Church & Missions

Powerful worship songs about adoption to be released at CAFO2024 Summit

By Chris Eyte US & Canada 3 months ago

“Faithful to Me,” “Home in the Family” and “What’s a Father’s Like”. These are the title of the three new worship songs that will be released for the upcoming CAFO2024 Summit hosted by Brentwood Baptist Church in Nashville, TN, from September 17 to 20. Inspired to reflect God’s heart for orphans and the vulnerable, the songs were written by people who themselves had personal journeys of adoption and fostering within their own families or ministry involvement.
Latin American Christian communicators are challenged to excellence and unity

By Javier Bolaños Latin America

3 months ago

The Ibero-American Confederation of Christian Communicators and Mass Media (COICOM) kicked off its annual Congress on Tuesday, September 3, in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador. Some two thousand attendees met at the Christian Center of Guayaquil Church to receive training, inspiration and teachings related to the field of leadership and mass media.
Jesus is coming to a morally grey comic universe, re-setting the standard as the original super hero

By Sergio Cariello US & Canada

3 months ago

The stories in traditional comics were about justice and the battle between good and evil. More recently, issues like politics, mental health, diversity, inner demons, and social justice are increasingly common. With today's fictional superheroes becoming morally grubby characters, Jesus outshines them all as the real-life hero exemplar.
COICOM 2024 to bring together evangelical leaders from across Latin America in Ecuador

By Javier Bolaños Latin America

3 months ago

Starting today, Tuesday, September 3, Guayaquil will host the Congress of the Ibero-American Confederation of Christian Communicators and Mass Media (COICOM 2024), an event that will bring together more than 1,500 participants at the Christian Center. The event, which will be held until September 5, will feature the participation of 42 international speakers alongside 7 Ecuadorians.

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US & Canada Church & Missions

African Methodist Episcopal Church reaffirms ban on same-sex marriage

By The Christian Post

The African Methodist Episcopal Church has rejected a proposal to strike down its ban on same-sex marriage. At the AME Church's 52nd Quadrennial Session of the General Conference, held Aug. 21-28 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, the historically black denomination voted down an amendment to its rules.
3 months ago

Africa Church & Missions Opinion

With Nigerian believers on the move who will help them spread the gospel?

By Adeolu Felix Olanrewaju

With a large increase of emigration from Nigeria in the last four years, the majority of whom are Christians, could this be a signal to something beyond mere migration? Could this be part of a new wave of missionary engagement around the world?
3 months ago

Oceania Church & Missions Opinion

The simple act of being a witness that opens the door to the gospel

By Ken Morgan

What if we could be effective in helping unchurched people become followers of Jesus without learning scripts, without steering conversations, without campaigns, crusades or anything else that seems like a relationship destroyer?
3 months ago

Africa Church & Missions Family & Children Society & Culture Opinion

Churches can do better to help victims of abuse

By Tope Adebola

When it comes to helping victims of abuse, the church is often seen to be lacking in rigorous responses. There is a tendency to downplay the abuser’s actions and focus on the survivor’s response. This can lead to survivors seeking refuge in places outside the church, such as psychologists’ offices. I decided to trust the church.
3 months ago

Asia Church & Missions Society & Culture

Korean conference discusses missionary approach to suicide prevention, as country wrestles with highest suicide rate among OECD

By CDI Staff

A recent mission conference in South Korea highlighted the issue of suicide prevention as a missiological concern amid a suicide rate more than twice the average among OECD countries. A missiologist professor argued that suicide should no longer be regarded solely as an individualized issue but something that affects society as a whole. And he believes that the Christian perspective of building God’s kingdom could help overcome the prevalent "culture of death".
3 months ago

Oceania Church & Missions Opinion Society & Culture

A global leader's lessons learned over almost six decades

By Paul Windsor

Dr Paul Windsor is a global leader who loves serving others and looking for ways to resource them with new ideas. In this instance he gifts us with an autobiographical reflection of almost six decades of his life and some of the key ways he has learned to live and understand life and ministry through each decade.
3 months ago

Latin America US & Canada Church & Missions Society & Culture

Outsize number of migrants globally are Christians, with Mexico top country of origin

By Chris Eyte

The largest share of migrants worldwide are Christians, the country of origin for the highest number of Christian migrants is Mexico (11.3 Million or 9%), and Christian migrants' destination country of choice is the USA followed by Germany and Russia, according to latest Pew Research Center data, published on August 19. The findings reinforce the importance of migration and diaspora ministry, an issue that will likely get attention at the upcoming Lausanne Congress in Seoul next month.

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Powerful worship songs about adoption to be released at CAFO2024 Summit

Latin American Christian communicators are challenged to excellence and unity

Jesus is coming to a morally grey comic universe, re-setting the standard as the original super hero

COICOM 2024 to bring together evangelical leaders from across Latin America in Ecuador

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African Methodist Episcopal Church reaffirms ban on same-sex marriage

With Nigerian believers on the move who will help them spread the gospel?

The simple act of being a witness that opens the door to the gospel

Churches can do better to help victims of abuse

Korean conference discusses missionary approach to suicide prevention, as country wrestles with highest suicide rate among OECD

A global leader's lessons learned over almost six decades

Outsize number of migrants globally are Christians, with Mexico top country of origin

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