Essay: Growing pains for Arab evangelical Christians in the Middle East
DAOUD KUTTAB, in an article published on Religion News Service, looks at what a recent meeting of evangelical leaders in the Middle East revealed…
“Pray for Ukraine”: Christian leaders call for peace and God’s protection
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, faith leaders around the world have prayed for peace and asked God to watch over civilians. BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports…
Christians invited to light a candle for the climate during COP26
Christians are being invited to light a candle for the climate in a new global initiative to raise awareness and promote prayer and action in response to the world’s climate change crisis. The #ClimateVigil campaign – which is being spearheaded by the US-based Evangelical Climate Network along with the Million Prayer Mission, World Evangelical Alliance, […]
YEAR OF THE BIBLE: SCOTTISH BIBLE SOCIETY’S GLOBAL CAMPAIGN TO GET PEOPLE READING GOD’S WORD
DAVID ADAMS reports on a year-long initiative aimed at encouraging people to engage with the “Good Book”…
World Evangelical Alliance endorses global campaign to mark 2020 as Year of the Bible
The World Evangelical Alliance has this week endorsed a global campaign to mark 2020 as the Year of the Bible. The initiative, which was launched by Bishop Efraim Tendero, secretary-general of the WEA, is also supported by Pope Francis, the global Lausanne network, Youth With A Mission, the United Bible Societies, Biblica and a range […]
Global Christian organisations join other faith groups in calling for solidarity with refugees as figures show 70 million people now displaced
Global Christian bodies and NGOs are among 25 faith groups which have signed a statement calling for solidarity with refugees and underlining their commitment to address xenophobia. Issued on World Refugee Day on Thursday, the statement – the signatories of which included the World Council of Churches, World Evangelical Alliance, Anglican Communion and NGOs like […]
ESSAY: CAN YOU HEAR THE VOICES OF THESE WOMEN?
AMANDA JACKSON looks at how churches can better engage with developing women’s gifts and leadership…
World Evangelical Alliance raises concerns over “discriminatory” proposals to amend Religious Denominations Act in Bulgaria
The World Evangelical Alliance has expressed concern over proposed amendments to Bulgaria’s Religious Denominations Act which it says threatens to force the closure of evangelical churches and institutions or see them face “unbearable and discriminatory administrative burdens”. The WEA said in a statement that the draft law, first read in Parliament on 11th October, “has […]
Evangelical organisations call for prayer for kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu
Three key evangelical organisations have issued a joint call for the Nigerian Government and international community to increase efforts to free schoolgirl Leah Sharibu, among more than 100 students abducted from a high school in the country’s north-east in February. In a statement released on Tuesday, the World Evangelical Alliance, Association of Evangelicals in Africa and […]
4th and 11th NOVEMBER – INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE PERSECUTED CHURCH
In line with the Biblical command in Hebrews 13:3 for Christians to pray for those suffering as if they themselves were suffering, Christians across the globe are invited to join in the International Days of Prayer for the Persecuted Church on 4th or 11th November.