What if our deep ability and the world’s deep need meet, but we don’t enjoy doing what we are so good at? When should we say yes to preference, even though more purposeful options are within our reach? A pastor considers the dilemma of duty.
Today marks the first anniversary since the launch of Christian Daily International (CDI) on December 12, 2023. The past year saw CDI covering a wide range of events, issues and voices from every region of the world, receiving endorsements from Christian leaders and even winning its first award.
The wider Church has been good at talking to young people but arguably not so good at listening to them – an underlying focus for three Converge/Your Story conferences attended by 200 people and 86 organizations in Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane in Australia early last month, November 2024.
Christmas is the season… to be doing something else rather than attend church for nearly half of Americans, according to a Lifeway Research study. Released statistics show that 47 percent usually attend church during the Christmas celebrations but 48 percent do not, with five percent unsure.
Rather than simply dismissing the fantastical elements of Christmas that children seem to love, why not redirect their interest to the example of a godly Christian bishop who aimed to imitate his life on the life of Jesus?
Simeon exemplifies peace as he held fast to faith in the presence of God who does not leave His children without hope and consolation and his faith was rewarded when he lived to see the Savior born.
Evangelist Nick Vujicic is raising the alarm about the state of the Western Church — something he laments has become "more like a country club and a social gathering" than the Body of Christ — and its critical role in shaping the next generation amid a rise in addiction and suicide ideation.
The Communion of Churches in Korea (CCIK) has joined a growing chorus of voices among Korean churches calling for the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) to halt plans to hold its next General Assembly (GA) in Seoul. In a statement published on Monday (Dec. 2), CCIK – WEA’s national member body in Korea – issued a statement criticizing WEA’s behind-the-scenes negotiations with churches that do not belong to the global body, warning it could lead to “division and conflict”.
Asian Evangelicals are leading the way with fresh theological thinking as they embrace local theologizing at the grass roots of the Church to deepen our understanding of integral mission.
At the initiative of the Chilean ministry “Evangelio Creativo” (Creative Gospel), a group of children and pre-teens participated in a simulation of their first missionary trip in the city of Concepción, Chile. The activity included a time of preparation, a simulated arrival in a foreign country with passport and immigration checks, and training for outreach.
Hope is always available, but not always accessible. When people we know and love walk away from religion, we can still help them develop a belief system that offers sources of hope, strength, and meaning. This article will help us help them find hope again. As we do so, we are living out love.
Muslims in a village in Indonesia stopped a church choir from rehearsing on Sunday evening (Dec. 1) for a Christmas service on the false premise that the Christians needed permission from community leaders, sources said.
