The World Evangelical Alliance signed a memorandum with Korean denominations that form the organising committee for the event to be held in Seoul in October 2025.
A Christian was ambushed and killed, days after another Christian and his mother were slain.Spike in violence in central part of country continues.
The Republican candidate gets a clear victory over Kamala Harris.
“Archbishop’s recent explicit repudiation of Christian doctrine, has brought us to call for his personal repentance”, say leaders of the global Anglican movement.
Christians protested against an anti-discrimination law that would restrict the freedoms of churches and individuals to live out their faith.
A historic event for the more than six million evangelical believers in the country, who represent 15.3 per cent of the population.
Although the Bible can be accessed digitally in hundreds of ways, the 'YouVersion' platform is by far the most widely used around the world.
The country held parliamentary elections in September. The Islamic Action Front party won 31 seats, the largest number of seats for a party in parliament.
The southeast African country held its seventh elections. A missionary and a pastor address the challenges of an increasingly dissatisfied population. While jihadism grows stronger in the north, churches are growing in the south.
Martin Accad, president of a theological seminary in Beirut, analyses the critical situation on the ground. “Though we often feel helpless, we never feel hopeless”.
A Baptist church in Zahlé hosts 150 people who fled the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in the south. They were already working with Syrian refugees.
Data from a state survey show that the number of evangelicals remain stable, while the Catholics are declining.
The denomination held its first general conference. “This is a new chapter marked by a commitment to faithfulness, integrity, and unity”.
The state, local authorities and the displaced Christians reach an agreement to restore supplies and give evangelicals time to assess damages and request state-sponsored aid.
The more than 5,200 attendees from 202 countries signed a ‘Collaborative Action Commitment’. The Seoul congress emphasised unity as the key factor in taking the gospel to every person, everywhere.
The testimonies of persecuted Christians from China, India and Iran reminded the 5,000 at the Lausanne 4 Congress of the price to be paid for faithfulness to Christ. “But these sufferings are nothing compared to the glory that awaits us”, says Iranian pastor Farshid Fathi in an interview.
Vaughan Roberts reminded that the biblical truth about sexuality is “good news”. Other major contemporary challenges - social inequality, poverty, climate change - were addressed on the first full day at Lausanne 4 in South Korea.
At least 10 people were murdered and 30 kidnapped, including religious leaders, during several Sunday morning worship services, in just 2 weeks.
The Chilean president attended a thanksgiving service where evangelicals expressed their concern about education, crime and corruption.
Apollo Quiboloy, leader of a controversial megachurch, was wanted by the Philippine and US justice for sex crimes and abuse. He has pleaded not guilty.
In a letter delivered to the Nicaraguan embassy in Spain, the Spanish Evangelical Alliance expresses its concern about the “harassment and demolition of freedoms” in the Central American country.
In ten days, 10,000 evangelical leaders representing all continents will participate in the 4th Lausanne Congress in Seoul, around the theme: “Let the Church declare and display Christ together”.
The evangelical alliance and the government sign a collaboration agreement. “It is a historic moment because the church has been working in prisons for years”.
Decisions such as ending the ban on performing same-sex marriages, or the ordination of LGTBQI+ people, could lead more people to abandon the Methodist churches, which suffered a schism in 2019.
The terrorist group controls a large part of the Horn of Africa. Its obsession for imposing Sharia law has significantly worsened the situation of Christians.
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