Christians embarrass themselves by pretending to be experts where they are not

Sergiy Melyanets and Natallia Vasilevich, who live outside the country, have been added to Russia's Federal Wanted List at the request of Belarus.

“The situation is undeniably difficult because we are deprived of fellowship. But God’s work must not stop”, says a church leader. 

The Home Office invests 77 million pounds to better protect religious sites. 

For cultures that prize productivity and speed, Christian communities are called to model a different way: the slow work of presence, the patient cultivation of deep relationships.

The large fire continues unabated and has destroyed at least 80,000 hectares. Over 92,000 people have been evacuated or confined.  A Christian camps centre in the area has also been affected.

Increasingly, the ‘normal’ Christian experience is no longer that of the comfortable Western church but of believers who worship under pressure.

Christians should not speak about others in avoidably offensive ways, using derogatory language or an unloving tone. Our aim must be to speak the truth in love.

I hope that the Jeffrey Donaldson revelations will cause us to reflect deeply on the culture that we have allowed to develop, which is insufficiently loving and insufficiently committed to truth.

While serving as Colombia's ambassador to France, Viviane Morales stood out for her commitment to humanitarian causes, such as providing assistance to Venezuelan migrants.

For the Gospel, the threshold is a place of transition, not of lingering. It is a one-way passage, not a platform where one is supposed to remain.

The joint initiative of southern English evangelical churches goes on, with more than 130 people being baptised during two consecutive Sunday services.

To be blessed by people we had led to faith and who had joined our church conveyed the life-giving power of this act with astonishing clarity.

“Welcoming my son into the world is one of the greatest blessings God has ever given me”, underlined the football star playing for Belgium, quoting James 1:17 on social media: "Every good and perfect gift is from above”.

Starmer is the sixth outgoing prime minister in only ten years. "We ask for your wisdom at this time and for godly guidance for our nation”, prays the Evangelical Alliance.

Christians need to understand the interaction between faith and mental health, not only for their own wellbeing, but also to lovingly care for those who suffer in this area.

MissieNederland releases a report about “how Christian young people experience their faith, and the challenges this presents for churches and organisations”.

The French government publishes a report revealing that half of all anti-religious acts are directed against Jews, with a sharp rise since the Hamas attacks in Israel and the subsequent war in Palestine. Christian places of worship are the most frequently targeted.

Marking the eighth anniversary of Leah’s captivity, Christian organisations call for her release amid rising abductions of women and girls in the country.

Beneath the noise of social media, many young people are searching for meaning, purpose, and truth. They are looking for guidance on what it means to follow Jesus in a tangible way.

Biblical spirituality is both vibrant and balanced.

How can we respond with grace and truth to stories of leaders who fall?

God has made provision for irreconcilable enemies to come before him in worship, and to have his love for one another.

When people are discussing a case like this, Christians can testify to a way that takes justice for all seriously but also seeks to be scrupulously fair and hopes for mercy for all involved.

The March aims “to publicly celebrate Jesus, heal the spiritual atmosphere in our city, and raise hope and peace in our communities”, said the organisers.