Articles by Chris Eyte
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On the occasion of World Refugee Day that is commemorated today (June 20), Christian Daily International spoke exclusively with a church pastor and immigrant advocate in northern California. He believes overcoming fear and seeing migrants as sent by God to the local church as key to fulfilling the global Church's mission of welcoming the stranger and sharing the gospel. -
Leading child advocate calls out UK political parties for ignoring 84,000 vulnerable children, calls on churches to step up
A leading evangelical advocate for children and government advisor calls out political parties for ignoring tens of thousands of vulnerable children in need of foster and adoption parents in their manifestos for the upcoming U.K. General Election 2024. Sharing about his own experience as as a foster and adoptive parent, he calls on evangelical churches to step up at this time of need. -
National poll shows concerns about proposed hate crime law for Ireland but leading evangelical is not worried
A national poll reveals a quarter of Irish people surveyed are concerned about freedom of speech as the country considers hate speech legislation. But a leading evangelical says there is no issue for Christians as long as they live in accordance to biblical values. -
Evangelical Alliance opposes moves to change abortion laws in Antigua
The Government of Antigua & Barbuda has deferred the issue of legalizing abortions when a mother’s life is not endangered to a law court after the country’s evangelical alliance opposed moves by pro-choice campaigners claiming that the country’s historic abortion laws are unconstitutional. -
Study shows hostility toward Christians in UK
More than half of Christians in the United Kingdom experienced hostility and ridicule for their faith in Christ, a survey shows, even as the country’s top police chief admitted to “gaps” in hate crime laws. -
World Refugee Sunday: Refugee rights expert says Church uniquely placed to offer hope in burgeoning global crisis
Tom Albinson has been working with refugees since 1980 and currently serves as President of the International Association for Refugees, a ministry he founded. He is also involved in the Refugee Highway Partnership, a network of churches, agencies and individuals serving forcibly displaced people. Christian Daily International was given an exclusive interview with Albinson for the occasion of World Refugee Sunday, which falls on the Sundays before and after World Refugee Day on June 20. -
High Court in Türkiye upholds expulsion of nine foreign Christians
Türkiye's highest judicial body, the Constitutional Court, on June 7 upheld the government’s expulsion of nine foreign Christians in what rights advocates said was an effort to rid the country of Christianity. -
Ministries partner to reach thousands of prisoners, families and children around the world with the gospel
A massive evangelistic effort has been agreed between two global ministries now looking to distribute 90,000 audio and visual Bibles to 700,000 prisoners in 70 countries over the next five years, with extra support planned for 90,000 vulnerable children and 40,000 caregivers. Prison Fellowship International (PFI) and Faith Comes By Hearing (FCBH) announced the joint renewal plan to share the good news of Jesus Christ with prisoners and prisoners’ families taking part in two of PFI’s frontline pr -
Christians in Antigua approach prime minister to voice deep unease at cannabis smoking in churches
At a meeting with Prime Minister Gaston Browne, The Antigua Barbuda Evangelical Alliance (ABEA) has voiced deep unease about cannabis drug users disrespecting sacred spaces on the sovereign island nation. Representatives of ABEA met with Prime Minister Gaston Browne on Friday (June 7) to express frustrations about people smoking the powerful herb in public on the islands, including at sites and during events considered sacred to the Christian faith. -
Evangelical body in France calls for prayer before parliamentary snap-election
The National Council of French Evangelicals (CNEF) has called on the country’s evangelicals to pray following President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to dissolve the National Assembly and call a two-round snap election on June 30 and July 7. European parliamentary elections earlier this month resulted in a boost to the far-right party National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen, with 32 percent of votes, as previously reported by Christian Daily International. Macron’s own Renaissance party had been left -
Majority Christian town offer safe haven to Jews as terrorism threat increases in the Netherlands
A town in the Netherlands inhabited by a majority of Christian residents is offering a refuge to Jewish people who feel unsafe in the country as the terrorism threat has increased. The local council in Urk, formerly an island within the province of Flevoland, made the publicly open invitation to allow Jews to settle in the town, set in the heart of the so-called Dutch Bibleland. -
Christian athletes ministry criticizes Olympic LGBT-affirming guidelines for media that dictate to "not assume a person’s gender identity"
Latest guidelines by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer push LGBT propaganda onto media and other stakeholders, according to 4 WINDS USA, a worldwide sports ministry, helping athletes in track and field. The ministry has issued a damning response to the “Portrayal Guidelines” issued by the IOC for the Olympics, highlighting that GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, helped to write the third edition of the guidelines that were crea
