As countries around the world marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Nov. 25, the Latin Evangelical Alliance Women’s Department (AEL Mujer) used the occasion to restate its commitment to defending women’s dignity amid persistent violence across Latin America.
Shalom is a valid framework for how Jesus would do business. If you run a business you should assess if it is driven by and resulting in right and joyous relationships with God, self, others, and creation. Christian entrepreneurs in Liberia provide a wonderful example of the benefits of doing so.
These days we are constantly being asked to identify our enemies and stand up against them. That is the way of the world, not the way of Jesus. The Jews were expecting their enemies to be vanquished by the Messiah, yet Jesus offered the way of reconciliation through self-giving love. We must follow Jesus.
Christian, Islamic, and secular/atheistic perspectives and politics have shaped recent world history more than any other international movement. All three have produced widespread forms of antisemitism that have repeatedly intermingled, threatening the human rights of Jewish people. It is important that Christians understand the roots of antisemitism and resist it as an evil and an affront to God.
Two sharply contrasting views of Europe surfaced last week, one from Washington, the other from Brussels. These two visions imply very different futures for Europe and the wider world. We could be headed for an unwelcome geopolitical situation that will polarize the world into a values bloc and a power bloc.
International Men’s Day is being marked today, Nov. 19, with events across the world highlighting the theme “Celebrating Men and Boys” and drawing renewed attention to the contributions, needs, and well-being of men. Launched in 1999, the annual observance has expanded into a global initiative recognized in more than 80 countries.
YouVersion will host a global livestream on Monday night, Nov. 17, to mark the milestone of one billion installs across its family of Bible apps. The event, “Beyond A Billion: A Night to Celebrate the Bible,” is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. CST (UTC-6) and serves as the central event of Global Bible Month, a monthlong initiative launched by YouVersion to encourage worldwide reflection on the Bible’s influence and ongoing use.
Church groups have condemned what they describe as grave human rights abuses and deadly state violence in Tanzania, urging authorities to halt the crackdown and protect basic freedoms following a disputed national election.
Christians in Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, are protesting a new local government election law that denies religious minorities the right to directly elect their own representatives and undermines democratic participation through non-party elections.
The legacy of the enslaved men, women and children who built and sustained the early years of Baylor University was formally honored last week with the unveiling of a new “Memorial to Enslaved Persons” on the Texas campus. The tribute marks the first permanent campus structure dedicated to acknowledging the role of enslaved labor in the university’s founding in 1845.
Christians Against Poverty (CAP) has appointed David Nussbaum as its new chair of trustees, marking a significant leadership transition for the U.K.-based debt relief charity amid growing national concerns over household financial insecurity.
The European Union has accepted in principle a new policy that seeks to expedite the processing of tens of thousands of applications for asylum. Not all European nations agree and human rights are potentially threatened. Here, the Spanish Evangelical Alliance outlines their response to a very complex political situation from a Biblical perspective.
