Christian Daily International has been awarded second place in the Evangelical Press Association’s (EPA) Award of Excellence in the category of Newspaper/Online News. The winners were announced during the EPA’s annual convention, held May 4–6, 2025, in Branson, Missouri.
Conservatives and liberals in the United States (and increasingly elsewhere in the world) are accusing each other of creating an environment that contributes to political violence. We need to be very careful about making cause-effect connections. However, if we legitimize violence as a way to solve problems, we should not be surprised if others turn to violence also. If we sow the wind, we should not be surprised about reaping the whirlwind.
Should churches and missionary ministries focus on sending more expatriates to lead business development initiatives in other countries, or is the greater impact found in equipping and supporting local nationals to build ministry oriented and supporting businesses in their own regions? Read on for key principles that support an answer.
Compassion is unquestionably a Christian virtue. But sometimes, good words like compassion get hijacked by not-so-good ideas—euthanasia is a case in point. "Medical assistance in dying" is becoming increasingly accepted in the Western world under the guise of compassion (and other euphemisms) informed by radical ideologies of individual autonomy. Followers of Jesus have a very different perspective.
The creators of AI companions have found a large market for their algorithmic personifications among lonely people seeking emotional advice and more. It is a wide open gateway for unhealthy dependency as increasingly isolated individuals seek intimate relationships without the hard work and hazards involved with human interpersonal interactions. Alexia Georghiou explains why this falls short.
Chaplains from the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) have been deployed to provide emotional and spiritual care following a deadly car-ramming attack that killed 11 people, including a young girl, during the Filipino Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver.
Membership in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has fallen for the 18th consecutive year, with total membership now at 12,722,266—the lowest reported since 1974—according to new data released April 30. Despite the decline, the SBC recorded more baptisms in 2024 than in any year since 2017, marking the fourth straight year of growth in baptisms and signaling renewed momentum in evangelism and outreach.
Alumni of the Illinois-based Trinity Evangelical Divinity School say they are saddened but not necessarily surprised by the announcement earlier this month that the seminary will leave the Chicago area and move over 2,000 miles away to Western Canada amid years of declining enrollment and financial concerns.
Mark Carney has solidified his position as prime minister of Canada after his Liberal Party won the country’s national election held yesterday (April 28) with the electorate reportedly influenced by his opposition to President Donald Trump’s tariffs and controversial pledge to make the country the 51st state of the U.S.
The COALA3.0 conference continued on Monday afternoon (April 28) with its third plenary session, focusing on "Networking with the Rest of the Global Church," as leaders emphasized the need for deeper collaboration across continents, generations, and cultural divides.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will not remove conscience protections for members who oppose same-sex marriage, according to a church official.
Rev. Dr. Richard Howell, former General Secretary of the Evangelical Fellowship of India and the Asia Evangelical Alliance, warned at the All India Congress on Church in Mission (AICOCIM) that pastors often struggle in deep isolation and urgently need safe spaces to share their burdens.
