President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Nigerians to turn to God if the country is to overcome intractable problems that have bedevilled Africa’s most populous nation for nearly forty-six years. “We have come out of the dark past and as weRead more…

According to one of Asia’s leading exponents of liturgical music, despite their long-standing preference for Western melodies and words, Asian Christians need to learn to use traditional cultural elements to enrich their hymns. “The great majority of Asian Christians haveRead more…

Over 5,300 Hungarians from fifteen countries attended the third Hungarian Baptist World Assembly in Debrecen 4-6 August 2006. Over eight hundred non-Baptist guests attended the meeting as well. Speakers for the event included Kalman Meszaros, president of the Baptist UnionRead more…

A report presented to French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy has sparked controversy by proposing to amend the country’s strict laws separating church and state by allowing local authorities to finance the construction of new places of worship. The proposal drawnRead more…

Three indigenous Bible translation projects, started through the support of Bible Society in Australia (BSiA), are continuing through private donations and individual church support. The projects are in Nyoongar, southwest Western Australia; Dhurga at Mogo near Bateman’s Bay NSW andRead more…

Christians in Africa need to develop their own theology instead of copying Western theology, which is influenced by rationalism, said Joe Kapolyo, a theologian from Zambia, to participants at the annual meeting of the German Association of Evangelical Missions (AEM)Read more…

The number of persecuted Christians is on the rise worldwide, according to Professor Thomas Schirrmacher, director of the Religious Liberty Commission of the German Evangelical Alliance. Three in four cases of severe persecution are targeted at Christians and at leastRead more…

The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP) will be held 12 November 2006. Some countries will pray one Sunday earlier or one Sunday later but 12 November is the most common day for IDOP in the world,Read more…

The July 2006 merger of Advancing Churches in Missions Commitment (ACMC) and Caleb Project has resulted in Initiative360Ì¢‰â‰۝Take it Global, a new organization which seeks to further the kingdom of Jesus Christ by serving the missions interests of believers andRead more…

Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), a faith-based, non-profit ministry that serves missions around the world with aviation, communications and technology, recently dedicated its new training and mobilization headquarters in Nampa, Idaho, USA. The MAF previous headquarters was in Redlands, California. FoundedRead more…

In a historic moment for the Wesleyan North American General Conference, Distrito Hispano Suroeste de La Iglesia Wesleyana (Southwest Hispanic District of The Wesleyan Church) was formally launched as the denomination’s thirty-fourth district organization. It is also the first Spanish-languageRead more…

The first women priests in Sri Lanka’s Anglican Church say their ordination is a dream come true. “I have no words to describe my joy,” the Rev. Chandrika Mayurawathie, one of the first three women ordained in September into theRead more…