Chris Eyte serves as International Correspondent for CDI, covering Europe, the United States & Canada, the Caribbean and Oceania. He has worked in journalism and copywriting for some 18 years, mostly for Christian media publications in the UK, the US and Australia. He is an English graduate from the University of St Andrews in Scotland where he was President of the St Andrews Literary Society. In his free time, he enjoys writing devotionals and runs his own blog (hislovefrees.life). Chris has traveled extensively, living briefly in South Africa and Belgium, and now resides in South Wales in the UK with his wife and children.
A church in Rome that meets in a former shop is appealing a Supreme Court ruling that they pay thousands of dollars in taxes because the worship site is for commercial use only.
Today (Oct.17) the United Nations (UN) marks International Day for the Eradication of Poverty with a theme, “Ending Social and Institutional Maltreatment Acting together for just, peaceful and inclusive societies.” The day gives a moment to reflect on the experiences of people in poverty, according to a UN statement, and think of practical applications to implement sustainable development goals to “promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies.”
A British army veteran who served in Afghanistan was found guilty today (Oct. 16) of praying silently near an abortion clinic in England.
Recent data by Statista Research Department confirms previously published figures showing a decline in Australians identifying with the Christian faith - but churches are still motivated to reach the nation with the gospel.
Elizabeth Tabish, known for her role as Mary Magdalene in The Chosen TV series, is starring in a faith drama based on real events telling the story of a persecuted Armenian refugee family fleeing to the U.S to seek asylum. Called “Between Borders”, produced by Pinnacle Peak and StoryLight Productions, and released through Fathom Events in theaters nationwide in the U.S. on Jan. 26, the story is set in the background of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the 1980s, which resulted in thousands of re
The church has a key role in providing safe spaces for young people and adults struggling with their mental health, says a Christian support ministry based in Canada. Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries, headquartered in Vancouver but with a branch in the U.K, is running a mental health awareness campaign this month (October), to complement Mental Illness Awareness Week in Canada and the U.S. from Oct. 6 to 12, and World Mental Health Day on Oct. 10.
Nottingham University in England has put a “trigger warning” for students enrolled in a learning module about “Chaucer and his Contemporaries c.1380–c.1420” because the studied literature contains “expressions of Christian faith.” The Mail on Sunday newspaper reportedly revealed the warning after making a freedom of information request to the university.
Christian apologist and math academic Professor John Lennox has challenged the views of evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins on the issue of ultimate justice. The two academics have debated in person before, but Lennox quoted Dawkins when addressing the issue of suffering, in his latest email circular as President of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics (OCCA).
Leaders of the evangelical alliance in France have returned from Lausanne 4 with a renewed determination to support collaboration between churches, in the country itself and abroad, and to continue the momentum of evangelistic calling to fulfill the Great Commission. About 60 French nationals, including executives from Conseil National des Évangéliques de France (CNEF), attended the 4th Congress of the Lausanne Movement for World Evangelization in Incheon, Seoul, South Korea from Sept. 22 to 28.
A lack of “political support” led the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to vote (Oct. 3) in favor of returning a controversial resolution to decriminalize prostitution as a normalized occupation of “sex work” back to the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination. The move has been hailed as a “milestone victory” by the The European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ).
Christian schools plan to seek a Judicial Review over U.K. Government plans to add Value Added Tax (VAT) onto private school fees, which they say risks closing the schools and denying parents the rights to give children an education based on school curriculums prioritizing Christian values and beliefs.
A fortress from the reign of the Egyptian pharaoh, popularly although not definitively associated with the book of Exodus when the Israelites were enslaved, has been discovered by archaeologists. According to Biblical Archaeology, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities confirmed the finding from the era of Ramesses II (1279 - 1213 BC), known as Ramesses the Great, and located in the north west of the Nile Delta, 60 miles south of Alexandria.
