The Episcopal Church continued to see declines in baptisms and the number of parishes in 2024, but did not release an overall membership tally when unveiling its annual figures this month.
We are arguably the most technologically connected generation in history, yet loneliness has become a public health crisis and you may be the only gentleness someone encounters today. We need to decide what kind of presence we bring into a room, because our grace may be one of the most powerful prescriptions of all.
Women’s lives as they follow Jesus often take unexpected twists and turns. This testimony invites us to see how fruitful ministry can unfold in surprising and ordinary places, through coffee, patience, and a deep belief in people who are rebuilding their lives.
Lent can sound sombre, restrictive, even joyless. And yet, year after year, I return to it with fresh gratitude. Lent is God, in his kindness, giving us time. Lent can sound sombre, restrictive, even joyless. And yet, year after year, I return to it with fresh gratitude. Lent is God, in his kindness, giving us time. Here are four reasons why it remains one of the most life-giving seasons of the Christian year.
Helping people explore things like fasting, gratitude, and silence is an evangelistic opportunity we often overlook. As Lent approaches for 2026, here's some fresh thinking about how this can be a prime evangelistic opportunity for the Church.
World-renowned pastor and prolific church planter Rick Warren says if Christians worldwide are going to complete the Great Commission by the 2,000th anniversary of the Church, it's going to take radical giving, collaboration and a plan.
The World Evangelical Alliance turned its attention to what one speaker called “the defining public health crisis of our time” as the third panel on the third day of the WEA General Assembly in Seoul focused on mental wellness and how the global church can respond to rising anxiety, loneliness and performance-driven Christianity.
A panel at the World Evangelical Alliance General Assembly on Wednesday morning urged churches to engage artificial intelligence with a distinctly biblical ethic, framing AI as a people-shaping technology that demands theological clarity, pastoral care and practical safeguards.
On the third morning of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) General Assembly in Seoul, Rev. Dr. Walter Kim, President of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) in the United States, delivered a deeply personal devotional message about the reconciling power of the gospel amid the turmoil of the modern world.
Too many pastors are failing to live holy lives, while many ordinary Christians are clueless about the core point of Jesus’ teaching, veteran evangelist Rev Dr Stephen Tong said on Tuesday.
Kevin Brown, president of Asbury University, says his prayer is that in five to 10 years, Christians will look back on the Asbury revival as a tremor that preceded a global Christian awakening.
We are arguably the most technologically connected generation in history, yet loneliness has become a public health crisis and you may be the only gentleness someone encounters today. We need to decide what kind of presence we bring into a room, because our grace may be one of the most powerful prescriptions of all.
