For the third consecutive year, Guatemala’s capital hosted the “March for Jesus,” a large gathering that brought together hundreds of people from multiple churches and denominations in a public demonstration of faith and unity.
This past Saturday, we witnessed the unfortunate presence of President Javier Milei at the inauguration of the largest evangelical church in the country. It resulted in the sacred space of the pulpit being used by the president to deliver a partisan diatribe filled with false arguments, malicious distortions, and statements entirely contrary to the teachings of the gospel. This has caused much shame.
Like fine wine, people need change to mature. You can refuse to embrace change but it will come at a cost. Times of change provide opportunities for us to deal with aspects of our being that become barriers for deeper relationship with God. Doing so also helps improve our relationships with others.
Many of our societies appear to be moving back into increased lawlessness as models of justice and equity are being undermined by the powerful, allowing corruption to creep back in to the most stable of nations. This is an opportunity for the Church to preserve and shine as salt and light. But, as this pastoral opinion shows us, it will require intentionality, commitment, and sacrifice.
The global pandemic began a decade of tremendous uncertainty, loss, and suffering. It is fruitless to try and fight, control, or ignore grief. Here, we look to Scripture for healthy examples of dealing with the trials of life.
The message of the Gospel found a new way to reach younger audiences through LEGO animation. From England, a project that began in the middle of the pandemic is now expanding into different languages and is already impacting thousands of Spanish speakers.
A Brazilian state high court has ruled that a mother cannot homeschool her son and must enroll him in a recognised school, upholding fines imposed on her for non-compliance, a decision legal advocates argue violates international human rights law protecting parental rights in education.
The question of who qualifies as an evangelical and how many evangelicals exist worldwide continues to puzzle scholars, church leaders and mission researchers alike. That was the central theme of a Sept. 2 webinar hosted by the World Evangelical Alliance and released publicly Sept. 5, featuring two leading voices in global religious demography.
The government of Gustavo Petro has introduced a sweeping tax reform bill in Congress that would require churches in Colombia to pay income tax on their commercial activities. Worship-related work such as congregational meetings, Masses, services, or prayers would remain exempt.
Brazil topped the world in Bible distribution in 2024, delivering 4.2 million printed copies and recording more than 16 million digital downloads, according to the 2024 Global Scripture Distribution Report. The country also logged 5 billion online chapter views, second only to the United States.
Fertility rates are falling across every world region, with most now below the level needed to maintain population size, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of United Nations and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development data published earlier this month.
Over 1.2 million refugees escaping the devastating war in Sudan have crossed over to neighbouring South Sudan according to the UN’s High Commission for Refugees. 823,557 of them are returning to a country they fled between two major conflicts creating a unique and complex status of refugee returnees.
