CDI Staff

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24 May, 2025 23:23 EDT

Africa Church & Missions Society & Culture

Panel on women in leadership challenges African churches to model a biblical rather than cultural view of women

By CDI Staff

At a vibrant panel discussion during the 13th General Assembly of the Association of Evangelicals in Africa (AEA), prominent women leaders from across the continent and beyond issued a united call for greater inclusion in church leadership, emphasizing the need for biblical equality, digital relevance, and structural reform to fully engage both women and the next generation.
24 May, 2025 16:11 EDT

Africa Church & Missions

Rev. Dr. Jean Libom Li Likeng from Cameroon elected president of Association of Evangelicals in Africa

By CDI Staff

The General Assembly of the Association of Evangelicals in Africa (AEA) has elected Rev. Dr. Jean Libom Li Likeng as its new president. The election took place during the business session of the 13th AEA General Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya. Likeng, who previously served as AEA vice president, succeeds Rev. Dr. Goodwill Shana of Zimbabwe, who served as president for the past eight years.
23 May, 2025 08:21 EDT

Africa Society & Culture Church & Missions Family & Children

‘Let us prepare the Church in Africa to be prophetic’: Prof. Mhloyi calls for courage on sexual ethics at Africa General Assembly

By CDI Staff

At the 13th General Assembly of the Association of Evangelicals in Africa (AEA) on May 23, 2025, Professor Marvelous Mhloyi delivered a sweeping and impassioned address on gender and sexuality, focusing particularly on homosexuality and the church's biblical mandate in response to growing Western influence.
23 May, 2025 04:57 EDT

Africa Church & Missions Education

'We must teach truth that transforms': African theologians call for contextual training models at Africa General Assembly

By CDI Staff

The 13th General Assembly of the Association of Evangelicals in Africa (AEA) continued on Friday, May 23, with a compelling call for theological education in Africa to be both contextually relevant and widely accessible. Two leading educators, Dr. Daniel Kawata and Dr. Habtamu Umer, delivered keynote presentations urging evangelical leaders to radically rethink how they train pastors and equip church leaders across the continent.
23 May, 2025 02:15 EDT

Africa US & Canada Church & Missions

'The Church in Africa must lead the rest of us,' Pastor Rick Warren tells assembly of African evangelical leaders

By CDI Staff

Pastor Rick Warren, internationally known author of The Purpose Driven Life and The Purpose Driven Church, addressed the General Assembly of the Association of Evangelicals in Africa (AEA) via livestream on Wednesday, calling on African evangelical leaders to take the lead in completing the global mission of the Church.
22 May, 2025 05:03 EDT

Africa Church & Missions Society & Culture

Association of Evangelicals in Africa opens General Assembly in Nairobi with focus on unity and African transformation

By CDI Staff

The 13th General Assembly of the Association of Evangelicals in Africa (AEA) officially opened Wednesday evening in Nairobi with a strong emphasis on unity among Christians across Africa. Hosted at the International Christian Center (ICC) and organized by the Evangelical Alliance of Kenya (EAK), the opening ceremony brought together church leaders, alliance representatives, and international partners from across the continent and beyond.
21 May, 2025 04:14 EDT

Africa Church & Missions Society & Culture

‘To get the Africa God wants, we need the African Church God wants,’ says President of Association of Evangelicals in Africa

By CDI Staff

Opening the 13th General Assembly of the Association of Evangelicals in Africa (AEA), Bishop Dr. Goodwill Shana delivered a far-reaching and impassioned keynote address calling the African Church to rediscover its prophetic identity and take full responsibility for the continent’s future.
17 May, 2025 13:55 EDT

US & Canada Europe Asia Church & Missions

WEA issues official statement in response to whistleblower report

By CDI Staff

The World Evangelical Alliance issued a statement Saturday, May 17, on its website in response to a whistleblower report recently published by the Christian Council of Korea, WEA’s former national member body.
16 May, 2025 14:46 EDT

US & Canada Africa Migration Society & Culture Church & Missions

Refugee flight landed in US from South Africa; White South African Christian leaders say racial narrative is 'distorted'

By CDI Staff

A chartered jet carrying 59 white South Africans arrived in the United States on Monday, marking the first group admitted under a newly created refugee pathway launched by the Trump administration. The arrivals, many of them Afrikaners, were granted entry under claims of “race-based persecution” in South Africa — a move that has triggered significant debate both internationally and within South Africa’s religious community.
15 May, 2025 06:01 EDT

Africa Migration Church & Missions

Churches step up as key responders to Africa’s displacement crisis, say leaders at Nairobi roundtable

By CDI Staff

As Africa faces a growing displacement crisis, local churches are increasingly stepping into the gap left by declining international aid, according to participants at a recent roundtable organized by the Refugee Highway Partnership Africa (RHP Africa).
13 May, 2025 13:30 EDT

Asia Africa Europe US & Canada Church & Missions

World Evangelical Alliance whistleblower raises questions about legitimacy, theology of key leaders

By CDI Staff

A series of whistleblower documents raising serious concerns about the leadership and governance of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) has sparked renewed controversy ahead of the organization’s planned General Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, in October 2025.
8 May, 2025 13:30 EDT

US & Canada Church & Missions

Robert Prevost elected Pope Leo XIV, becomes first American pontiff

By CDI Staff

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, taking the name Pope Leo XIV and becoming the first American to hold the papacy.

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