Soccer teams and supporters from across the globe are descending on 16 cities across the United States, Canada and Mexico as the expanded 48-team FIFA men's World Cup is set to begin June 11. While millions focus on the pitch, a massive coalition of churches and evangelical organizations views the tournament as a historic opportunity to share the gospel.
They arrived waving Indian flags and clutching schoolbooks. Many wore cockroach masks. The placards were satirical; the anger was not. On June 6, crowds gathered at Jantar Mantar as what many commentators are calling India’s first Gen Z political uprising moved from smartphone screens onto a street. Jantan Mantar is New Delhi’s designated public protest zone, historically the gathering point for the country’s largest anti-corruption and farmers’ demonstrations.
Wisdom is not something that can be acquired easily or quickly. It is forged over years of challenging experience. We cannot travel back in time to speak to our younger selves, but we can share our wisdom with the young people around us. Here is great advice on par with wisdom from Solomon.
Evangelicals can be too quick to dismiss theology emerging from another tradition, especially that led by Pope Leo XIV. However, by doing so we may miss wisdom that is highly applicable to all followers of Jesus. In the case of the recent encyclical, we do well to appreciate it's biblical view of humanity and pointing to Jesus Christ, because the possibility of a completely unregulated AI future is frightening.
While Christianity has declined recently in the West, the Church continues to grow in new contexts. Even so, 3.42 billion people remain outside our faith. The most open among them are the children. These precious ones are the present and future hope of the global Church.
A minister with four decades of experience speaks directly to young men navigating adulthood in an era marked by isolation and institutional decline. Rather than scolding or pathologizing them, here is a candid and compassionate message: no one becomes a grounded, healthy man without mentorship, community, and support.
Kenya's annual National Prayer Breakfast brought together political leaders, clergy, diplomats and business leaders on May 27 amid growing concern over rising political tensions and increasingly heated debate surrounding the country's 2027 general election.
Christian leaders in Egypt were pleased with progress of a government effort to approve the existence of churches in the country following an executive order on May 19 legalizing 191 churches and affiliated buildings.
