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Opening Evangelical Press Association's 2025 convention, Mary DeMuth inspires writers to embrace calling through pain and perseverance

US & Canada Society & Culture

4 May, 2025 20:53 EDT

Opening the 2025 Evangelical Press Association (EPA) annual convention with a heartfelt keynote, author and literary agent Mary DeMuth called Christian journalists and writers to embrace their divine calling—even through obscurity, disappointment, and loss. Addressing some two hundred participants at the Hilton Branson Convention Center on Sunday, DeMuth drew from three decades of writing and mentoring experience to encourage attendees to see their creative work as a spiritual act of obedience.
Pakistani bishop calls for day of fasting and prayer as war fears loom

Asia Church & Missions Society & Culture

4 May, 2025 15:14 EDT

A senior bishop has urged Christians in Pakistan and India to jointly hold a day of fasting and prayer on May 5, as tensions escalate between the nuclear-armed neighbors following a deadly April 22 terror attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 tourists. Bishop Nadeem Kamran, head of the Anglican Church of Pakistan’s Diocese of Lahore, said the church is always at the service of humanity and will continue to advocate for peace and reconciliation between the two countries.
Thousands of Christians celebrated 30th anniversary of March for Jesus in Mexico

Latin America Church & Missions

4 May, 2025 14:20 EDT

More than 60,000 Christians filled the streets of Mexico City last week to mark the 30th anniversary of the March for Jesus, one of the country’s largest evangelical public gatherings. The peaceful demonstration featured music, prayer, and gospel proclamations as participants made their way to the capital’s historic Zócalo square.
African religious leaders intensify calls for debt cancellation as part of the 2025 Jubilee year campaign

Africa Society & Culture

4 May, 2025 14:20 EDT

Religious leaders from Africa have intensified their call for cancellation of the continent's crippling private debt and fundamental reforms to the global financial system. In a letter to the UK Foreign Secretary and the Treasury, African Anglican Bishops warned that the unsustainable debt has inflicted "immense suffering" to millions in the continent.
Churches sue Trump admin. over ICE raids in houses of worship

US & Canada Church & Missions

3 May, 2025 17:29 EDT

A group of churches, along with a nonprofit and an interfaith group, have filed a complaint against the Trump administration over allowing immigration raids in houses of worship.

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May 3, 2025 09:00 EDT

Oceania Church & Missions Society & Culture

Albanese wins re-election in Australia as labor secures majority

By Chris Eyte

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has won re-election, with Australia’s Labor Party securing a clear majority in Parliament, according to projections by local media networks Saturday night. The victory marks a decisive shift in public sentiment amid growing concerns over cost of living, housing affordability, and health care.
May 2, 2025 06:55 EDT

Africa Family & Children

Families not facilities: Kenya at crossroads as MPs, churches raise concerns about feasibility of government's plan to close orphanages

By Ken Kagicha

The Kenyan Senate has questioned the government's ambitious plan to phase out nearly 1,000 children's homes nationwide urging caution and demanding clarity on the strategy for vulnerable populations. The Senate's push-back comes amidst divided opinion on the best course of action of improving the lives of orphans, homeless and vulnerable children.
May 1, 2025 16:04 EDT

US & Canada Society & Culture

White Evangelicals most supportive of Trump 100 days in: Pew

By The Christian Post

President Donald Trump and his policies have majority support among white Evangelical Protestants even as nearly all other religious demographics have expressed reservations about some or all of his policies, according to a new poll.
May 1, 2025 15:00 EDT

Asia Church & Missions Religious Freedom

Korean Church Media Association raises alarm over China’s new religious activity regulations

By CDI Staff

The Korean Church Media Association issued a statement Tuesday (April 29) expressing deep concern over new Chinese regulations on religious activities, set to take effect May 1, according to reporting by Christian Daily Korea. The association warned that the Rules for the Implementation of the Provisions on the Administration of Religious Activities of Aliens within the Territory of the People's Republic of China appear aimed at “significantly restricting missionary work within China.”
May 1, 2025 12:27 EDT

Asia Religious Freedom

Record number of blasphemy cases recorded in Pakistan

By Christian Daily International / Morning Star News

A rights watchdog chronicled a record 344 new blasphemy cases in Pakistan in 2024, highlighting increased abuse of the country’s condemned blasphemy laws.
May 1, 2025 09:53 EDT

Asia Church & Missions

Korea forum criticizes WEA Seoul Assembly as theologically incompatible with Reformed doctrine

By CDI Staff

A forum hosted by South Korean evangelical leaders this week renewed criticism of the upcoming World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) General Assembly in Seoul, which has faced controversy since its announcement. Speakers at the event accused the WEA of theological compromise, interfaith inclusivism, and straying from historic evangelical and Reformed principles.
May 1, 2025 06:30 EDT

US & Canada Society & Culture Family & Children

Billy Graham chaplains respond after deadly attack at Filipino festival in Vancouver

By Chris Eyte

Chaplains from the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) have been deployed to provide emotional and spiritual care following a deadly car-ramming attack that killed 11 people, including a young girl, during the Filipino Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver.

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