Anti-Child Marriage Bill Passed in Province in Pakistan
In a landmark move to protect children, especially girls, from forced child marriages, a provincial assembly in Pakistan on Friday (Nov. 14) passed the Child Marriage Prohibition Bill.
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YouVersion marks billion-install milestone with global livestream celebration
YouVersion will host a global livestream on Monday night, Nov. 17, to mark the milestone of one billion installs across its family of Bible apps. The event, “Beyond A Billion: A Night to Celebrate the Bible,” is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. CST (UTC-6) and serves as the central event of Global Bible Month, a monthlong initiative launched by YouVersion to encourage worldwide reflection on the Bible’s influence and ongoing use.
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‘Speak truth to power’: Church bodies demand accountability after Tanzania poll violence
Church groups have condemned what they describe as grave human rights abuses and deadly state violence in Tanzania, urging authorities to halt the crackdown and protect basic freedoms following a disputed national election.
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'Election not selection': Christians in Pakistan demand equality in new election law
Christians in Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, are protesting a new local government election law that denies religious minorities the right to directly elect their own representatives and undermines democratic participation through non-party elections.
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'A great cloud of witnesses’: Baylor dedicates memorial honoring enslaved people who built the university
The legacy of the enslaved men, women and children who built and sustained the early years of Baylor University was formally honored last week with the unveiling of a new “Memorial to Enslaved Persons” on the Texas campus. The tribute marks the first permanent campus structure dedicated to acknowledging the role of enslaved labor in the university’s founding in 1845.
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Christians Against Poverty appoints David Nussbaum as new chair of trustees, calling him a ‘man of faith’
By Chris EyteChristians Against Poverty (CAP) has appointed David Nussbaum as its new chair of trustees, marking a significant leadership transition for the U.K.-based debt relief charity amid growing national concerns over household financial insecurity.
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Bans on Baptist churches surge in Russia
By Jack BethelRussian courts intensified civil bans on Baptist churches for meeting without state permission in the past year, according to rights group Forum 18.
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Pastor in Nigeria facing death threats for pleas for protection
A pastor in Nigeria is facing death threats for speaking out on Islamic extremist attacks on Christians and calling for protection against “genocide.”
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Islamist protest in Yumbe, Uganda leaves five Christians dead
Five Christians were killed and 44 others injured on Nov. 4 after an Islamist leader incited Muslims to attack Christians over pork sales near a mosque in Yumbe, northern Uganda, sources said.
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African Union responds to Trump on Nigeria religious freedom claims
The African Union Commission (AUC) has added its voice about religious freedoms in Nigeria, expressing concern over claims that President Bola Tinubu’s government is complicit in the killing of Christians in the northern part of the country.
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One-woman performance brings 1723 letter from enslaved person to life in Anglican church
By Chris EyteAn evocative new play charting the deep involvement of the Anglican church in chattel slavery is set to tread the boards with the powerful rendering of a monologue by a London-based Caribbean writer.
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Evangelical Fellowship of India mourns victims of Delhi blast, calls for peace
By CDI StaffThe Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) has expressed deep sorrow and called for calm and unity following a deadly explosion near the Red Fort in Delhi that killed at least eight people and injured several others on Monday evening.
