The Church in India is witnessing remarkable growth, a sign of God’s work across the country, said Rev. Vijayesh Lal, General Secretary of the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI). But he cautioned that alongside the encouraging expansion there is a pressing need for greater depth in discipleship, leadership, and community engagement.
We no longer live in a world shaped by the assumptions of Christendom. This is a post-Christian era, and sadly we are seeing signs that we are in a post, post-Christian era. As followers of Jesus, we need to make virtue virtuous again, to be the good we long to see in the world.
Evangelicals can be too quick to dismiss theology emerging from another tradition, especially that led by Pope Leo XIV. However, by doing so we may miss wisdom that is highly applicable to all followers of Jesus. In the case of the recent encyclical, we do well to appreciate it's biblical view of humanity and pointing to Jesus Christ, because the possibility of a completely unregulated AI future is frightening.
As mass demonstrations blend Christian imagery with nationalist politics, questions grow concerning how Christians should respond to Christian nationalism. But the issue has more to do with elements of faith aligned with politics more than competing theological interpretations. Peter Lynas wonders if the latest UK shifts are a new expression of an old problem.
From Romans 12:1 we are encouraged not to conform to the pattern of this world. The transformation of a renewed mind brings freedom we never knew existed, but it takes personal humility and submission to the one who has the power to forgive, sanctify, justify, and redeem us from captivity to our aspects of our culture that perpetuate immaturity.
Following weeks of youth-led protests in Madagascar that have led to the death of at least 22 people and destruction of property worth millions of dollars, church leaders in the southwestern Island nation off the coast of the Indian Ocean have called for "peace, protection of life and the common good."
Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement to exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, a long-awaited breakthrough that U.S. President Donald Trump said could mark the first step toward ending the two-year war in Gaza.
Leaders of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) met Monday (Oct. 6) with His Eminence Ignatius Aphrem II, Syriac-Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, in Damascus to discuss the challenges facing Syria’s Christian communities following the country’s first parliamentary elections since the fall of the Assad regime.
Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE has apologized for a program that described the growth of evangelical churches as “worrying” and portrayed them as “dangerous,” promising to handle religious issues with “the utmost care” following a wave of complaints from evangelical organizations and viewers.
Nigeria’s security agents on Saturday prevented the president of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) from entering the sanctuary during a funeral service at the church’s headquarters in Jos, Plateau State, and arrested two Christian female journalists who were covering the altercation at the event.
A Mexican lawmaker from the ruling party said that organized crime, not elected officials, controls much of the country, warning that Mexico is “far from being a holy nation.” Speaking at a Christian conference on the topic of “Kings and Priests, or Kings or Priests, or Neither Kings nor Priests,” Hugo Eric Flores Cervantes — an evangelical politician and deputy with the ruling MORENA party — told a large audience that “70% of Mexico is governed by drug cartels.”
“How do we prevent suicide among your teenage friends?” This powerful question sits at the heart of today's episode of Faith Without Frontiers, where host Gordon Showell-Rogers speaks with Geordon Rendle, Youth for Christ’s global youth advocate, about faith, mental health, grief, hope, and the urgent need to truly listen to today’s teenagers.
