Articles by CDI Staff
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Swiss voters have turned down a proposal to cap the country's population at 10 million, delivering a narrow but clear rebuke to the right-wing Swiss People's Party in one of the most closely watched referendums in recent years, according to the Swiss evangelical news portal Livenet.ch. -
Asia evangelical leader outlines seven-point plan to build disciple-making church movement across continent
As the Asia Conference on Church & Mission (ACCM) 2026 concluded Thursday evening in Alabang, Metro Manila, Dr. Bambang Budijanto, General Secretary of the Asia Evangelical Alliance, described what he sees as a decisive turn in a movement that has been building across the region for two years — and laid out a concrete, time-bound plan to sustain it. -
US, Iran reach preliminary ceasefire agreement to end war, reopen Hormuz strait
The United States and Iran announced a preliminary agreement Sunday to end their months-long war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to global shipping, according to Reuters, though the deal leaves Iran's nuclear program and other contested issues to future negotiations. -
'Start from within': Asia Conference on Church & Mission closes with call to transformation, beginning at the top
The Asia Conference on Church & Mission concluded Thursday evening in Alabang, Metro Manila, with delegates from 25 nations pressed to leave not with good intentions but with a named commitment — a specific congregation or community they would personally shepherd toward disciple-making in the year ahead. -
CMF calls for prayer and support after medical staff targeted in Northern Ireland riots
Christian healthcare leaders are calling for urgent prayer and support after a wave of violent rioting in Northern Ireland left international medical staff and care workers facing severe intimidation on their way to work. -
Family crisis in the church traced to a 'theological failure,' ACCM panel warns
Closing out the Asia Conference on Church & Mission on Thursday, a panel of evangelical leaders warned that one of the most serious failures in the global church is hiding in plain sight: the systematic displacement of parents as the primary disciplers of their own children. -
ACCM2026 panel calls for shift from church programs to disciple-making cultures at church, denominational and national Alliance levels
On the third and final day of the Asia Conference on Church & Mission, three church leaders from across Asia called evangelical congregations and denominational networks to stop measuring ministry success by attendance figures and program activity, arguing that the global church's failure to prioritize discipleship has produced a generation of spiritually shallow Christians — and that only a deliberate, relational, and intergenerational approach to disciple-making can reverse it. -
The delivery system is you: Singapore pastor challenges Asian Church to embody discipleship, not just teach it
A Singapore-based pastor told evangelical leaders gathered in the Philippines that the church's core problem is not organizational but spiritual — tracing most failures in ministry back to a breakdown in discipleship and obedience, and calling on church leaders across Asia and beyond to become intentional disciple makers rather than program managers. -
'Discipling is not a technique': Indian theologian calls Asian church leaders to radical accountability at ACCM2026
A veteran Indian Bible teacher challenged evangelical leaders gathered at a major Asian missions conference to confront what he called a pervasive failure of personal discipleship, pressing them to name at least five individuals they are actively discipling — and to ask themselves honestly whether they could. -
AI, marketplace and youth emerge as major fronts for disciple-making movement at ACCM2026
Three major thrusts for accelerating disciple-making across Asia — artificial intelligence, marketplace outreach and the empowerment of young leaders — took center stage during an afternoon panel discussion on the second day of the Asia Conference on Church & Mission (ACCM) 2026, held June 10 at GCF South Metro in Alabang, Metro Manila. -
Faith Without Frontiers launches Season 2 with David Oginde on faith, leadership and corruption
The second season of Faith Without Frontiers podcast opens with Bishop Dr. David Oginde, chairman of Kenya’s Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), who discusses leadership, corruption, and the faith that sustains him in one of the country's most challenging public roles. -
Study finds parental faith practices linked to adult church attendance
Children raised in homes where religion is regularly discussed are more than twice as likely to attend church and to say faith is very important in adulthood, according to a new study of more than 60,000 Americans.
