Church & Missions

From mission to 'sevā': AICOCIM challenges Indian Church to embrace selfless service

Asia Church & Missions Bible & Theology Family & Children

8 min read

On the opening day of the All India Congress on Church in Mission (AICOCIM), Rev. Dr. Praveen Paul, Principal of Caleb Institute, delivered a plenary address urging the Indian Church to recover the essence of discipleship. He warned that consumer-driven attitudes and shallow models of church growth cannot sustain Christian witness, calling instead for the formation of authentic disciples shaped by integrity, humility, and Spirit-led obedience.

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Opinion

From global to local: we were made to work together

US & Canada Church & Missions

3 min read

Technology gives us unprecedented ways to collaborate as the global Church but it takes intentionality to use it for Kingdom purposes. During global Bible month the CEO of YouVersion Bible, with over 1 billion installs, notes that people walking closely with Jesus and investing in authentic relationships are what transforms the world.
To judge or not to judge, now that is a question

Oceania Church & Missions

7 min read

Humans have a natural propensity to being judgmental. It is related to the knowledge of good and evil that we acquired. Is there a difference between judging and judgment? Yes there is, and its important that we explore it.
Theology is the answer, but are we afraid to ask the right questions?

Europe Church & Missions Bible & Theology

10 min read

Christians must learn to do theology well in our rapidly changing contexts. Theology is not simply recalling and repeating doctrine or dogma. It is a living context-sensitive way of approaching life’s big questions. We all need to do the hard work of applying our best understanding of God's purposes revealed in the whole of scripture to new contexts in new ways.
God's intention is for faith and work to mix for kingdom influence

Africa Church & Missions Society & Culture

5 min read

faith-and-work organizations have developed a parallel path alongside the Church, discipling believers to glorify God through their work. However, pastors, church leaders, and denominations have often not been formally engaged. The Church needs a paradigm shift.

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1 min read

Latin America Church & Missions

Dr. Mynor Vargas appointed new chairman of COICOM’s board of directors

By Javier Bolaños

The Ibero-American Confederation of Communicators, Pastors, and Christian Leaders (COICOM) has announced the appointment of Pastor Dr. Mynor Vargas as its new Chairman of the Board. The decision was made last week in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, during a board meeting held immediately after the closing of the organization’s 33rd International Congress.
5 min read

US & Canada Church & Missions Society & Culture

Erika Kirk vows to carry on Charlie’s mission: ‘The movement my husband built will not die’

By The Christian Post

In an impassioned speech two days after her husband was assassinated on a college campus in Utah, Erika Kirk vowed to carry on her husband’s mission at Turning Point USA and to spread the Gospel and “make Heaven crowded.”
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Asia Church & Missions Bible & Theology

From Punjab to the World: Indian evangelist Sadhu Sundar Singh’s legacy continues to shape global Christianity

By CDI Staff

Sadhu Sundar Singh, the barefoot Indian evangelist remembered for bridging Indian spirituality and Christian discipleship, continues to speak relevantly to the global Church nearly a century after his death. That was the central message of a two-day international webinar where scholars and church leaders from different parts of the world revisited his theological legacy and what it offers to Christians today.
3 min read

Latin America Church & Missions Society & Culture

‘Being a celebrity kills you’: Marco Barrientos calls for end to toxic celebrity culture in church at COICOM 2025

By Javier Bolaños

In one of the most candid moments of the COICOM 2025 congress, Mexican singer and pastor Marco Barrientos called for an end to what he described as a growing “celebrity culture” in the evangelical church, warning that it carries dangerous spiritual and emotional consequences.
2 min read

Latin America Church & Missions

‘A clear vision to transform our generation’: COICOM 2025 launches in Honduras

By Javier Bolaños

Under the theme “A Clear Vision to Transform Our Generation,” the Ibero-American Confederation of Christian Communicators (COICOM) launched its long-awaited 2025 congress on Monday, Sept. 8, bringing hundreds of Christian media professionals, ministry leaders, and pastors to the Copantl Hotel Convention Center.
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Europe Church & Missions

‘National alliances must regain ownership’: Spanish Evangelical Alliance urges reforms for World Evangelical Alliance

By CDI Staff

The Spanish Evangelical Alliance (AEE) has outlined a series of reforms it hopes the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) will adopt, urging decentralization, greater accountability, and a stronger role for national alliances in shaping decisions.

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Christian convert from Sudan expelled from home in Uganda

Africa Religious Freedom

Less than 3 min

Life seemed to be looking better for a refugee from Sudan who had fled to Ethiopia and South Sudan, put his faith in Christ, and then found a job at his uncle’s business in Uganda.
U.N rights chief slams Pakistan’s constitutional amendment

Asia Religious Freedom

about 3 min
Climate scientist hails wind-powered cargo ship Neoliner Origin as sign of real-world solutions

US & Canada Europe Society & Culture Science

about 6 min
Cost of living tops concerns for young Australians in Mission Australia’s 2025 Youth Survey

Oceania Church & Missions Society & Culture Family & Children Health Data

about 4 min
Sri Lanka evangelicals launch emergency aid appeal as Cyclone Ditwah death toll surpasses 330

Asia Society & Culture

about 2 min
Kidnapped Anglican priest dies in captivity in Nigeria

Africa Religious Freedom

about 5 min

Church & Missions

From mission to 'sevā': AICOCIM challenges Indian Church to embrace selfless service

Ibero-American evangelical churches reaffirm commitment to life, family and religious freedom in Cartagena Declaration

StopArmut conference in Switzerland to address conflict resolution and peacebuilding

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Human error exposes email addresses of Church of England abuse survivors

Indian Church urged to proclaim Christ with authenticity, purity, unity, and boldness at AICOCIM 2025

'A Church broad but shallow cannot stand': Vijayesh Lal urges leaders at AICOCIM to return to deep discipleship

AICOCIM 2025 opens in India, calls Church to faithfulness in challenging times

‘AI will not love you, AI will not cry with you’: COICOM panel warns Church of technology’s limits

Opinion

From global to local: we were made to work together

To judge or not to judge, now that is a question

Theology is the answer, but are we afraid to ask the right questions?

God's intention is for faith and work to mix for kingdom influence

Latest

Dr. Mynor Vargas appointed new chairman of COICOM’s board of directors

Erika Kirk vows to carry on Charlie’s mission: ‘The movement my husband built will not die’

From Punjab to the World: Indian evangelist Sadhu Sundar Singh’s legacy continues to shape global Christianity

‘Being a celebrity kills you’: Marco Barrientos calls for end to toxic celebrity culture in church at COICOM 2025

‘A clear vision to transform our generation’: COICOM 2025 launches in Honduras

‘National alliances must regain ownership’: Spanish Evangelical Alliance urges reforms for World Evangelical Alliance

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Christian convert from Sudan expelled from home in Uganda

U.N rights chief slams Pakistan’s constitutional amendment

Climate scientist hails wind-powered cargo ship Neoliner Origin as sign of real-world solutions

Cost of living tops concerns for young Australians in Mission Australia’s 2025 Youth Survey

Sri Lanka evangelicals launch emergency aid appeal as Cyclone Ditwah death toll surpasses 330

Kidnapped Anglican priest dies in captivity in Nigeria

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