Amid a rash of mass kidnappings in Nigeria, an Anglican priest in Nigeria abducted along with his wife and daughter has died in captivity, leaders of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion announced on Wednesday (Nov. 26).

Despite the signing of a peace framework between the DRC Government and M23 rebels, the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo remains precarious, with lives at stake and thousands still displaced from their homes. 

As Christians worldwide look toward a series of major 2,000-year milestones culminating in 2033, marking the death and Resurrection of Jesus, Jordan is accelerating preparations for the first of them: the 2030 anniversary of Jesus’ baptism at Bethany Beyond the Jordan, the UNESCO-recognized site where John baptized Him and Christ’s public ministry began.

The 2025 Deaflympics in Tokyo has become an unprecedented platform for global evangelism, giving missionaries rare access to one of the world’s largest and least-reached communities. As thousands of athletes and spectators from around the world gather for the international sporting event, mission workers say the moment represents a historic opportunity to share the gospel with D/deaf people who are seldom concentrated in one place.

Relatives of a 21-year-old Christian woman in Pakistan who disappeared from her home on Nov. 17 said they are heartbroken and fearful after she resurfaced in court claiming she had converted to Islam and married her Muslim neighbor.

A high-profile U.K. podcast is drawing new attention to questions of justice, forgiveness and prison reform through the real-life story behind a transatlantic stage play now running in London’s West End. “Can the Justice and Prison System Be Truly Transformed?” examines the aftermath of a single punch that killed a young paramedic in 2011 and the unlikely journey of remorse and reconciliation that followed.

Thousands of people filled the center of Argentina’s capital on Monday for Gospel Experience 2025, a daylong festival that brought faith, music and visual arts into the public square and showcased one of the country’s largest Christian cultural events.

As countries around the world marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Nov. 25, the Latin Evangelical Alliance Women’s Department (AEL Mujer) used the occasion to restate its commitment to defending women’s dignity amid persistent violence across Latin America.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Sunday (Nov. 23) demanded formation of a commission to investigate misuse of the country’s harsh blasphemy laws and legislate against forcible conversion.

A Sudanese Christian family in Uganda is living in fear after Muslim extremists from Sudan and Somalia threatened to kill them.

Humans have a natural propensity to being judgmental. It is related to the knowledge of good and evil that we acquired. Is there a difference between judging and judgment? Yes there is, and its important that we explore it.

Malawi’s major faith bodies are challenging a High Court ruling that allowed a 14-year-old rape survivor to access an abortion, warning the decision sets a “worrying precedent” for the country’s abortion laws. The Malawi Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Malawi Council of Churches, the Evangelical Association of Malawi and the Muslim Association of Malawi said the Oct. 28 ruling not only overturns long-standing legal limits on abortion but also risks reshaping national policy without broad pub

Former Brazilian footballer Kaká told a church gathering in São Paulo that the most difficult seasons of his career—not his global success—were what ultimately deepened his Christian faith and shaped his identity in Christ.

Roma Riaz is used to being the “first,” but not to the kind of attention she received in the weeks leading up to the recent Miss Universe pageant held on Nov. 21. As the first Pakistani Christian to compete in the contest, the 27-year-old found herself at the center of an intense online debate.

With one week remaining before Honduras’ general elections, evangelical and Catholic churches across the country have begun nationwide prayer gatherings and public appeals for peace, transparency and broad democratic participation.

Teenagers in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine now face the prospect of life imprisonment for “sabotage” after President Vladimir Putin approved amendments lowering the age of criminal liability, even as international negotiations continue over ending the war.

With the U.S. administration threatening to take military action and cut aid over violence against Christians in Nigeria, researchers and rights advocates on Thursday (Nov. 20) provided a U.S. congressional panel with insights on ways forward amid heightened tensions between the two countries.

Brain-computer interfaces? Exoskeletons? Immortality? Enthusiasm for transhumanism is rising, what might it mean for the rest of us? In light of what enthusiasts are searching for, Christians can offer hope to a world searching for meaning because God has already provided it in Christ.

Rights activists urged the European Union to investigate widespread human rights violations in Pakistan, including persecution of religious minorities, ahead of a review starting Monday (Nov. 24) by a key EU mission monitoring the country’s eligibility for preferential trade terms.

Liberty University, a large, private, non-profit evangelical Christian university located in Lynchburg, Virginia, is now offering 600 online degrees to students in Europe and actively exploring the possibility of establishing a physical campus in the future.

The Nederlandse Christenmilitairen Ontmoetingskring (NCOK), a supportive network for Christian personnel in the Dutch Armed Forces, hopes to expand its reach and ministry across the nation's military community.

Christians must learn to do theology well in our rapidly changing contexts. Theology is not simply recalling and repeating doctrine or dogma. It is a living context-sensitive way of approaching life’s big questions. We all need to do the hard work of applying our best understanding of God's purposes revealed in the whole of scripture to new contexts in new ways.

Most church pastors in the U.S. agree that true discipleship happens in relationships and cannot be reduced to an artificial intelligence program, according to new data from the Lifeway Research State of Discipleship study. This consensus points to a belief that human connection is a non-negotiable element of Christian growth, a finding that emerges as the church grapples with the increasing presence of artificial intelligence in ministry. The study reveals that 95% of pastors believe disciplesh

International Men’s Day is being marked today, Nov. 19, with events across the world highlighting the theme “Celebrating Men and Boys” and drawing renewed attention to the contributions, needs, and well-being of men. Launched in 1999, the annual observance has expanded into a global initiative recognized in more than 80 countries.

Violence against European Christians increased in 2024 over the prior year, and the surge included cases of murder, according to a new report.