Articles by CDI Staff
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A personalized cancer vaccine developed by Merck and Moderna has shown success in preventing the return of melanoma in a large clinical trial, raising hopes that the same approach could eventually be used against many other types of cancer. -
Survey finds only half of South Korean church teens confident in the gospel, with family playing key role
Fewer than half of female middle and high school students in South Korean churches say they are confident in the Christian gospel, and youth worship attendance remains well below pre-pandemic levels, according to a major new survey of the country's next generation of churchgoers. -
Barna book argues worldview gap explains why many Christians think like the culture
A new book from Christian researcher George Barna argues that the reason many people who call themselves Christians think and live indistinguishably from the broader culture comes down to a missing foundation — not a lack of sincerity, but the absence of a coherent biblical worldview -
UN warns children are 'guinea pigs' for unregulated AI as online risks mount
The United Nations is calling on governments, technology companies and advertisers to act on what it describes as a pressing and consequential policy challenge — the safety, rights and digital future of the world's most connected generation. -
Oskar Brüsewitz: Church in Germany marks 50 years since pastor burned himself in protest of communist rule
Fifty years after a Lutheran pastor set himself ablaze in a public square to protest communist oppression of the church, German Christians remember a man whose act reverberated through East Germany and beyond. -
Canadian evangelical body launches study on pastor shortage
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada has announced a new research project to assess how many churches across the country lack pastoral leadership and what factors are driving that gap. -
Most evangelicals give their spiritual lives a C+, new study finds
A new survey of 1,000 evangelical Protestants in the United States found that believers rate their own spiritual lives at an average grade-point equivalent of 2.42 — roughly a C+ — with evangelism, financial giving and tithing ranking as the weakest areas, according to research released by Infinity Concepts and Grey Matter Research. -
'Helpless and speechless': Swiss elder-care advocate says Christians must learn to talk about assisted dying
As the canton of Zurich moves toward a referendum on assisted dying, a Swiss elder-care advocate with more than a decade of experience accompanying dying people is urging churches and society to stop waiting for ballot results and start learning to talk about death. -
Magnum, Ben & Jerry's, Halo Top adjust recipes as GLP-1 drugs reshape ice cream market towards healthier choices
Ice cream manufacturers are overhauling recipes and shrinking portions as consumers worldwide increasingly scrutinize what they eat — and a growing class of appetite-suppressing drugs is accelerating the shift, Reuters reported. -
Dallas seminary partners with India school to launch biblical counseling degree
Dallas Theological Seminary has formed an academic partnership with Evangelical Theological Seminary in India to launch a graduate-level Christian counseling program, with a long-term plan for the Indian institution to operate the program on its own. -
Powerful magnitude-7.7 earthquake strikes Indonesia's Flores Island
At least 38 people were killed when a magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Indonesia before dawn on Saturday (Aug. 15), as rescue teams struggled to reach the region closest to the epicentre with roads blocked by landslides and communications networks down. -
Korean mission scholars probe Pentecostalism, diaspora and new research methods as global Christianity shifts
A group of Korean mission theologians gathered in Seoul to examine how shifts in global Christianity are reshaping the field of missiology, with papers ranging from the growth of Pentecostalism in the Global South to a proposed new research framework for studying local faith communities.
