Articles by CDI Staff
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Far East Broadcasting Company has begun construction on a ministry center in the Cambodian capital that will house studios for radio, podcast and video production, the broadcaster said in an announcement on Sept. 1. -
Save the Parish report warns of 'existential' fall in Church of England parish clergy
Save the Parish, a campaign group within the Church of England, published a report Sept. 4 warning that the number of stipendiary parish clergy has fallen to crisis levels and that more priests are now leaving ministry by resignation than by retirement. -
Lawmakers in Pakistan’s Punjab seek equal religious education opportunities for minority prisoners
Christian rights activists have welcomed a resolution adopted by the Punjab Provincial Assembly calling for equal opportunities for prisoners from religious minorities to receive religious education, take examinations and qualify for sentence remission. -
Global Methodist Church adopts Articles of Faith, elects first full-time bishops at Johannesburg conference
The Global Methodist Church adopted a set of Articles of Faith and elected eight bishops to its first regular Assembly of Bishops during a General Conference that closed Saturday (Sept. 5) at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, the denomination said. -
Pakistan’s PM honors Christian nurse who risked her life to save infant
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday, Sept. 2, praised a Christian nurse who risked her life to rescue an infant from a hospital fire that killed 14 newborns last week. -
Gafcon-led Global Anglican Communion to establish headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria
Gafcon, the body governing the Anglican grouping that broke with Canterbury last year has decided to establish its headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, according to a communique released Aug. 29 by the Most Rev. Laurent Mbanda, chairman of the Global Anglican Council. -
European evangelicals prepare for HOPE 2026
Evangelical leaders from across Europe will convene in Golem, Albania, Oct. 5-9, 2026, for HOPE 2026, a continental gathering aimed at addressing complex social, political and spiritual challenges. -
German evangelist Lothar Velten, known for 'Life to the Full' tent missions, dies at 82
Lothar Velten, a German evangelist who spent six decades preaching in Austria and Germany and became one of the best-known figures in the country's tent mission movement, has died at 82. The evangelical news agency IDEA reported that he died during the night into Aug. 31, citing the Deutsche Zeltmission. -
SOS Children’s Villages UK shifts focus toward family strengthening and community-based care
SOS Children’s Villages UK is changing the way it supports vulnerable children, moving away from its historic “village” model toward family strengthening, community-based care and advocacy for children who are without or at risk of losing parental care. -
More than half of young people in Germany favor a social media ban, survey finds
More than half of German children and young people aged 12 to 17 support restricting access to social media for minors, even though most of them describe the platforms as good for their own lives, according to a report published Aug. 27 in Berlin by the German health insurer Techniker Krankenkasse. -
Austrian state broadcaster makes Graz pop-music worship service available online
A Protestant worship service built around German-language pop songs, held Aug. 23 at the Christuskirche in Graz, Austria, can now be watched online through the media library of Austrian public broadcaster ORF, the congregation said. -
Lawmaker tables bill to protect sanitation workers in Pakistan's Punjab, majority of whom are Christians
A Muslim lawmaker in Pakistan’s Punjab Provincial Assembly on Tuesday (Sept. 1) introduced legislation seeking to establish permanent legal protections for sanitation workers, a workforce that includes a large proportion of Christians.
