
UK ministry Release International renamed Voice of Persecuted Christians
Release International, a British Christian ministry that assists believers facing persecution in about 30 countries, has adopted a new name: Voice of Persecuted Christians.


Release International, a British Christian ministry that assists believers facing persecution in about 30 countries, has adopted a new name: Voice of Persecuted Christians.

The Evangelical Press Association has opened a national search for its next executive director, a position overseeing the U.S.-based group's membership, annual convention, awards contest and finances, according to the association's announcement.

A woman lawmaker in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly has introduced a private member's bill seeking to replace the province’s 154-year-old Christian marriage law with modern legislation aimed at strengthening legal protections for Christian families.

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.

One of Switzerland's most-visited Christian websites has relaunched with a redesigned platform after hundreds of hours of development work, according to a report by Livenet.ch, a Swiss Christian news outlet.

A coalition of governments formally launched a political declaration at the United Nations on June 22 calling for an international moratorium on surrogacy, framing the practice as incompatible with human rights protections for women and children.

The European Evangelical Alliance has condemned a Russian missile attack on Kyiv that killed nine civilians and set fire to one of Christianity's oldest monastic sites, calling the assault an attempt to erase Ukrainian identity and memory.

“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.

The majority of Australian churches have developed formal policies for protecting children and vulnerable people, according to findings published in April from the National Church Life Survey, though a wide gap remains between what church leaders know and what ordinary congregants understand about reporting abuse.

The Lausanne Movement has released a free five-part video series designed to help Christians connect personal faith with global mission, according to the organization.

A coalition of German church and humanitarian organizations marked the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention by calling on governments worldwide to reverse what they describe as a dangerous erosion of refugee protections — and urging Berlin to stop offloading responsibility onto poorer nations.

The Austrian Evangelical Alliance elected a new leadership team and adopted a revised code of ethics during its council meeting in late May, marking a significant transition for the organization.