Authorities in China on Tuesday (Oct. 8) released on bail a church leader jailed since August 2023 for printing Bibles, while the Christian co-founder of a special children’s school has been arrested on charges of “inciting disturbances” for his human rights activism.
In Colombia, the pro-life caucus (which includes about 60 congressmen from different political parties) continues its effort to reverse decisions that have expanded access to abortion in the South American nation. As reported by the newspaper El País, the group of legislators has presented several proposals in response to the partial decriminalization of abortion approved two years ago.
Following the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Incheon, one hundred mission leaders from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America gathered in Busan, Korea from September 30 to October 1 for COALA 2.5, an emerging movement focusing on Global South-led missions. Recognizing the shift away from the primarily Western-led “Christendom” era of missions, COALA – which stands for Christ over Africa, Latin America and Asia – seeks to introduce new paradigms for today’s “polycent
Christian apologist and math academic Professor John Lennox has challenged the views of evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins on the issue of ultimate justice. The two academics have debated in person before, but Lennox quoted Dawkins when addressing the issue of suffering, in his latest email circular as President of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics (OCCA).
Fulani herdsmen killed two Christians in central Nigeria’s Benue state on Wednesday (Oct. 9) and two others in another part of the state on Oct. 3, local sources said.
Leaders of the evangelical alliance in France have returned from Lausanne 4 with a renewed determination to support collaboration between churches, in the country itself and abroad, and to continue the momentum of evangelistic calling to fulfill the Great Commission. About 60 French nationals, including executives from Conseil National des Évangéliques de France (CNEF), attended the 4th Congress of the Lausanne Movement for World Evangelization in Incheon, Seoul, South Korea from Sept. 22 to 28.
A lack of “political support” led the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to vote (Oct. 3) in favor of returning a controversial resolution to decriminalize prostitution as a normalized occupation of “sex work” back to the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination. The move has been hailed as a “milestone victory” by the The European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ).
The head of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN) has urged pastors to prioritize their health by scheduling regular medical checkups. In a statement, Rev. Dr. Daniel Mbaya said he was concerned about the frequency of sudden death incidences in the church, the latest being the demise of Rev. Vincent Alaku on October 6, 2024.
As many as 104 million people of faith, including 32 million self-identified Christians who regularly attend church, are unlikely to vote in the upcoming 2024 presidential election on Nov. 5 mainly due to lack of interest, research from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University shows.
Christian schools plan to seek a Judicial Review over U.K. Government plans to add Value Added Tax (VAT) onto private school fees, which they say risks closing the schools and denying parents the rights to give children an education based on school curriculums prioritizing Christian values and beliefs.
South African gospel artist Solomon Molokoane, popularly known as Solly Moholo, has been eulogized as a ‘loving father and a prayerful man’ by hundreds of family, friends and fans that gathered for his funeral service on 8 October 2024 in Pretoria, South Africa.
The report found that 19 states saw an increase in the number of children being homeschooled, with increases including small ones like a 2% rise in Georgia, to large growth as seen with the 29% increase in Delaware. Only two of the 21 states analyzed, Vermont and New Hampshire, reported a decrease in the number of students being homeschooled. Although, according to the report, New Hampshire’s decline might not actually reflect a drop in homeschoolers.
