The Church in India is witnessing remarkable growth, a sign of God’s work across the country, said Rev. Vijayesh Lal, General Secretary of the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI). But he cautioned that alongside the encouraging expansion there is a pressing need for greater depth in discipleship, leadership, and community engagement.
The leader of the Evangelical Fellowship of India says that time-bound global efforts that continue to shape priorities across many Christian networks require urgent change as we face massive global political and economic realignment, medium-term instability, and societal rupture.
Understanding the universality of kindness, patience, and harmony matters. Faith is not always visible, it survives and sustains itself in the same way peace does—through attentiveness, restraint, and small acts that refuse to escalate difference into division.
Hong Kong businessman and prominent pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was sentenced to a horrendous twenty years in jail on Monday February 9th, 2026. For political reasons he is unlikely to die in prison. When released, we will do well to listen to what he has to say about his experience of sweet joy and love in a most unlikely place.
In this church planting testimony, what began as a three-person gathering has developed into a stable and flexible model: open homes for consistent meetings, and a focus on nurturing discipleship. Faith has become part of daily life, not confined to a church building. There is much to learn from this example of faithful service in the north west of China.
The appointment of Dame Sarah Mullally as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury has drawn sharp criticism from Gafcon, a global Anglican movement, which accused the Church of England of abandoning biblical teaching by choosing a leader who has affirmed blessings for same-sex relationships.
The Bishop of London, Rt. Rev. and Rt. Hon. Dame Sarah Mullally DBE, has been appointed as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, becoming the first woman to lead the worldwide Anglican Communion of 85 million members in 165 countries.
Christian lawmakers from both South Korea’s ruling and opposition parties joined church leaders Wednesday (Oct. 1) in a bipartisan prayer service at the National Assembly, calling for cooperation over conflict and praying for peace on the Korean Peninsula.
The first Christian charged under Uttarakhand state, India’s “anti-conversion” law has become the first to be acquitted under the statute, sources said.
Religious identity is shrinking across much of the world, typically beginning when younger generations stop attending worship services, according to new research that traces how disaffiliation with faith unfolds over time.
A post-conference reflection by African public theologian Israel Olofinjana urges Majority World Christian leaders to reclaim agency in global mission, proposing a missiology rooted in local contexts, the work of the Holy Spirit, and the lived reality of suffering rather than Western managerial models and imported theologies.
CAP (Christians Against Poverty) in the UK has released a landmark report investigating barriers to work; exploring the challenges for the unemployed, what support is required, and how churches can be part of the solution to provide access to the "fortress of the job market" in your locale.
