A religious rights group in Spain is calling on the president of the European Commission to create a Special Coordinator to combat hate crimes against Christians.
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.
Valentine’s Day arrives every year with remarkable self-confidence. It assumes love should be obvious, effortless, and permanently exciting. Real love, actually, is nothing like that.
Loud voices still proclaim that Europe’s decline is demographic and religious, driven by migration and the erosion of a once-Christian civilization. But the evidence simply does not support this narrative. Secularism and nationalism pose the far greater threat. The Church must stand against it and seek the common good of all.
At the 2025 European Congress on Evangelism in Berlin, Rev. Michael Reeves challenged common assumptions about evangelistic outreach, urging a return to Spirit-empowered, Scripture-based proclamation rooted in relational trust. In an interview with Christian Daily International/Christian Post, Reeves emphasized that effective evangelism is not limited to pulpits but happens through everyday relationships, empowered by God’s Spirit rather than human ability. He highlighted the gospel’s power to r
A rare 1726 Bible once owned by George Fife Angas, a founding figure of South Australia, has been discovered in a charity storeroom and donated to the South Australian Parliamentary Library, where it is now being studied for its historical significance and personal annotations. The Bible, found among donated goods at an Australian Red Cross store in Mount Barker, contains handwritten annotations spanning decades, including personal reflections and family records from both George Fife and his des
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After 2,000 years of retelling, the Jesus story has too often lost its shocking and revolutionary power. Bear Grylls’ book tells the story in the imagined words of 5 Bible characters, re-capturing the powerful drama of the human and the divine encounters. Grylls’ fame, the beautiful presentation, the imaginative first-person narrative, the use of Aramaic and Hebrew names, and the vivid storytelling all serve to remind us that these were real people, in real places, at a real moment in history.
In response to mounting global anxiety over war, disaster, and political unrest, the Church Mission Society (CMS) has launched “Not Giving Up Day 2025” (NGUD25)—a global online initiative calling Christians to unite in “defiant hope and faithful perseverance” as they follow Jesus. According to a CMS press release, a “single glance at the headlines can feel overwhelming” with subsequent worries about the major violent conflicts, natural disasters, the climate crisis and political unrest “enough t
Evangelical Christians in Switzerland are defying the nationwide decline in religious belief and practice, standing out for their commitment to regular worship, prayer, and spiritual engagement, according to newly released government data.
Thousands filled ExCeL London to capacity on Saturday evening for the return of the God Loves You Tour, led by Rev. Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) and Samaritan’s Purse. With attendance exceeding 17,000, the venue reached its increased maximum capacity of 15,000, prompting security to turn away several thousand people, according to organizers.
A brick kiln worker’s forced conversion to Islam in Pakistan’s national database has left his five children unable to have their Christian faith designated on their national identity cards, his son said.
