Articles by CDI Staff
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A Chinese robotics company has introduced a line of lifelike humanoid robots built as personal companions, presenting the machines as an answer to loneliness among single adults and older people. -
'Gott is ma untakemma': Austrian churches launch faith-story campaign in Burgenland
Churches and ministries in Austria's easternmost province have begun a media campaign inviting residents to watch video testimonies of personal faith, part of a series of regional efforts that organizers say have drawn millions of online views. -
Chinese underground church pastor Ezra Jin freed, arrives in US weeks after Trump raised case with Xi
Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, leader of one of China's largest underground churches, has been released from detention and reunited with his family in the United States, less than two months after U.S. President Donald Trump personally raised his case with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, his family and rights advocates said Saturday, according to The Associated Press. -
Swiss free church president calls quiet end of clergy military exemption a state 'self-secularization'
The end of a long-standing exemption from compulsory military service for clergy in Switzerland points to a broader retreat by the state from the idea that churches serve a public purpose, a leading free church figure has argued, while faulting the government for changing the law without consulting the churches affected. -
YWAM deploys sports ministries as 2026 FIFA World Cup enters knockout rounds
International missionary movement Youth With A Mission (YWAM) is running a coordinated outreach campaign across Canada, Mexico, and the United States as the 2026 FIFA World Cup advances through its intense knockout stages. -
South Africa: Prayer answered with peaceful protests, but immigrants still stuck in make-shift camps
South Africa remained relatively calm on June 30th as an unofficial ultimatum from anti-immigration groups expired without the violence many had feared. Save for a few isolated incidents, major cities avoided the looting and destruction seen in past protests, thanks to a robust police deployment and the government’s firm stance against lawlessness -
UK ministry Release International renamed Voice of Persecuted Christians
Release International, a British Christian ministry that assists believers facing persecution in about 30 countries, has adopted a new name: Voice of Persecuted Christians. -
Evangelical Press Association announces search for new executive director
The Evangelical Press Association has opened a national search for its next executive director, a position overseeing the U.S.-based group's membership, annual convention, awards contest and finances, according to the association's announcement. -
Bill seeks to replace colonial-era Christian marriage law in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
A woman lawmaker in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly has introduced a private member's bill seeking to replace the province’s 154-year-old Christian marriage law with modern legislation aimed at strengthening legal protections for Christian families. -
New book calls churches to make child protection a gospel priority
Church leaders, theologians and child advocacy practitioners from around the world gathered online to launch God's Heart for Child Protection and Safeguarding, a new volume urging Christians to view safeguarding not as an administrative requirement but as a central expression of the gospel. -
Swiss Christian website jesus.ch relaunches with new design, expanded content
One of Switzerland's most-visited Christian websites has relaunched with a redesigned platform after hundreds of hours of development work, according to a report by Livenet.ch, a Swiss Christian news outlet. -
States launch UN declaration calling for global moratorium on surrogacy
A coalition of governments formally launched a political declaration at the United Nations on June 22 calling for an international moratorium on surrogacy, framing the practice as incompatible with human rights protections for women and children.
