring our heritage. Embracing our future." posted Aug. 2. -
Swiss defence minister apologizes to churches for excluding them from clergy draft law change
Switzerland's defence minister has written to church leaders to apologize for failing to consult them before quietly stripping clergy of their long-standing exemption from military service obligations, a procedural lapse that has drawn criticism from Catholic and Protestant leaders alike. -
Christians from across German-speaking world to gather for JESUS27 revival conference
Registration is open for a pan-denominational conference in Germany that organizers say will bring together Christians from across German-speaking Europe to pray, study Scripture, and strengthen the church's evangelistic witness. -
South Korean church leader urges Christians to become 'AI media missionaries'
A South Korean futures scholar and church leader is calling on Christians worldwide to treat artificial intelligence as a gospel tool rather than a threat — and to train ordinary believers to use it for cross-cultural mission. -
Can business be ministry? Austrian couple shares how a hotel became a mission field
When Josef and Rebekka Schneider left secure careers seven years ago to renovate and operate a former Catholic seminary as a hotel in Austria, they believed the business would simply support their real mission: planting a church. Instead, the hotel became the mission. -
'They want to destroy our country': Christian charity worker sounds alarm on Germany's radicalization crisis
Two of Germany's prominent voices on Islamist radicalization are warning that last week's deadly attack on a Berlin Pride parade reflects a crisis far deeper than the actions of a single attacker — one in which, according to a Christian charity worker, the majority of young Muslim men in Germany's most troubled neighborhoods quietly support those intent on overturning the country's democratic order. -
Evangelical pastor in Ceuta calls for prayer as death toll climbs and migrants turn back
As the Spanish enclave of Ceuta slowly returns to something like normality, an evangelical pastor in the city is urging Christians worldwide to pray — for the migrants who came, for residents caught in the chaos, and for authorities struggling to respond.
