Church & Missions

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  Church leaders respond to New Zealand Abuse in Care report, words alone cannot 'mend the wounds'

  By Chris Eyte Oceania 4 months ago

  Church leaders in New Zealand have been responding to the publication of a devastating Abuse in Care report by the Royal Commission of Inquiry recounting the abuse and neglect suffered by many thousands of vulnerable children and adults in the hands of church and state institutions from 1950 to1999. Entitled Whanaketia, meaning ‘Through pain and trauma, from darkness to light’, the report contained a challenge to faith leaders to apologize. 

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  World Evangelical Alliance delegation visits China Christian Council & TSPM

  By China Christian Daily Asia

  4 months ago

  Following their visit to Beijing and Jiangsu, a delegation of nine from the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) visited CCC&TSPM. Rev. Lin Manhong, vice president and general secretary of the China Christian Council (CCC), welcomed the delegation and reviewed the history of interactions between the WEA and CCC&TSPM on July 24, said CCC&TSPM. She also briefly introduced two significant initiatives currently being promoted by the Chinese church: the sinicization of Christianity and the administration

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  Report shows hundreds of new churches planted in Australia since 2011

  By Chris Eyte Oceania

  4 months ago

  Some 428 new churches have been planted in states and territories across Australia in the past 13 years, according to latest data figures from a nationwide survey - and 168 of those since 2021. National Church Life Survey (NCLS) Research published the results this month, July, following the “snapshot” from the New Churches Database taken on April 12 2024.

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  Crisis brewing in Anglican diocese in Pakistan amid corruption allegations

  By A. S. John Asia

  4 months ago

  A serious crisis is brewing in the Diocese of Lahore of the Anglican Church of Pakistan after four directors of the Lahore Diocesan Trust Association (LDTA), which oversees missionary properties worth billions of rupees in Pakistan, moved the high court in Punjab Province alleging financial corruption and fraudulent practices in the organisation.