The former pastor of My Gospel church was charged with 14 offences, including “sexual assault, rape with abuse of authority, coercion, and other offences”. Around 50 victims are being supported, according to sources.

After a life straight out of a film, Chris Simpson found meaning and purpose in a faith that underpins every aspect of his life. An interview with the director of CMBC International about mission, workplace, leadership and the centrality of Christ.

Radical politics, AI and the debate on human identity are the issues for which churches are least prepared, finds the new Global Voices survey conducted by the Lausanne Movement worldwide.

Around 80 businesspeople, professionals and leaders attended the national meeting of Christian Business Leaders held in Valencia.

One of the most important things each day is to seek God face: to pray, read His Word, listen to Him, make His thoughts ours, seek His will in all things.

The sentence from the Provincial Court of Madrid also includes a 16-year ban on working with minors, and an order to deport the man to his native Colombia. Evangelical Council condemns the abuse and emphasises 'zero tolerance' policy. 

The NGO Fiet warns that over 60% of women in prostitution have mental health disorders: “We cannot remain indifferent”. Fiet rescued over 1,500 women in 2024.

Expert lawyer Robert Peters has investigated all kinds of cases of abuse in churches. In an interview with ‘Evangelical Focus’, he argues why the “historically passive and superficial approach” in churches must change radically, and offers keys for action.

A viral behaviour that has contaminated the body of Christ is to minimise sin while protecting one's public image. It is not transforming grace, but its scandalous denial.

Elisa Garrido left a secure job to start EverGrow, a consultancy focused on raising funds for non-profit organisations.

More than 100 churches and mission organisations, as well as 140 Christian leaders, have signed a document backed by biblical references calling for an end to the culture of silence. Meanwhile, stories of abuse are being shared on social media.

As Christian leaders, we have the opportunity—and the responsibility—to create environments where rest is natural, where disconnecting is not interpreted as disinterest, where people don’t have to earn their worth by working themselves to exhaustion.

The idea that mental illness and disease are caused by invisible energies or ancestral curses is not biblical. Christian ethics and moral theology emphasise personal responsibility, human dignity, and relational restoration rather than inherited guilt.

It remains one of the most painful taboos within faith communities.

In response to cases of abuse in churches, the UK government is calling for more efforts to “ensure that every child is safe, heard and protected”. The Church of England will dedicate £150 million to supporting victims.

In response to cases of abuse in churches, influential evangelical leaders, denominations, and mission organisations want to break the culture of silence and prioritise the well-being of victims over institutional reputation.

Three boys and three girls between the ages of 5 and 10 were the victims of the confessed paedophile, who took advantage of his spiritual influence over the families between 2009 and 2020.

The 14-year-old girl was kidnapped at gunpoint from her home. She was tortured, sexually assaulted, forced to convert to Islam.

Measures include age verification on pornographic sites and criminalising the creation, possession and exchange of child sexual abuse material generated by artificial intelligence.

The decline of Catholicism in the country of Pope Leo XIV is linked to a loss of confidence in the institution, finds the Institute of Peruvian Studies.

When someone within the Church has taken advantage of their power or position, then a public response is required, also by the public authorities if a crime has been committed. Failing to investigate scandalous behaviour sends the message that it will be tolerated.

The story of Sir John Laing, a British engineer who had a great impact on business and missionary work.

The dismissal of influential pastor Daniel Alm for abuse of power in his relationship with two female employees has ended up in the courts, where he has lost. A comment from Sweden.

The contradiction between the abuser’s actions and their reputation causes victims and those to whom allegations are reported to experience confusion, cognitive dissonance and even incredulity.

The responses of evangelical churches to allegations of abuse have been vitiated by five factors: wrong expectations, wrong priorities, a wrong reading of biblical stories, a wrong approach to sin and crime, and a wrong view of love and justice.