The first-ever Global Day of Prayer for Media is being hailed as "a remarkable success" and "a powerful 24-hour live prayer experience" after thousands of Christians around the world engaged in the event on Sunday. More than 2,000 people joined in the live-streamed prayer marathon, logging on from over 25 countries – with the Philippines registering the highest viewership.
Christian Daily International is pleased to join in praying for Christian professionals working in all forms of media at a first Global Day of Prayer for the Media initiative launching this Sunday, October 27. The event has been organized by the Hollywood Prayer Network in the U.S., Christian Media and Art Australia, the Christian Broadcasting Association of New Zealand and Christians in Media in the U.K.
Today (Oct.17) the United Nations (UN) marks International Day for the Eradication of Poverty with a theme, “Ending Social and Institutional Maltreatment Acting together for just, peaceful and inclusive societies.” The day gives a moment to reflect on the experiences of people in poverty, according to a UN statement, and think of practical applications to implement sustainable development goals to “promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies.”
During the morning of Tuesday, September 24 at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Incheon, Korea, Denise-Margaret Thompson spoke about the unique challenges and opportunities that this Generation Z brings. The Trinidad and Tobago native highlighted their immersion in the digital world, their concern for social justice and climate change, their hunger for authenticity and community, and their resistance to organized religion.
The father of a young missionary killed with his wife, alongside a local mission director, by an armed gang in Haiti has given an update from his home in Oklahoma about the ongoing work of the Christian ministry on the gang-dominated Caribbean island. David Lloyd III, 23, and his wife Natalie, 21, married in June 2022, were killed on May 23 2024 during an armed gang raid alongside local mission director Jude Montis, 45, as previously reported by Christian Daily International. David Lloyd Jr, fat
Following a preparatory process over several months, the eleven members of the Steering Committee responsible for overseeing the work of a slavery reconciliation fund for Barbados worth £7 million GBP ($9,152,500 USD or 18 million Barbados dollars) have been announced. Last September (2023), United Society Partners in the Gospel (USPG), an Anglican mission agency with past links to slavery in Barbados, partnered with the Codrington Trust, responsible for overseeing the Codrington estate on the i
A Christian dance group in Barbados remains disqualified for its biblically based performance on gender identity despite an arbiter rescinding his decision to uphold the ban, according to reports.
Kenya police mission in Haiti have been holding regular prayer and fellowship meetings at the base camp in the country’s capital Port-au-Prince. The contingent of special police officers were seen attending a prayer service in a social media post shared by CNN Africa Correspondent, Larry Madowo.
A new Police Chaplaincy Service has been launched by the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) on the island of St Lucia in the Caribbean, with a population of around 180,000 people. “We are not just physical, we are spiritual and we ought to understand this and the sooner we understand this the sooner we’ll be able to cope [with] the challenges that I can tell you it’s only by the grace of God that I can stand there and I shall not be moved,” said Commissioner of Police Crusita Descartes Peliu
The Most Rev. Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, received an honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree from The University of the West Indies (UWI) in Kingston, Jamaica on July 20 in recognition for his role in speaking out publicly for the Anglican church to face up to its past role in the transatlantic slave trade. The doctorate ceremony took place at the E. Nigel Harris Council Room at the UWI Regional Headquarters in Kingston during the archbishop’s visit to the island from July 18 to July 2
A “smiling” accountant has expressed gratitude to God after being awarded the prestigious title of ‘Jamaican Father of the Year 2024’. “I am grateful to God for all He has blessed me with thus far and humbled each day by His grace and mercy towards me and my family,” commented Forskin.
A Muslim teacher at an Islamic school in eastern Uganda who became a Christian on Oct. 4 was killed on Oct. 21, area sources said.
