Churches around the globe are being called to recognize the world’s 1.9 million seafarers this month during an international day of prayer, reflection, and fundraising for those working on the frontlines of global trade.
It may not be every migrant's story, but when a person feels often enough that they do not fully belong they instinctively look for somewhere they do. This relates as much to churches as it does to host societies in general. But churches should be different. Biblically faithful theology demands it of it. Here is advice for pastors who desire to mature their congregants into the full stature of Christ.
In the midst of persecution and abuse, believers suffering trauma in the Sahel have a new option for healing as they rebuild their lives. A healing center offers a pathway to recovery that centers on Jesus as the one who heals, bringing wholeness of mind, body, spirit, and soul. The healed then tend to want to help their abusers come to know Jesus too.
An aggressive South Korean missionary cult called Shincheonji is luring unwary believers in Africa and elsewhere to enroll in Bible training online or at its local “Zion Truth Bible Centers.” Its recruiters slip into churches, Bible studies, and campus fellowships. Let believers beware.
Ebola has been spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. A terrifying disease, it must be handled with great pastoral wisdom and care. The former Chairman of the World Evangelical Alliance's International Council provides advice to the Church, which at first may seem counter-intuitive for followers of Jesus.
Church leaders, theologians and child advocacy practitioners from around the world gathered online to launch God's Heart for Child Protection and Safeguarding, a new volume urging Christians to view safeguarding not as an administrative requirement but as a central expression of the gospel.
The assault of a Sudanese Christian inside a church in South Sudan's Gorom Refugee Camp has renewed concerns about the vulnerability of religious converts and the challenges facing displaced communities fleeing conflict in neighboring Sudan.
A Christian attacked after he and his wife participated in an evangelistic outreach in eastern Uganda on June 14 is still receiving medical treatment for his injuries, sources said.
A proposed overhaul of Liberia's public health laws, originally designed to strengthen the country's preparedness for future disease outbreaks, has sparked divisions among Christian leaders over concerns that the legislation could expand access to abortion.
Fulani herdsmen guided toward Christian leaders on Monday (June 22) killed 28 Christians, including a pastor, in a raid on a village in Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said.
Authorities in Sudan have warned leaders of a church in Khartoum that they could demolish their worship building at any time, sources said.
The issue of abductions, forced religious conversions and forced marriages of minor Christian girls in Pakistan is set to come under renewed international scrutiny at the European Union Parliament on Tuesday (July 14).
