Organizers of a national Anglican conference on domestic and family violence are calling on more Christian men to attend, emphasizing the vital role they can play in creating safer communities for women and children.
A groundbreaking campaign by global insurance giant AXA has won the top honor at the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for redefining how insurance can respond to domestic violence. A leading evangelical voice on women's rights welcomed the initiative as a “good idea” and “needed” to protect women in vulnerable situations.
A practising lesbian bishop has been appointed as the new Archbishop of Wales for the Anglican Church—the first time a woman has held the role—after her predecessor stepped down following a safeguarding review about “errors of judgement” about the working culture at Bangor Cathedral.
In a rare development, a high court in Pakistan last month ordered the government to issue a new identity card reflecting a woman's conversion from Islam to Christianity, her attorney said.
The way people in the UK navigate the internet is set to change significantly under the new Online Safety Act, which requires online platforms to implement measures such as age checks to prevent children from accessing illegal and harmful material that started on July 25.
An English woman has been honored for her official recognition as the world’s longest serving Sunday school teacher at her local church — notching up 73 years and counting. Guinness World Records first officially recognised Pam Knowles, longstanding Sunday school teacher at St Anne’s, Aigburth, Liverpool on Jan. 12 for serving at that time for 73 years and 104 days. She is still teaching. St Anne’s church held a presentation to mark Knowles’ hard work and achievement on July 13, the final Sund
Fulani herdsmen on Monday morning (Aug. 4) killed a Christian woman in a village in Plateau state, Nigeria, the latest of 17 Christians slain in the area since July 15, sources said.
The Christian Dialogue and Representation Council hailed the long-awaited enactment of the Dominican Republic’s new Penal Codd as “an act of institutional maturity and commitment to justice,” marking a historic legislative milestone after years of political deadlock.
The Elders Council of one of Kenya’s biggest Baptist churches has revoked the ordination of the senior pastor, Munengi Mulandi, following serious “allegations of misconduct.” In a statement released on Aug. 3, the Elders Council said Mulandi was no longer serving as the Senior Pastor of Nairobi Baptist Church, Ngong Road, from June 1, 2025.
Five of six pastors jailed in central-eastern India on July 20 after false allegations of forcible conversion were assaulted in custody so severely they have laceration scars, sources said.
Militant Islamists groups have expanded their presence in Africa and more than doubled fatalities linked to violent activities in specific regions in the continent according to a study by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS). In the year ending June 30th 2025, 10 militant Islamist groups have been responsible for the death of 22,307 people, a majority of them being Christians in West, East and Central Africa.
The Free Churches in Austria (Freikirchen in Österreich, FKÖ) have appointed their first female secretary general, marking a historic milestone in the evangelical church network’s leadership. Claudia Krupensky officially introduced herself in her new role through a news update published by the Evangelical Alliance Austria.
