As Muslims across the globe celebrate this year’s Muslim festival of Eid el-Adah, also known as, Eid-el-Kabir, on Sunday, 16 June, 2024, Nigeria’s Christian and political leaders have extended hands of fellowship to Muslims in the country, calling for reconciliation, understanding, and peaceful coexistence.
In a very personal reflection, Dr Brian Stiller, Global Ambassador of the World Evangelical Alliance, recounts a memorable meeting with Pope Francis, highlighting his humility, love for Jesus, and commitment to serving others, especially the marginalized.
A well known Swahili proverbs observes, "when elephants fight, the grass suffers". It is a direct analogy to the human condition when our leaders enter into geopolitical conflict and the ordinary people suffer the most. It can seem overwhelming but here are some basic things followers of Jesus can do to help minimize the damage.
The political positioning of new regimes is matching an ideology that has been forming for some time—Dark Enlightenment. We are watching a new world order emerge that will cause great suffering. As the performance of Bach's St Matthew's Passion unfolded, it resonated deeply with the times we find ourselves in.
Thomas Schirrmacher has worked with Pope Francis in a variety of official roles, both for the World Evangelical Alliance and the International Society for Human Rights. He accompanied the pope on three state visits and also visited him privately at Santa Marta on numerous occasions, often around the pontiff’s birthday. These are his reflections.
On the occasion of the 69th Memorial Day, which was celebrated on June 6, 2024, major church institutions issued statements to remember the fallen heroes who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of South Korea and to pass on their spirit to future generations. Below is a summary of the main content of each institution's statement.
In recognition of a new era in global missions with greater participation by the Global South, a recently formed group of mission, church and market-place leaders from Asia and Latin America issued a communique with recommendations for mission practice for the Majority World. Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, from May 1-3, 2024, the group emphasizes the importance of unity and partnership in missions and hopes the recommendations would start off conversations in the global Church.
Campus Crusade for Christ International (Cru) has announced the appointment of seasoned ministry leader David Robbins as its new president. Robbins, 46, becomes the fourth president of the evangelism and discipleship ministry, which is based in Orlando in the U.S. He takes over from Steve Sellers, who is stepping into a new, undisclosed role with Cru.
As the United Methodist Church (UMC) recently made decisions at its general conference regarding the ordination of homosexual pastors, among other issues, it has stirred repercussions in Korea. Among Korean-American Methodist pastors, there are divergent reactions. Some pastors within the Korean Methodist Church argue that the church should sever ties with the UMC.
On May 10–11, 2024 in Rome, Italy, the Italian Evangelical Alliance (Alleanza Evangelica Italiana, AEI) celebrated its 50th anniversary during its 2024 general assembly. The event also commemorated 50 years since the first World Congress on Evangelization held in Lausanne, Switzerland and included members of the Lausanne Movement.
A high-level delegation of Korean mission leaders spoke at the European Leadership Forum (ELF) 2024 in Wisla, Poland held from May 25-30, about their desire to see dialogue and collaboration between Korean missionaries and the local churches in Europe. Leading a session titled How Can the European Church and the Korean Church Work Together?, three Korean leaders shared about principles and some initial recommendations “how the 2,000 Korean missionaries serving in Europe and the European Church c
The Sahel continued as the region where most terrorist violence occurred in 2024, with Burkina Faso again the country with the most killings while Niger shot from 10th to fifth worst in the world, according to the 2025 Global Terrorism Index (GTI).
