Blind Christian in Pakistan charged with blasphemy
A 49-year-old blind Christian in Pakistan has been arrested and charged with blasphemy, punishable by death, after a Muslim accused him of insulting Islam’s prophet, his mother said.
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Will Nepal’s Christians gain protection under new Gen Z-backed government?
Following the GenZ protests of 2025, the test of a new Nepali government is whether it will resist the growing influence of Hindu nationalism, which has increasingly targeted the country’s small (2%) Christian minority.
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The death of an 84-year-old Catholic priest marked the end of India's secularism
Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), India’s culture wars have morphed from rhetoric into policy and an emboldened ecosystem of vigilantes and ideological enforcers has emerged alongside the state, advancing a vision of an uncompromisingly Hindu India. This presents a growing threat to democracy, religious liberty, and especially a minority Christian population.
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Reconciling God with present suffering: a testimony
Having lost her father, her career, and her dream of becoming a mother in quick succession, Meera Davina Mahadevan found herself in a crucible of suffering. Rejecting easy answers, here she shares a fresh reflection on her journey, exploring how faith can survive, and even thrive, in the deep valleys of suffering and loss.
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A call for women from the Project Video leader in Asia
Many creatives want to serve but assume mission belongs only to preachers, Bible teachers, or medical workers. When they begin to see that media, design, photography, and storytelling can also be part of God’s work, something begins to open within them and, as Jasmine testifies: many new things become possible.
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'The greatest call of our time is not productivity but presence,' panel on mental wellness says at WEA Assembly
By CDI StaffThe World Evangelical Alliance turned its attention to what one speaker called “the defining public health crisis of our time” as the third panel on the third day of the WEA General Assembly in Seoul focused on mental wellness and how the global church can respond to rising anxiety, loneliness and performance-driven Christianity.
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‘Not a moment for withdrawal but faithful innovation’: tech panel discusses AI and discipleship
By CDI StaffA panel at the World Evangelical Alliance General Assembly on Wednesday morning urged churches to engage artificial intelligence with a distinctly biblical ethic, framing AI as a people-shaping technology that demands theological clarity, pastoral care and practical safeguards.
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WEA advocacy team urges ‘faithful presence’ as ‘ambassadors of hope’ at the United Nations
By CDI StaffThe World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) advocacy team serving at the United Nations urged national alliances to represent Christ with courage, humility, and hope in global policymaking spaces during a panel discussion Wednesday morning at the WEA General Assembly in Seoul.
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‘Every person has a place at the table of God’: Walter Kim urges global Church toward reconciliation
By CDI StaffOn the third morning of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) General Assembly in Seoul, Rev. Dr. Walter Kim, President of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) in the United States, delivered a deeply personal devotional message about the reconciling power of the gospel amid the turmoil of the modern world.
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Leaders are failing in holiness and too many Christians are ignorant about Jesus’ key message, says evangelist
Too many pastors are failing to live holy lives, while many ordinary Christians are clueless about the core point of Jesus’ teaching, veteran evangelist Rev Dr Stephen Tong said on Tuesday.
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Asbury University pres. praying campus revival was mere tremor ahead of global Christian awakening
Kevin Brown, president of Asbury University, says his prayer is that in five to 10 years, Christians will look back on the Asbury revival as a tremor that preceded a global Christian awakening.
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Christian woman in Pakistan in critical condition after rape
A 25-year-old Christian woman in Pakistan remains in critical condition after two Muslims raped her on Saturday (April 11), sources said.
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