At the Ecumenical Centre on the Chemin du Pommier in Geneva — home to the World Council of Churches (WCC) since 1966 — Christian Daily International sat down with Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay for an exclusive and wide-ranging conversation.
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) pledged to continue preaching gospel truths despite policymakers backing an amendment that removes religious defenses from the country’s hate speech laws.
Through God's providence, the Creator oversees every event in the universe. There is no such thing as real chance; it’s only apparent. We can get caught up trying to force a scientific reading of the Bible that it was not meant to convey. This understanding helps when it comes to our engagement with science and evolutionary findings and theories.
The process of refining should be central to our understanding of how God works in our lives, to mature us into the full and complete standard of Christ, but it can be tempting to resist this precious process. We need to lean into God during our fiery trials, trusting that his purposes will result in a positive transformation.
Unity, one of Christianity’s most beautiful concepts, is one of its most abused. Throughout Church history, unity has been used to silence criticism, suppress prophetic voices, protect institutions, and preserve existing power structures. But that is not the unity Jesus prayed for.
We no longer live in a world shaped by the assumptions of Christendom. This is a post-Christian era, and sadly we are seeing signs that we are in a post, post-Christian era. As followers of Jesus, we need to make virtue virtuous again, to be the good we long to see in the world.
As the Asia Conference on Church & Mission (ACCM) 2026 concluded Thursday evening in Alabang, Metro Manila, Dr. Bambang Budijanto, General Secretary of the Asia Evangelical Alliance, described what he sees as a decisive turn in a movement that has been building across the region for two years — and laid out a concrete, time-bound plan to sustain it.
A Baptist World Alliance delegation visited Egypt, Lebanon and Syria in a regional tour focused on Christian unity, interfaith dialogue and planning for a global commemoration of the 2,000th anniversary of Jesus Christ's life and ministry.
