
Church & Missions

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Jamaican churches seek repair funds after Hurricane Melissa ravages island
More than 170 churches across Jamaica have applied for government repair grants after Hurricane Melissa tore through the island, damaging religious buildings that often serve as emergency shelters and community hubs. The Category 5 hurricane hit the island on Oct. 28 with 185 mph (298 km/h) winds and up to 30 inches of rainfall leading to severe flooding and landslides. Parts of the South West went underwater with roads and bridges washed away. 45 people died with up to 27 missing and more than -
Floods kill more than 200 across Southern Africa as churches become shelters
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Jordan seeks to boost Christian pilgrimage in talks with global evangelical leaders
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Stuttgart conference to focus on Muslim engagement as leader calls Church to be ‘prepared to answer’
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Churches among buildings destroyed by wildfire in southern Chile
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‘Break the Debt Blues’ campaign launched by UK charity tackling financial anxiety
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Died: Robert Cunville (1939-2026), Indian evangelist who preached the gospel worldwide
Robert Rieweh Cunville, the soft-spoken Indian evangelist who proclaimed the gospel to millions across Africa, Asia and Europe and later served as an associate evangelist with Billy Graham, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at a hospital in Shillong. He was 86. -

Spanish evangelical group calls for prayer following train crash
A leading evangelical body in Spain has called for prayer and offered public condolences to the victims and families of the recent Adamuz train collision in Córdoba province, Andalusia, which killed 41 people and left hundreds injured, according to current reports. -

Merger between Danish mission bodies faces obstacles, but still possible
A proposed merger between two of Denmark’s leading mission bodies remains unresolved, with further negotiations scheduled for spring 2026 after talks stalled over financial and theological concerns. Leaders of the Danish Mission Council (Dansk Missionsråd, DMR) and the Center for Church Development Cooperation (CKU) have been exploring whether to reunite institutions that operated as a single structure until 1986, when CKU was established as a separate project department. Supporters say a merger -

UK Christian charity urges churches to act after report exposes illegal housing for hundreds of children in care
A damning new report has found that hundreds of vulnerable children in England’s care system are still living in illegal and unsuitable accommodation, prompting a Christian charity to urge churches across the country to step up with renewed prayer, action and advocacy. The findings, released by the Children’s Commissioner for England, show that 669 children — many with serious mental health needs or additional educational requirements — remain housed in places such as caravans, holiday camps and -

Evangelical Swiss chaplains discuss spiritual care for modern army
Members of the Swiss Armed Forces chaplaincy from evangelical backgrounds gathered in the nation’s capital to evaluate their expanding role within the military. About 50 participants met for a professional development day focused on the evolving demands of spiritual care in a modern, diverse army, according to the Réseau Évangélique Suisse (French-speaking Swiss Evangelical Alliance). The gathering, held Jan. 13, marked the second professional day of its kind and highlighted a six-year formal co -

Evangelistic Festival of Hope to come to Ushuaia, southernmost city known as 'the end of the world'
More than 3,000 kilometers from Buenos Aires, at the southern tip of Latin America, the city of Ushuaia—considered the southernmost city in the world and nicknamed "the end of the world"—is preparing for a large-scale spiritual event that has generated anticipation for revival among local churches and across the province of Tierra del Fuego. -

‘2026 will be the most spiritually open year in living memory,’ says UK missiologist
Research markers from the previous year (2025) suggest that the “tide has turned” in numbers of people attending church, says a missiologist for the U.K. Evangelical Alliance (EA). In a “Missional Trends 2026” article, Phil Knox, Evangelism and missiology senior specialist for the national EA, shared five key missional expectations for churches to anticipate in the year ahead. These include more spiritually open people, unexplained spiritual experiences and events, gospel opportunities, deeper e
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