Latest Updates

• 

  Sabbaticals, role changes top pastor wishlist for burnout relief—but few can access them

  More than half of Protestant pastors in the United States say they need help with their physical and mental health, while the burnout-relief measures they believe would work best remain largely out of reach, according to new research from Barna Group.

  3 min read

• 

  Secular charity challenges UK Government’s evidence for LGBT conversion therapy ban

  A secular sexual rights group challenged the reliability of evidence supporting UK Government plans for a ban on LGBT conversion practices, claiming the underlying data fails to justify the creation of a new criminal law.

  6 min read

• 

  Global evangelical leaders call churches to mark Creation Sunday on Sept. 6

  Leaders from the World Evangelical Alliance, Baptist World Alliance, and the Lausanne/WEA Creation Care Network joined representatives of several other global Christian bodies Wednesday in a joint webinar calling churches worldwide to observe Creation Sunday on Sept. 6 — calling creation care an act of worship and discipleship, not a political cause.

  6 min read

• 

  Faith Without Frontiers explores grief, apologetics and reaching Africa's next generation with Andy Mburu

  In today's episode of Faith Without Frontiers, host Gordon Showell-Rogers travels to Nairobi, Kenya, to speak with Andy Mburu, founder of Litmus Africa, about one of the greatest challenges facing the African church: reaching a generation that is asking difficult questions about faith, identity and truth.

  2 min read

• 

  How a Texas church hosted a cultural and archaeological event around Jordan's World Cup game

  The Rev. Dennis Wiles, pastor of First Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, wanted to do something special for the World Cup. Nine tournament games were scheduled at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, and the church owned space downtown, not far from where they would be played.

  3 min read

• 

  'Gott is ma untakemma': Austrian churches launch faith-story campaign in Burgenland

  Churches and ministries in Austria's easternmost province have begun a media campaign inviting residents to watch video testimonies of personal faith, part of a series of regional efforts that organizers say have drawn millions of online views.

  2 min read

• 

  [Book review] Mission in Context: Now, Then and Next: Exploring Trends in Mission Today

  Rose Dowsett’s lifetime of faithful service in cross-cultural mission, sharp analytical mind and great way with words, alongside her passion for Christ and for people make her almost uniquely qualified to have written this helpful little book - which traces changes in world mission in her lifetime.

  3 min read