Italian evangelicals gathered in Milan to reflect on the reality of imprisonment faced by refugees—both physical and metaphorical—at a special Refugee Sunday event hosted by the Elim-affiliated Sorgente di Vita Church in Sesto San Giovanni.
Every forcibly displaced person's story is unique and harrowing. To commemorate World Refugee Day, here is a first-hand account of a boy's refugee journey with his family. He is now a mature follower of Jesus dedicated to helping refugees and believes the Church has a crucial role in refugee care—a role that is a powerful witness to the love of Christ.
47% of migrants are Christians, totaling around 130 million people. These believers have potential to be a blessing to developed nations where church attendance is declining, but it requires a willingness to include migrants as full participants in the life of the church. That requires bold leadership and strong theological understanding of the value of unity in diversity.
Are we seeing the emergence of a new age of crusaders who think Christian nationalism is something to defend for God's sake? Eddie Arthur believes it is not at all appropriate. He goes on to argue that immigration is not the source of problems in the UK context, but it is the source of the revival of Christianity in the nation. In Christ, our eternal future is a multi-ethnic reality not a nationalistic pipe dream.
The migrant experience is much like the experience of Christian conversion, stepping out of one context into another with all its losses and challenges. With this alignment, migrants can be to us a means of grace. A minister to migrant communities explains why.
As Africa faces a growing displacement crisis, local churches are increasingly stepping into the gap left by declining international aid, according to participants at a recent roundtable organized by the Refugee Highway Partnership Africa (RHP Africa).
In a world increasingly shaped by polarization and partisanship, evangelicalism in America is undergoing a quiet, profound transformation—one that is largely missed by media narratives and political commentators, says Rev. Dr. Walter Kim, president of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE). In an in-depth interview with Christian Daily International, he argues that the story of American evangelicalism is far more diverse, nuanced, and hopeful than commonly portrayed.
At a time when Christianity is growing most rapidly outside the West, evangelical writers must urgently reconsider their audience, said Sam George, a global missions scholar and Lausanne Movement leader, during a keynote address at the Evangelical Press Association’s annual convention on Monday.
The third edition of the COALA missions gathering—Christ Over Africa, Latin America, and Asia—concluded Tuesday evening with a symbolic communion service and a renewed call to action, marking the end of three days of thematic and regional presentations, strategic discussions, and bold steps toward greater intercontinental collaboration in missions.
The COALA3.0 conference continued on Monday afternoon (April 28) with its third plenary session, focusing on "Networking with the Rest of the Global Church," as leaders emphasized the need for deeper collaboration across continents, generations, and cultural divides.
13 Southern Baptist ethnic groups representing 10,900 churches have issued a joint statement on immigration calling for the Trump Administration in the U.S. to show compassion for migrants fleeing persecution. The leaders warned that current immigration policies are fueling fear even among those in the U.S. legally, with many too afraid to attend worship services or seek spiritual care in their local churches.
Families who foster or adopt are “flourishing” at higher rates than those who do not, and Christians show significantly greater concern for these vulnerable children compared to those without faith in Jesus, new research shows. Titled “Engagement in US Foster Care and Adoption: 2025 Data and Trends,” the study was organized by the Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO) in partnership with the communications and research team at Pinkston.
