Opposition to Christian conference in Germany slammed
A rights group slammed a Munich official’s opposition to a Christian faith conference in Germany as a “direct attack on religious freedom.”
Chris Eyte serves as International Correspondent for CDI, covering Europe, the United States & Canada, the Caribbean and Oceania. He has worked in journalism and copywriting for some 17 years, mostly for Christian media publications in the UK, the US and Australia. He is an English graduate from the University of St Andrews in Scotland where he was President of the St Andrews Literary Society. In his free time, he enjoys writing devotionals and runs his own blog (hislovefrees.life). Chris has traveled extensively, living briefly in South Africa and Belgium, and now resides in South Wales in the UK with his wife and children.
A rights group slammed a Munich official’s opposition to a Christian faith conference in Germany as a “direct attack on religious freedom.”
An American pediatrician group is calling on U.S. medical institutions to follow some of their European counter parts in considering science rather than ideology in the care for transgender children. In recent months, an increasing number of medical professionals have come forward lamenting how an important health care and mental health issue has been politicized and voices pointing to scientific facts or calling for more rigorous research have been effectively silenced.
Churches should partner up with Christian modeling organizations to promote positive body images and diversity within the body of Christ. That is the view of Angela ‘Stikks’ Adams, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Christian Models Association, based in Sacramento, California.
The father of a brave missionary killed with his devoted wife during an armed gang raid in Haiti, Caribbean, has vowed that work for the gospel of Jesus Christ will carry on after the tragedy.
Millions of people including children are living in poverty in the U.K. today, according to official figures. Now a church-based charity struggling to cope with enough resources to support them has sounded the alarm in a rallying cry to Christians to step up helping those in need.
Younger Christian scientists have a crucial role in knocking down the “zombies” of atheism amid a clear trend revealing Generation Z is waking up to believe in a relationship between faith and science, according to scientist and apologist Sharon Dirckx. She spoke on the subject of ‘Explaining God Away: Christian Belief in a Scientific World,’ a plenary session held at the European Leadership Forum 2024 in Wisla, Poland on May 28.
As UEFA's Euro2024 kicked off in Germany, some are raising concerns about the correlation between sports events and sexual exploitation. CDI recently spoke with two women who have worked on the front lines of combatting human trafficking for years. While reports say that modern slavery is increasing in Europe, they say that churches can play a unique role in local neighborhoods if they pay attention and understand how much they can help those who have fallen victim to the trade.
On the occasion of World Refugee Day that is commemorated today (June 20), Christian Daily International spoke exclusively with a church pastor and immigrant advocate in northern California. He believes overcoming fear and seeing migrants as sent by God to the local church as key to fulfilling the global Church's mission of welcoming the stranger and sharing the gospel.
A leading evangelical advocate for children and government advisor calls out political parties for ignoring tens of thousands of vulnerable children in need of foster and adoption parents in their manifestos for the upcoming U.K. General Election 2024. Sharing about his own experience as as a foster and adoptive parent, he calls on evangelical churches to step up at this time of need.
A national poll reveals a quarter of Irish people surveyed are concerned about freedom of speech as the country considers hate speech legislation. But a leading evangelical says there is no issue for Christians as long as they live in accordance to biblical values.
The Government of Antigua & Barbuda has deferred the issue of legalizing abortions when a mother’s life is not endangered to a law court after the country’s evangelical alliance opposed moves by pro-choice campaigners claiming that the country’s historic abortion laws are unconstitutional.
More than half of Christians in the United Kingdom experienced hostility and ridicule for their faith in Christ, a survey shows, even as the country’s top police chief admitted to “gaps” in hate crime laws.