Articles by CDI Staff
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The European Evangelical Alliance on Thursday evening (Oct. 8) presented its 2026 Hope Award to Ukraine’s evangelical Protestant churches. -
Evangelical Press Association members vote to rename group Christian Communicators Network
Members of the Evangelical Press Association have approved renaming the organization Christian Communicators Network, adopting a board proposal that drew objections by some over removing the word "evangelical" from the group's name. -
Hope for Europe gathering opens in Albania with call to hope in uncertain times
Evangelical leaders from across Europe opened a five-day gathering in Albania on Monday evening. Their Albanian hosts described the country's path from enforced state atheism to a growing evangelical church as a sign of hope for the continent. -
Miia Kallio named Global Director of TWR Women of Hope
Miia Kallio has been named the new global director of TWR Women of Hope, effective Oct. 1, 2026. Kallio succeeds Susie Pek, who led the global ministry for three-and-a-half years and is transitioning to a new leadership role within Trans World Radio (TWR). -
U.S. Senate recognizes Prison Fellowship’s 50th anniversary
The U.S. Senate has passed a resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of Prison Fellowship, honoring the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit serving currently and formerly incarcerated people and their families. -
Report highlights role of short-term trips, church apprenticeships in long-term mission
Short-term mission placements and church apprenticeships can help prepare people for long-term gospel ministry, according to a report published by mission agency Crosslinks. -
Religious nationalism narrows over time and props up authoritarian rule, advocates say
Religious nationalism tends to exclude more people the longer it holds power and often serves authoritarian governments, panelists told the Global Religious Freedom Gathering in Dallas on Sept. 29. They also acknowledged that growing debate over Christian nationalism in the United States complicates American efforts to confront the problem abroad. -
Conflict, surveillance, disunity emerging as new religious freedom challenges, advocates say
Religious freedom advocates told a gathering in Texas that armed conflict and state surveillance are undermining the methods Christians have used to defend persecuted believers. They said a divided global church is poorly placed to respond. -
Korean Christian broadcaster that carried gospel into North Korea marks 70 years
Far East Broadcasting Company-Korea, a Christian radio network whose signals have reached listeners in North Korea, China and Russia for decades, is marking its 70th anniversary with a series of events running through December. -
Archaeologists uncover Second Temple-era Jewish settlement from time of Jesus
Archaeologists in southern Israel have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown Jewish settlement dating to the era of Jesus and the early church, highlighted by the successful extraction of an intact 2,000-year-old ritual purification bath (mikveh) weighing 25 tons. -
Swiss conference in Basel to address global poverty amid funding and aid cuts
More than 800 million people worldwide continue to live in extreme poverty despite global development targets, while the challenges are compounded by rising conflicts, disasters and cuts in international aid, including in Switzerland. -
International community demands release of rights lawyers in Pakistan
Asserting that the rearrest of two leading human rights attorneys threatens legal defense for victims of religious persecution, 15 international rights organizations on Monday (Sept. 28) demanded the immediate release Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha.
