Articles by CDI Staff
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Theological institutions are producing graduates ill-equipped for real-world ministry, denominational structures risk fossilizing into gatekeeping institutions, and Christian leaders across Asia are growing more exhausted than fruitful — these were among the pointed assessments delivered during the second-day morning panel of the Asia Conference on Church and Mission (ACCM), held in Manila. -
At ACCM2026, Asia Evangelical Alliance leader warns: Two centuries of evangelism without discipleship have 'cost us a lot'
The General Secretary of the Asia Evangelical Alliance pressed evangelical leaders Tuesday to confront what he called three deep internal fractures keeping the church trapped in an event-driven model, and introduced a continent-wide tracking system to hold congregations accountable for the shift toward intentional disciple-making. -
At ACCM2026, head of global discipleship movement calls Asian Church to repent, resolve, and realign
On the evening of June 9, 2026, as 210 evangelical leaders from 25 nations gathered in Manila, the second keynote address of the Asia Conference on Church & Mission (ACCM) 2026 opened with challenging pictures illustrating church decline and moving towards a call for revival by returning to the Church’s key task of disciple making. -
‘Covered in the dust of the rabbi’: at ACCM2026, WEA head emphasizes discipleship happens in community
On the evening of June 9, 2026, 210 evangelical leaders from 25 nations gathered in Manila for the opening session of the Asia Conference on Church & Mission (ACCM) 2026. Rev. Botrus Mansour, Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance, delivered the first keynote address of the conference. His message was primarily a pastoral argument, grounded in ancient Jewish practice, for why discipleship must be done in community — and what the Church loses when it forgets this. -
Asia Conference on Church & Mission opens in Manila, calling evangelical leaders to 'Disciple or Die 3.0'
With 210 delegates gathered from 25 nations across Asia and beyond, the Asia Conference on Church & Mission (ACCM) 2026 officially kicked off on Monday evening, June 9, at GCF South Metro in Alabang, Metro Manila. -
Seminaries must balance AI's potential with the risk of bypassing genuine formation, theological educators warn
Two leading voices at the intersection of evangelical theological education and technology are calling on seminary faculty globally to grapple seriously with artificial intelligence as a force already reshaping how students learn, write and reason — while insisting that the spiritual formation at the heart of theological education is something no machine can replicate. At an international webinar titled "AI Disruption and the Future of Theological Education,” they examined both the practical and -
OCMS taps first director for Regnum Books to widen Global South scholarship
Regnum Books, the publishing arm of the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, has appointed Angus Crichton as its first dedicated director, a move the organization says marks a new stage in its development as a platform for theological scholarship from the Global South. -
OneHope president responds to papal AI encyclical, calls on churches to engage next generation
The head of a global children's ministry is urging Christian leaders worldwide to take an active role in shaping how artificial intelligence influences the formation of young people, responding to a major Vatican document on the topic. -
Open Doors Canada launches campaign to remember those in prison for their faith
More than 8,000 Christians worldwide were abducted, arrested, imprisoned or sentenced without trial last year because of their faith, according to the 2026 World Watch List. Many of their stories never make headlines. Open Doors Canada is asking Canadian Christians and churches to mark June 28 by remembering the people behind those numbers. -
Korean churches unite in prayer for reunification of North and South, release of detained missionaries
Dozens of churches and Christian organizations across South Korea and several countries will join a 21-day prayer campaign beginning June 5, focusing on the release of three missionaries held in North Korea and what organizers call "Gospel reunification" of the Korean Peninsula, according to Christian Daily Korea. -
German Christian music pioneer Siegfried Fietz marks 80 years
Siegfried Fietz, one of the most influential figures in German-language Christian music, turned 80 on May 25, according to the German Christian publication Jesus.de. -
Africa on track to hold nearly half the world's young people by 2100, new data shows
Africa's population has grown more than sixfold since 1950 and is projected to keep expanding through the end of the century — even as growth slows across most of the world — according to a Pew Research Center analysis published last week.
