Authorities in Indonesia foil plan to bomb churches
Authorities in Indonesia last week arrested a 19-year-old member of an Islamic extremist group and his parents, foiling a plan to suicide bomb two church sites, officials said.
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Overcoming clash of cultures, ministry seeks to build bridges between Aboriginal churches and the wider Church in Australia
Unlearn whatever preconceived ideas you have about Aboriginal people and their communities - and sit down with an Aboriginal or other First Nations church leader to spend time listening, absorbing and becoming culturally enlightened. That is the advice for non-indigenous evangelicals given by Sandra Dumas, Senior Pastor of Ganggalah Church and Training Centre with her husband Will, based in Tweed Heads South, Northern Rivers.
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Nigerian Christian leaders call for prayers, restraint as citizens protest against bad governance
Young Nigerians made good their intentions to protest against the high cost of living and bad governance as large crowds turned up for the August 1, 2024 nationwide protests organized by human rights organizations and students’ unions in the populous country.
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Survey reveals challenges, struggles of Christian youth in India, nation with largest number of young people in the world
The Evangelical Fellowship of India has released its 2023-2024, 56-page ‘Survey of Youth Issues Among Christian Young People’ with data collected by Christ’s Love For All (CLFA) Youth Movement, focusing on the contemporaneous post-pandemic challenges and influences on Christian youth in the country.
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Nearly 70% of Scottish Christians say they’ve faced prejudice, survey reports
More than two-thirds of Christians in Scotland have reported experiencing some form of prejudice due to their faith, according to a recent survey conducted by a Christian think tank based in the United Kingdom.
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Kenya’s task force recommends State oversight to curb cults and ‘miracles for cash’ ministries
By Ken KagichaA task force set up by Kenya’s president William Ruto has recommended a hybrid regulation framework that would hand the government greater oversight to curtail the spread of cults and financial predatory practices prevalent in some churches in Kenya. A proposed Religious Affairs Commission will provide oversight over religious organisations and work in tandem with umbrella religious associations to strengthen self-regulation.
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Muslim father burns daughter for turning to Christ
A Muslim in eastern Uganda burned his 19-year-old daughter with a flat iron on July 21 after learning that she had converted to Christianity, sources said.
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Prominent Christian woman kidnapped from church in Nigeria
Gunmen in southern Nigeria on Tuesday (July 30) kidnapped a prominent Christian woman and wife of the attorney general of Delta state from a church Bible study in an attack that left her driver and a policeman dead, according to various sources.
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Evangelicals in France work together to share the gospel at Paris Olympics 2024
By Chris EyteFrench evangelicals are motivated to share the life changing news of Jesus Christ with countrymen and visitors alike as the Paris Olympics 2024 draws thousands to the French capital for the world’s largest sporting event. Ensemble 2024 - a collaborative Christian enterprise made up of churches, associations, clubs and individuals in France - aims to bring the good news about Jesus to as many people as possible, while also hoping to leave a long-lasting legacy for evangelism in the country.
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Māori-background contextual theologian Dr Jay Mātenga to head up CDI’s opinion section, ‘amplifying the perspectives of those previously unheard’
By CDI StaffChristian Daily International (CDI), a global Christian news site with reporters and editors in different regions of the world, is pleased to welcome Dr Jay Mātenga as its Opinion Editor. Three decades of service to cross-cultural missions combined with his personal mixed background with Māori heritage, Mātenga is uniquely positioned to take charge of CDI’s opinion section, ensuring it will serve as a platform featuring biblical Christian voices from every part of the world.
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Muslim relatives attack Christian, wife and children in Somalia
Muslim relatives of a convert from Islam in Somalia attacked a second time in Lower Juba Region on July 8, wounding him in the stomach, breaking his wife’s ankle and beating his children.
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On World Day Against Trafficking, Canadian evangelical body highlights children as primary victims
By Chris EyteThe Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) has marked the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on July 30 by focusing on the most vulnerable of people: children.
