A Baptist World Alliance delegation visited Egypt, Lebanon and Syria in a regional tour focused on Christian unity, interfaith dialogue and planning for a global commemoration of the 2,000th anniversary of Jesus Christ's life and ministry.
We no longer live in a world shaped by the assumptions of Christendom. This is a post-Christian era, and sadly we are seeing signs that we are in a post, post-Christian era. As followers of Jesus, we need to make virtue virtuous again, to be the good we long to see in the world.
A documentary about indigenous land dispossession and military violence in West Papua has been watched more than 13.6 million times on YouTube within days, after Indonesian authorities failed to suppress organized screenings in cities throughout the country. More than 107,000 people in April 2026 have been displaced and most of them Christian.
Pastors in small churches in India and around the world may lack formal theological education but responsibility shapes them, failure shapes them, suffering shapes them, prayer shapes them. Sometimes persecution shapes them. Character formation while walking faithfully with Jesus, guided by the Bible and trustworthy mentors, cannot be replicated by a program, and does not result in a diploma, but it is highly valuable education nonetheless.
Ebola has been spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. A terrifying disease, it must be handled with great pastoral wisdom and care. The former Chairman of the World Evangelical Alliance's International Council provides advice to the Church, which at first may seem counter-intuitive for followers of Jesus.
A Singapore-based pastor told evangelical leaders gathered in the Philippines that the church's core problem is not organizational but spiritual — tracing most failures in ministry back to a breakdown in discipleship and obedience, and calling on church leaders across Asia and beyond to become intentional disciple makers rather than program managers.
A veteran Indian Bible teacher challenged evangelical leaders gathered at a major Asian missions conference to confront what he called a pervasive failure of personal discipleship, pressing them to name at least five individuals they are actively discipling — and to ask themselves honestly whether they could.
Three major thrusts for accelerating disciple-making across Asia — artificial intelligence, marketplace outreach and the empowerment of young leaders — took center stage during an afternoon panel discussion on the second day of the Asia Conference on Church & Mission (ACCM) 2026, held June 10 at GCF South Metro in Alabang, Metro Manila.
Children raised in homes where religion is regularly discussed are more than twice as likely to attend church and to say faith is very important in adulthood, according to a new study of more than 60,000 Americans.
Theological institutions are producing graduates ill-equipped for real-world ministry, denominational structures risk fossilizing into gatekeeping institutions, and Christian leaders across Asia are growing more exhausted than fruitful — these were among the pointed assessments delivered during the second-day morning panel of the Asia Conference on Church and Mission (ACCM), held in Manila.
The General Secretary of the Asia Evangelical Alliance pressed evangelical leaders Tuesday to confront what he called three deep internal fractures keeping the church trapped in an event-driven model, and introduced a continent-wide tracking system to hold congregations accountable for the shift toward intentional disciple-making.
Church leaders have warned that growing anti-migrant sentiment in South Africa reflects deeper failures in governance, service delivery and economic inequality, urging authorities and communities to address the root causes of public frustration rather than scapegoating foreign nationals.
