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World Evangelical Alliance announces search for next Secretary General, application deadline ends May 31

US & Canada Church & Missions

26 Feb, 2025 12:57 EST

Eleven months after the resignation of World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) Secretary General Dr. Thomas Schirrmacher for health reasons on March 31, 2024, the global evangelical body announced today (Feb. 26) that the search for its next leader is underway. According to a prayer update sent by Executive Chair Rev. Dr. Goodwill Shana, the new Secretary General is expected to be introduced at the upcoming General Assembly in October in Seoul, Korea.
Conference explores Christianity’s role in transforming Korean society from feudalism to liberal democracy

Asia Church & Missions Society & Culture

26 Feb, 2025 09:50 EST

The Korea Restoration and Innovation Forum held an academic conference on Feb. 18 at the Yukwangsa Hall of Korea University’s College of Medicine, exploring the impact of Western civilization on Korean society. The event, chaired by Kil Won-pyung, featured a keynote address from Professor Ham Jae-bong, president of the Korean Academy of Sciences.
Ibero-American communicators conference COICOM 2025 to be held in San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Latin America Church & Missions

26 Feb, 2025 09:30 EST

The Ibero-American Confederation of Communicators, Pastors, and Christian Leaders (COICOM) has officially announced that its 2025 continental congress will take place in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, from Sept. 8 to 10 at the Expocentro Convention Center.
Christian aid leaders outraged over UK aid budget cuts for military spending

Europe Church & Missions Society & Culture

26 Feb, 2025 06:30 EST

Christian leaders of international aid charities have expressed disbelief and outrage after U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Feb. 25, 2025, that the country’s overseas aid budget would be cut to fund the largest increase in defense spending since the end of the Cold War.
Christian stabbed in attack on evangelists in Uganda

Africa Religious Freedom

25 Feb, 2025 10:52 EST

Hardline Muslims in eastern Uganda on Feb. 15 beat and stabbed an evangelist after he and his team led a Muslim widow to Christ during open-air gospel preaching, sources said.

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Feb 25, 2025 09:03 EST

US & Canada Church & Missions

More than 50,000 Canadians began or restored relationship with Jesus in 2024, Alpha reports

By Chris Eyte

More than 50,000 people began or renewed their relationship with Jesus Christ after attending an evangelistic Alpha Canada course in 2024, according to the Alpha Canada Impact Report 2024, released on Feb. 21. Significant engagement was seen among Chinese communities and the youth.
Feb 25, 2025 09:00 EST

US & Canada Society & Culture

US evangelical donors prefer traditional giving methods over innovation, study finds

By Chris Eyte

Most evangelical donors prefer to give to established, trusted methods of addressing recipients’ needs rather than supporting innovative approaches, according to a recent research report.
Feb 25, 2025 06:20 EST

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New Zealand Christian leader calls for gender issues protests to remain 'respectful', acknowledges concerns about 'rainbow ideologies'

By Chris Eyte

Christians protesting against the promotion of gender identities should “ensure they do so respectfully and peacefully,” the national director of the New Zealand Christian Network (NZCN) said in a recent update by the organization. His statement follows media reports of Destiny Church, the world’s largest Māori and Polynesian church, disrupting both gay pride marches and drag queen-led story times for children in public libraries, also using the traditional Māori haka.
Feb 25, 2025 02:08 EST

Africa Europe Society & Culture

Humanitarian leader Baroness Cox announces Alzheimer’s diagnosis, HART charity vows to 'carry forward her inspirational vision'

By Chris Eyte

Baroness Caroline Cox, a globally recognized advocate for humanitarian causes who has championed Christians facing poverty and persecution, sometimes risking her own life, has announced she has Alzheimer’s disease.
Feb 24, 2025 11:30 EST

Europe Society & Culture

Following political shift in Germany's election, leader of Evangelical Alliance calls on Christians to pray, model gospel values

By Chris Eyte

Germany’s national election on Feb. 23, 2025, the 20th since the Federal Republic’s establishment in 1949, saw a significant victory for right-wing groups. However, Germany’s Evangelical Alliance co-leader has called for respect and unity between opposing factions, urging Christians to pray as coalition talks begin.
Feb 24, 2025 08:41 EST

Asia Religious Freedom

National TV show dares to portray ‘blasphemy’ violence in Pakistan

By Christian Daily International / Morning Star News

Church leaders and others in Pakistan lauded the producers and cast of a TV drama for risking their lives to broadcast an unprecedented, national media portrayal of the violent injustice resulting from blasphemy laws.
Feb 23, 2025 08:30 EST

Africa Family & Children

The Afrogiveness Movement: helping victims in Central and West Africa find healing through forgiveness and art

By Ken Kagicha

A trauma and counselling programme in Cameroon has integrated forgiveness and art to restore lives of traumatized internally displaced people and other survivors of conflict in Central and West Africa including Cameroon’s Anglophone conflict that broke out in 2018.

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