Authorities now require churches in Geneva, Switzerland, to sign a “declaration of commitment” or risk restrictions on organizing public events, chaplaincy services and a clampdown on voluntary donations, sources said.
Federal agents in Pakistan last week arrested a Christian under a blasphemy law mandating the death penalty in relation to material that appeared on Facebook groups without his knowledge, sources said.
Argentina marked a milestone in its educational history Saturday with the inauguration of the country’s first evangelical university. Located in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Parque Chacabuco, the Universidad Evangélica del Cono Sur opened its doors with the goal of offering higher education that integrates academic excellence with Christian values.
The World Happiness Report 2025, released by the University of Oxford’s Wellbeing Research Centre in partnership with Gallup and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, highlights the transformative power of caring and sharing in fostering happiness, both for those who give and receive.
U.K. evangelist Carl Beech has publicly announced he is stepping down from his role as President of Christian Vision for Men (CVM) and Edge Ministries to focus on other projects and his health battles with Parkinson’s Disease and Diabetes. CVM is a renowned national men’s ministry, which organizes events and social networks for men including the annual evangelistic event, “The Gathering,” which has seen countless men from all walks of life surrender their lives to Christ.
With loneliness and social isolation reaching crisis levels in Canada—especially among youth—church leaders are being called on to share how their communities are responding, through a new national survey launched by Christian think tank Cardus.
A Muslim in Pakistan on Friday (March 21) slashed the throat of a Christian co-worker on allegations that he had committed blasphemy by touching an Islamic textbook “with unclean hands,” sources said.
At least 19 Christians were arrested in Sudan’s city of Madani on various occasions in January and February, area sources said.
Leaders from Gafcon, a global Anglican movement committed to restoring biblical values to the heart of the Anglican Communion, gathered March 12 for their annual “G25” conference with a central focus on raising the next generation of bishops.
For a man who spent his better part of his childhood in an orphanage in Sierra Leone, it would be safe to assume that Emmanuel Mohamed Nabieu, fondly known as Nabs, would be a passionate advocate of orphanages. But from his decade-long experience in a children’s care centre and now as Director of the same center where he grew up in, Nabs believes there is a better and more sustainable model of supporting vulnerable children.
An 18-year-old Christian is still languishing in jail a month after winning bail in all three blasphemy cases against him as a trial court is delaying his release, his father said.
A rash of complaints to police in Indonesia accusing Christians of blasphemy on social media has driven several of them abroad to seek refuge, sources said.
