Christian stabbed in attack on evangelists in Uganda
Hardline Muslims in eastern Uganda on Feb. 15 beat and stabbed an evangelist after he and his team led a Muslim widow to Christ during open-air gospel preaching, sources said.
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More than 50,000 Canadians began or restored relationship with Jesus in 2024, Alpha reports
More than 50,000 people began or renewed their relationship with Jesus Christ after attending an evangelistic Alpha Canada course in 2024, according to the Alpha Canada Impact Report 2024, released on Feb. 21. Significant engagement was seen among Chinese communities and the youth.
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US evangelical donors prefer traditional giving methods over innovation, study finds
Most evangelical donors prefer to give to established, trusted methods of addressing recipients’ needs rather than supporting innovative approaches, according to a recent research report.
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New Zealand Christian leader calls for gender issues protests to remain 'respectful', acknowledges concerns about 'rainbow ideologies'
Christians protesting against the promotion of gender identities should “ensure they do so respectfully and peacefully,” the national director of the New Zealand Christian Network (NZCN) said in a recent update by the organization. His statement follows media reports of Destiny Church, the world’s largest Māori and Polynesian church, disrupting both gay pride marches and drag queen-led story times for children in public libraries, also using the traditional Māori haka.
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Humanitarian leader Baroness Cox announces Alzheimer’s diagnosis, HART charity vows to 'carry forward her inspirational vision'
Baroness Caroline Cox, a globally recognized advocate for humanitarian causes who has championed Christians facing poverty and persecution, sometimes risking her own life, has announced she has Alzheimer’s disease.
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Following political shift in Germany's election, leader of Evangelical Alliance calls on Christians to pray, model gospel values
By Chris EyteGermany’s national election on Feb. 23, 2025, the 20th since the Federal Republic’s establishment in 1949, saw a significant victory for right-wing groups. However, Germany’s Evangelical Alliance co-leader has called for respect and unity between opposing factions, urging Christians to pray as coalition talks begin.
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National TV show dares to portray ‘blasphemy’ violence in Pakistan
Church leaders and others in Pakistan lauded the producers and cast of a TV drama for risking their lives to broadcast an unprecedented, national media portrayal of the violent injustice resulting from blasphemy laws.
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The Afrogiveness Movement: helping victims in Central and West Africa find healing through forgiveness and art
By Ken KagichaA trauma and counselling programme in Cameroon has integrated forgiveness and art to restore lives of traumatized internally displaced people and other survivors of conflict in Central and West Africa including Cameroon’s Anglophone conflict that broke out in 2018.
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Christian in Pakistan jailed for 17 months wins bail
An 18-year-old Christian in Pakistan imprisoned for more than 17 months on blasphemy charges was expected to be released on bail next week, his lawyer said.
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70 Christians beheaded in DRC church attack: 'Grim tapestry of violence'
Seventy Christians were discovered beheaded inside a Protestant church in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu Province, according to reports, which say the victims had been kidnapped by suspected Allied Democratic Forces terrorists.
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The Church offers a glimmer of hope amidst unimaginable suffering in DRC’s Goma
By Jim OlangOne could write endlessly about the horrors I witnessed this week in Goma, Eastern DRC. The streets, once filled with life, bore the marks of conflict—bodies being cleared away, bullet casings scattered, and the weight of immense human loss pressing down on a city of two million people. More than 3,000 lives have been lost. Women are raped constantly, no police force in place and prison breaks common place. Children, many orphaned, navigate a world that has turned cruel overnight. The darkness o
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Austrian evangelical leader calls for unity amid political deadlock: 'counteract society’s polarization'
By Chris EyteA political stalemate in Austria’s coalition negotiations following last year’s national election reflects, to some extent, the polarization of society, where compromise has been devalued. However, Christians are called to be peacemakers in such socio-political scenarios, according to a group representing evangelicals in the country.
