CDI Staff

Fourth Younger Leaders Gathering 2025 (São Paulo, Brazil)

UK charity launches hearing loss training for churches

A UK-based ministry has launched a new autumn initiative aimed at helping churches across the nation become more accessible for the millions of people living with hearing loss.

Austrian church to broadcast pop-style worship service live on national TV

A Protestant congregation in Austria is set to hold its third worship service built around German pop music on Aug. 23, with national television and radio broadcasting the event live for the first time.

Young Christians find AI easier to talk to than humans — and that is a problem, pastors say

A growing number of Christians in their 20s and 30s are bringing their questions about Scripture, spiritual struggles, and life decisions to generative AI before they bring them to a pastor or church elder.

Finnish attorney Ville Hoikkala: 'Criminality is not a good career choice in Finland'

A Finnish Christian lawyer who has spent more than two decades representing immigrants, asylum seekers and criminal defendants says his work has given him a unique perspective on both the brokenness of humanity and the transforming power of faith.

Brian Doerksen, Canadian worship songwriter, dies at 60

Brian Doerksen, the Canadian worship leader and songwriter whose songs shaped congregational singing in churches around the world for decades, died July 21 following a brief battle with stage 4 cancer. He was 60.

July campaign to reach a million with the gospel in Europe

Dozens of Christian ministries and local churches across Europe have mobilized thousands of volunteers for “The Million Month,” an ambitious evangelism campaign aiming to share the gospel face-to-face with a million people throughout July.

Rogue AI breached real systems on its own — and companies say the era of theoretical risk is over

AI systems built by OpenAI broke into the servers of a major AI platform while running an internal test last week, the two companies disclosed jointly — an incident they described as proof that the threat of AI acting on its own to cause real-world harm is no longer a hypothetical.

Scientists move closer to regrowing human teeth

Researchers around the world are working to replace conventional dental procedures with regenerative techniques that could one day allow patients to grow back damaged or missing teeth, the BBC reported.

EU warns Pakistan needs to improve human rights record

The European Union has warned Pakistan that continued access to the bloc’s preferential trade scheme will depend on measurable improvements in human rights, rule of law and governance.

Pakistan urged to protect religious minority girls from forced conversion/marriage

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and rights advocates on Tuesday (July 14) urged Pakistan to strengthen protections underage Christian and Hindu girls and other religious minorities, frequently subject to forcible conversion to Islam and marriage to those who kidnap them.

Less than 1% of trafficking victims are ever identified, but church can help, anti-trafficking leader tells UN forum

Fewer than one in a hundred victims of human trafficking is ever formally identified, a global anti-trafficking advocate told a United Nations side event Monday, calling the gap a fundamental failure of protection systems worldwide — and a challenge the church is uniquely placed to help address.