As the Keswick Convention celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, the historic gathering has reaffirmed its calling to gospel-centered transformation while embracing its growing influence on the global church. Under the theme “Transformed,” this year’s event highlights both continuity and change—faithful to its spiritual roots yet increasingly relevant to a diverse, interconnected world.
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As demand for formal theological education drops in the West and non-formal theological education demand rises elsewhere, we ask the question, "why study?" This article reaffirms study as part of loving God with all our minds and essential for our ability to apply God's word to our world for the glory of God in Europe and every other context worldwide.
The internet calls January 9 Quitter’s Day—the day most people officially abandon their New Year’s resolutions. It checks out too. Because, for Peter Lynas, by then the gym bag is back in the cupboard, the prayer journal has exactly three heartfelt entries, and his phone reveals that he Googled “Is quitting bad if you had good intentions?”
We live in an era of unprecedented human migration, but other species, especially birds and butterflies, migrate vast distances regularly without hindrance. Whether welcoming humans or non-humans into our contexts, the bible maintains that we are called to create a welcoming home for all.
Jesus Christ, the Light of the world, has already come and the darkness has not overcome him. Likewise, we can bring the light into the darkness of our worlds by the smallest of loving merciful actions if we have Christ in us, the hope of glory. Let us recommit to sharing this light into the new year.
Ozzy Osbourne, the iconic frontman of Black Sabbath and a pioneer of heavy metal music, died Tuesday at his home in Buckinghamshire, England, surrounded by his family. He was 76.
Eight babies have been born in the United Kingdom using DNA from three people to prevent deadly hereditary diseases, a scientific breakthrough hailed by doctors but raising ethical concerns among some scientists as well as Christian groups, according to reporting by the BBC and Christian Today in the U.K.
Christianity is at risk of being “wiped out” in parts of the world due to intensifying persecution, the United Kingdom’s special envoy for freedom of religion or belief, David Smith, has warned. The British government is now targeting 10 countries as part of its revised foreign policy focus to defend this human right.
Church Mission Society (CMS) announced yesterday (July 16) the appointment of Canon Andy Roberts MBE, 40, as its new chief executive officer. Roberts, a pioneering mission leader and former CMS mission partner, will officially take up the role on Aug. 1, 2025, succeeding Alastair Bateman. He has served as CMS’s director of mission since 2021.
Ninety-two people stood on a beach in the south of England and publicly declared their love for Jesus Christ by getting baptized en masse at an event witnessed by hundreds. Five churches from Bournemouth in the county of Dorset were involved in the baptism event, which started at 9:30 a.m. near the Grade II-listed Boscombe Pier on the town’s seafront Sunday, July 13.
The global legacy of slavery and the trauma of forced displacement were at the heart of the biennial Parish Nursing World Forum symposium, held last month in Dundee, Scotland, under the theme “Caring Ministries to a Broken World.” Around 40 nurses and volunteers from the U.K., New Zealand, Ukraine, Germany, and Finland gathered to explore how parish nurses can bring healing and hope to communities scarred by historical injustice and modern crises.
The religious freedom movement needs to ask broader questions than just whether there was an explicitly anti-religious intent for harm created. Instead of treating motive as the defining criterion, we should examine how religious identity or behavior shapes a community’s vulnerability to harm. This article explains why.
