In a sweeping keynote address on the morning of the second day of the Asia Evangelical Leadership Forum (AELF), Mark McClendon, Regional Director for CBN Southeast Asia & South Korea, called on Christian leaders to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) not as a threat but as a God-given opportunity for the global Church to complete the Great Commission.
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We live in an era of unprecedented human migration, but other species, especially birds and butterflies, migrate vast distances regularly without hindrance. Whether welcoming humans or non-humans into our contexts, the bible maintains that we are called to create a welcoming home for all.
Are the chains that bind you holding you back from greater potential or holding you firm in loving embrace? Until we move we tend not to notice that we even have chains. The beginning of a new year is an opportune time to test whether we should stay comfortably where we are or if we need to rattle our chains to grow into who God intends us to be in Christ.
Jesus Christ, the Light of the world, has already come and the darkness has not overcome him. Likewise, we can bring the light into the darkness of our worlds by the smallest of loving merciful actions if we have Christ in us, the hope of glory. Let us recommit to sharing this light into the new year.
Mahatma Gandhi is often known as India's father of the nation and a promoter of non-violence protest movements, but India has long since shifted from Gandhi's ideals. His popular influence on some Christians deserves to be critically assessed too. This retrospective considers Ghandi afresh.
Evangelical leaders from across Asia will gather in South Korea beginning Wednesday (June 11) for the Asian Evangelical Leadership Forum (AELF), convened under the theme “Disciple or Die 2.0,” a continuation of the urgent call to discipleship and mission from earlier gatherings. Hosted at Antioch Center near Seoul, the three-day forum is organized by the Asia Evangelical Alliance (AEA) and will serve as a strategic platform for accelerating discipleship movements across the continent.
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At the recent Congress on European Evangelism in Berlin, hosted by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Christian Daily International/Christian Post sat down with Cissie Graham Lynch—host of the Fearless podcast and daughter of evangelist Franklin Graham—to discuss how Christians can remain rooted in biblical truth amid growing secular pressures. Reflecting on parenting, cultural compromise, and the Church’s calling, Graham Lynch shared her convictions about standing firm in God’s Word and
Churches across Bristol are playing a significant and growing role in tackling social issues, with more than 420 active church-led projects supporting vulnerable residents, according to a new report. Released May 28, the Bristol Thriving Communities report analyzed the work of 195 churches and identified 427 individual initiatives ranging from children’s programs and mental health support to community cafés and food insecurity relief.
Hélder Favarin, a Brazilian-born evangelist and global youth director for Community Bible Study International, spoke on the theme “We Must Prepare Well for Preaching the Gospel” at the European Congress on Evangelism in Berlin on May 29. In a follow-up interview with Christian Daily International, the co-founding pastor of C29 Granada Church in Spain reflected on the spiritual challenges in his country and emphasized the need for evangelicals to prepare for mission work by surrendering to God, e
A 140-member choir from Zion Mission in Vancouver, Canada, joined British evangelists in a bold street outreach in central London last month, resulting in 52 people making commitments to Christ and more than 8,000 gospel tracts distributed. The event, hosted by London Shepherd Church, a Pentecostal congregation based in South London, was followed by a performance at the Royal Albert Hall and included a visit to historic Christian sites such as the grave of John Bunyan and the birthplace of John
The presiding bishop of the African Inland Church James Lagos Alexander illustrated the transformative power of the Gospel through a personal journey of unwavering faith in the face of brutal persecution where being a “Christian was a crime” in Sudan especially during the civil war in 1983 - 2005. The northern government of Sudan had declared jihad against the largely Christian south, killing and arresting Christians and bombing churches.
A new bill introduced to US Congress to repeal a restriction on assistance to Azerbaijan should be strongly opposed as it would effectively reward Azerbaijan's torture of Armenian hostages, destruction of Armenian Christian heritage, and occupation of Armenian land, threatening Armenian religious freedom.
