The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls, Reem Alsalem called for a global ban on surrogacy, warning that the practice inflicts “large-scale violence, abuse, and exploitation on women and children.”
Evangelicals yearn to see crowds entering God's Kingdom and this is legitimately happening in some parts of the world, commonly known as people movements. By removing some persistent barriers, it is possible to see the Church reactivated as a movement, even as it already is in some of the most hostile of contexts. This opinion links to a statement that encourages the Church worldwide to reactivate itself to once again see crowds coming to Christ.
We live in a day of lies—a time when repetition masquerades as credibility, and the sheer volume of falsehoods threatens to drown out the still, small voice of truth. This is no more evident than with the AI generated videos of Charlie Kirk living in and speaking from the afterlife. Christians should be shocked by what is best considered synthetic martyrdom, sadly many are being wooed by it.
The suicide rate in the USA among 10-14-year-old children had nearly tripled in the last decade, while the rate for older teens increased by 76%. Children and teens worldwide can experience social isolation, health fears, and the uncertainty all around them, realizing that their parents don’t always know how to deal with difficult circumstances. All these can easily lead to depression. But we can provide real hope by helping them to rest in God.
The United States is a nation gripped afresh by violence. Many of its people are struggling to feel, to understand, to see a way forward. US peace and reconciliation advocate, Jim Eaton, calls Christians to a better way, the way of Jesus; a way that is not partisan but peaceful, not livid but loving.
Evangelist Will Graham preached the gospel in Toronto, Canada—once known for having more churches per capita than any other place in the country—and about a hundred people responded to Jesus Christ. The association noted that Toronto’s skyline is still dotted with church steeples and that the city was once known as the “City of Churches” and even referred to as the “evangelical center of the new world.”
A new global assessment has found that an estimated 100 million Christians live without access to a Bible, revealing both legal restrictions and severe shortages across dozens of countries. The Bible Access List, released Thursday by the Bible Access Initiative, combines data and expert analysis from 88 countries to identify where Scripture is most difficult to obtain.
The World Evangelical Alliance and the Salvation Army urged governments to “act with urgency” to end child labor after a United Nations expert warned that 138 million children worldwide remain trapped in exploitation, including 54 million in hazardous work.
The appointment of Dame Sarah Mullally as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury has drawn sharp criticism from Gafcon, a global Anglican movement, which accused the Church of England of abandoning biblical teaching by choosing a leader who has affirmed blessings for same-sex relationships.
The Bishop of London, Rt. Rev. and Rt. Hon. Dame Sarah Mullally DBE, has been appointed as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, becoming the first woman to lead the worldwide Anglican Communion of 85 million members in 165 countries.
Prison Fellowship International and Bible League International announced a new five-year agreement to provide 620,000 Bibles to prisoners in 20 countries. The initiative builds on a partnership that began in 2019, which has already supplied more than 570,000 Bibles to inmates who completed Prison Fellowship International’s in-prison program, The Prisoner’s Journey. The program is offered in more than 700 prisons worldwide and aims to introduce inmates to the Christian faith.
The rise of politicians from America to Russia claiming to champion Christian values and peace yet preaching hatred and division is polarizing families, churches, and communities even far beyond their own countries. Something like this has happened before. Will we Christians learn from recent European history and seek first Christ's kingdom or continue to ride the slippery slope to human totalitarianism in our contexts?
