In the competitive world of soccer, where pressure and expectations can be overwhelming, prayer groups within clubs have taken on a fundamental role in the lives of athletes. As Brazil's O Globo reports, beyond religion, these spaces have become an emotional and psychological support for many players facing challenges on and off the field.
Including and embracing people with additional needs in our churches is a powerful testimony of the love of Christ and a blessing to our communities. Furthermore, those with additional needs have much to contribute to the strengthening of the church. A senior pastor encourages churches to act now.
A well known Swahili proverbs observes, "when elephants fight, the grass suffers". It is a direct analogy to the human condition when our leaders enter into geopolitical conflict and the ordinary people suffer the most. It can seem overwhelming but here are some basic things followers of Jesus can do to help minimize the damage.
The political positioning of new regimes is matching an ideology that has been forming for some time—Dark Enlightenment. We are watching a new world order emerge that will cause great suffering. As the performance of Bach's St Matthew's Passion unfolded, it resonated deeply with the times we find ourselves in.
Among many other things, Easter is an opportunity to reflect on Jesus' relationship to political power. Modern readers of the Gospels and Epistles too easily miss the political significance of Jesus' death and resurrection. Far from leaning into and leveraging political and imperial power, Jesus and his followers are called to righteously and justly subvert it for God's glory alone.
Christianity in the U.S. is no longer in decline, according to the latest Religious Landscape Study (RLS) conducted by Pew Research. The study, which surveyed 36,908 American adults, was cited by Lifeway Research. Called the “largest study of religious identification and practice in America” by Lifeway Research, the data shows stability in the number of Americans identifying as Christians.
The violence and forced recruitment of minors by illegal armed groups in Colombia have reached alarming levels. According to recent reports, children who refuse to join these organizations face deadly reprisals, particularly those from Christian communities.
Greater generosity is linked to a deeper faith in God, according to the latest research from the Christian finance charity Stewardship in its Generosity Report 2025, which explores Christian giving in the U.K. The study involved online surveys of 6,011 U.K. Christian adults conducted between Sept. 2 and 10, 2024.
The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) Board of Directors approved nine formal resolutions on “Christian communications, family-first media principles, and global peace and security” at the NRB 2025 International Christian Media Convention on Tuesday, Feb. 25.
Ending the war in Ukraine must not come at the expense of true justice, particularly for the 400,000 Ukrainian children forcibly taken to Russia, Mission Eurasia (ME) emphasized in a statement issued on Feb. 26, 2025, on behalf of Ukrainian church and ministry leaders.
Some 260 workers from 19 countries have been released from human trafficking “scam compounds” in Myanmar, reports International Justice Mission (IJM) Thailand, a Christian non-governmental legal rights organization — with hundreds more expected to be released from other compounds in the near future.
Belarus has banned rights group Christian Vision and labeled it “extremist” for documenting religious freedom abuses by the Belarusian secret police, according to Forum 18.
