The Holy Trinity Church in Dubai hosted a significant Holy Communion service on Feb. 23, bringing together senior bishops from different branches of the global Anglican Communion. The event also marked the launch of a book on the Holy Lent authored by Bishop Dr. Azad Marshall, moderator of the Church of Pakistan.
Greater generosity is linked to a deeper faith in God, according to the latest research from the Christian finance charity Stewardship in its Generosity Report 2025, which explores Christian giving in the U.K. The study involved online surveys of 6,011 U.K. Christian adults conducted between Sept. 2 and 10, 2024.
The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) Board of Directors approved nine formal resolutions on “Christian communications, family-first media principles, and global peace and security” at the NRB 2025 International Christian Media Convention on Tuesday, Feb. 25.
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord George Carey of Clifton, 89, is facing disciplinary action by the Church of England’s National Safeguarding Team (NST) over his handling of serial sex abuser and pedophile John Smyth. The action follows a review of clergy named and criticized in the Makin Review and comes after the most recent Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Justin Welby, resigned in November 2024 over his own handling of the same offender.
Ending the war in Ukraine must not come at the expense of true justice, particularly for the 400,000 Ukrainian children forcibly taken to Russia, Mission Eurasia (ME) emphasized in a statement issued on Feb. 26, 2025, on behalf of Ukrainian church and ministry leaders.
Some 260 workers from 19 countries have been released from human trafficking “scam compounds” in Myanmar, reports International Justice Mission (IJM) Thailand, a Christian non-governmental legal rights organization — with hundreds more expected to be released from other compounds in the near future.
The Mexican government has failed to respond to two international investigations into possible violations of freedom of expression concerning the convictions of politicians Rodrigo Iván Cortés and Gabriel Quadri for social media posts. Both the United Nations Human Rights Committee and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) have requested responses from the Mexican state, but no reply has been received within the established deadlines.
Eleven months after the resignation of World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) Secretary General Dr. Thomas Schirrmacher for health reasons on March 31, 2024, the global evangelical body announced today (Feb. 26) that the search for its next leader is underway. According to a prayer update sent by Executive Chair Rev. Dr. Goodwill Shana, the new Secretary General is expected to be introduced at the upcoming General Assembly in October in Seoul, Korea.
The Korea Restoration and Innovation Forum held an academic conference on Feb. 18 at the Yukwangsa Hall of Korea University’s College of Medicine, exploring the impact of Western civilization on Korean society. The event, chaired by Kil Won-pyung, featured a keynote address from Professor Ham Jae-bong, president of the Korean Academy of Sciences.
The Ibero-American Confederation of Communicators, Pastors, and Christian Leaders (COICOM) has officially announced that its 2025 continental congress will take place in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, from Sept. 8 to 10 at the Expocentro Convention Center.
Christian leaders of international aid charities have expressed disbelief and outrage after U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Feb. 25, 2025, that the country’s overseas aid budget would be cut to fund the largest increase in defense spending since the end of the Cold War.
Hardline Muslims in eastern Uganda on Feb. 15 beat and stabbed an evangelist after he and his team led a Muslim widow to Christ during open-air gospel preaching, sources said.
