This Week on the Web

11th September, 2024
'Why Western Support Is a Threat to the African Church'. Read ROBERT ATWINGYEIRE's article on The Gospel Coalition's Africa website...

10th September, 2024
Cross-denominational unity is a critical part of the Catholic Church's synodal process say African church leaders. Read NGALA KILLIAN CHIMTOM's report on Crux...

9th September, 2024
What does it mean to be a patriotic Christian? Read ADAM RUSSELL TAYLOR's article on Sojourners...

5th September, 2024
'How a far-right extremist found God'. Read HEATHER TOMLINSON's report on Premier Christianity...

4th September, 2024
Looking for some guidance on how to pray in recognition God has answered your prayers? See MEG BUCHER's take on Crosswalk.com...

3rd September, 2024
Christians in Malaysia have freedom to worship but face multiple challenges. Read ERIK TRYGGESTAD's article on The Christian Chronicle...

 

2nd September, 2024
The UN Humanitarian Air Service is cekebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Read the article on UN News...

30th August, 2024
The Orthodox Church's Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the Archbishop of Constantinople, has shared a message on the opening of 'Season of Creation 2024'. Read it here (scroll down for the English translation)...

29th August, 2024
Nuclear weapons testing should be ended once and for all say Ambassador Dennis Francis, resident of the UN General Assembly, and Dr Robert Floyd, executive secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization. Read their op-ed on the UN News website...

28th August, 2024
'Christianity should empower and liberate children'. Read the article on the US Catholic... 

27th August, 2024
With the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games set to open this week, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi says this year’s Refugee Paralympic Team is gearing up to shine as an “inspiration to us all". Read the article on UN News...

26th August, 2024
DAVID FRENCH says the idea that Christians are persecuted in the US "rings hollow". Read his article on The New York Times website...

23rd August, 2024
Statelessness affects millions of people globally. Read an explainer on the UNHCR website about how it affects, the ramifications and what's being done to address it...

22nd August, 2024
MADELEINE DAVIES looks at why religion is thriving in a non-believing age. Read her article on The New Statesman...

 

21st August, 2024
What is life like for Afghan women three years after the Taliban takeover? Read the article on the UN Women website...

20th August, 2024
ARYANA PETROSKY says prayer, fasting, and reading Scripture in community make our days more spacious. Read the article on Christianity Today...

19th August, 2024
'Why the world needs a UN global tax convention'. Read EILEEN TRAVERS' article on UN News...

16th August, 2024
'On International Youth Day, young people send clear message: we are strong peace-builders'. Read the report on the World Council of Churches' website...

15th August, 2024
The traditional view of a 3rd century Christian building in the ancient city of Dura-Europos, a Roman garrison town in what is now eastern Syria, is being challenged. Read ARISTOS GEORGIOU's report on Newsweek...

14th August, 2024
Ten years after Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, US, LEAH GUNNING FRANCIS reflects on what it means to be the church. Read the article on the Sojourners' website...

13th August, 2024
How can churches support public school teachers in the US? Read ANDREA MATHEWS article on the Gospel Coalition website...

12th August, 2024
What does  interreligious apologetic witness look like in today's world? Read BENNO VAN DEN TOREN's article on the Lausanne Movement website...

9th August, 2024
'Five things to know about this year’s Indigenous Peoples Day'. See the article on the UN News website...

8th August, 2024
How an ancient revitalised monastery has become the hub of Christianity in Syria. Read DALE GAVLAK's report on the US National Catholic Reporter...

7th August, 2024
Immigration is not damaging the UK's Christian heritage but reviving it says Belfast-based pastor Rick Hill. Read his article on Premier Christianity...

6th August, 2024
'Christian apparel isn’t cheesy anymore and we’ve got proof'. Read the article on Relevant...

5th August, 2024
Transnational crime syndicates based in South-East Asia are fuelling the trafficking of people, either forcing them to commit crimes or for sexual exploitation in so-called “scam farms”, according to the United Nations. Read DANIEL DICKINSON and JESSICA JILI's article on UN News...

2nd August, 2024
Christian bioethicists are helping students consider the moral complexities of IVF. Read CHERYL MANN BACON's article on Religion Unplugged...

1st August, 2024
Reinhard Backes, Middle East project consultant for Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), reports on a trip to the Holy Land in July during which he and an ACN delegation met the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and other local Christians. Read it on the ACN website...

31st July, 2024
Rev Dr Tim Boniface is a jazz musician, composer and Church of England priest. Read his story on the Church of England website...

30th July, 2024
How did the Catholic Church  come to own a number of prime beachside properties in Manly? Read GEORGIA HITCH's report on Australia's ABC...

29th July, 2024
A 169-year-old church in Keweenaw County, Michigan, in the US, holds a service one day a year. Read JESSICA GOSKA's report on UPMatters...

26th July, 2024
Lutheran Bishop President Atahualpa Hernández reflects on the role of the Lutheran church as it seeks to promote peace and reconciliation from over half a century of conflict in Colombia.Read the article on the Lutheran World Federation website...

25th July, 2024
Italian Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has urged Christians to stay in the Holy Land despite the difficulties they face. Read ELISE ANN ALLEN's report on Crux...

24th July, 2024
In the 1920s, evangelical Christian leader Ivan Prokhanov planned a Christian metropolis in Siberia. Read the report on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty...

23rd July, 2024
What does it look like to live as a Christian 'exile'? Read ALEX DUKE's article on The Gospel Coalition website...

22nd July, 2024
July is being observed as month of women saints in the Orthodox calendar. Read the article on the World Council of Churches' website...

 

19th July, 2024
Japan is facing a looming caregiving crisis as the population ages. Read CRISTIAN MARTINI GRIMALDI's article on UCANews...

18th July, 2024
'How Europe’s only Indigenous group is inspiring a greener Christianity'. Read JOHN LAST's story on the Mongabay website...

17th July, 2024
A more humane approach to dealing with those accused of crimes in the Philippines is helping relieve prison overcrowding. Read the story on UN News...

16th July, 2024
'Savor Christ in Every Psalm: The Joy of Singing with Jesus'. Read CHRISTOPHER ASH's article on the Desiring God website...

15th July, 2024
As Pope Francis prepares to visit Papua New Guinea in September, the Superior General of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart shares the current challenges facing the Christian community. Read RENATO MARTINEZ' story on Vatican News...

12th July, 2024
Lawyer and author PI Jose discusses the growing influence of Hindutva ideology and its threat to India’s constitutional order in an article on the Christianity Today website. Read SURINDER KAUR's article here...

11th July, 2024
'A Christian attitude could civilise politics'. Read BARNEY ZWARTZ' article on The Sydney Morning Herald website...

 

10th July, 2024
Eight athletes and one guide runner are set to compete in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games as the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team, the International Paralympic Committee has announced. Read more about the team on the UN website...

9th July, 2024
Christian nurses and midwifes from 40 countries gathered for the Nurses Christian Fellowship International World Congress. Read a report on Evangelical Focus...

8th July, 2024
How can Christians defend and nurture democracy? Read MARIA J STEPHAN's article on Sojourners...

5th July, 2024
'Christian nationalism, tribalism, and ubuntu in African Christianity'. Read HARVEY KWIYANI's article on Evangelical Focus...

4th July, 2024
Ever wondered what your pastor does during their week? Rachel Ringenberg Miller explains in an article on the Mennonite Church USA website...

3rd July, 2024
Tsukiji Church, also known as the Old Cathedral of St Joseph, is celebrating its 150th anniversary as the first Catholic Church in Tokyo, Japan. Read MARK SALUDES' report on Vatican News...

2nd July, 2024
An interfaith initiative has built a successful rice growing cooperative in the Philippines. Read DANIEL DICKINSON's article on UN News...

1st July, 2024
'Peter, Paul and the messiness of Christian discipleship'. Read JAYMIE STUART WOLFE's article on The Irish Catholic...

 

28th June, 2024
In the US, the Native Leadership Center is preparing young adults to make disciples. Read EMILY ROTH's article on Mission Network News...

27th June, 2024
A former child soldier recounted harrowing experiences of being abducted and forced to join an armed group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the UN Security Council on Wednesday. Read the report on UN News...

26th June, 2024
"Is There A Future for Proclamation Evangelism?" Read BLAIR CARLSON's article on the Lausanne Movement website...

 

25th June, 2024
Mythologist Dr Martin Shaw speaks about his personal journey to faith in Christ. Read JUSTIN BRIERLEY's report on Premier Christianity...

24th June, 2024
Arnhem Land clan leader and Australia's first ever Aboriginal Methodist minister, Dr Gondarra has died aged 79. Read LILLIAN RANGIAH and MATT GARRICK's report on Australia's ABC...

21st June, 2024
How should Christians engage politically? Read an article by Rev Dr Michael Jensen, rector of St Mark’s Darling Point in Sydney, on Australia's ABC website...

20th June, 2024
As the World Council of Churches says goodbye to its present headquarters, hoping to return to a renovated Ecumenical Centre before long, an article on the WCC website is revisiting  places of "ecumenical memory". See Rev Dr ODAIR PEDROSO MATEUS' article here...

19th June, 2024
In post-Christian Germany, Taylor Swift music brings people to church, reports KRISTEN THOMASON. Read the article on Baptist News Global...

18th June, 2024
How can or should churches in Europe respond to the upsurge of nationalism? Read EVERT VAN DE POLL's article on Evangelical Focus... 

17th June, 2024
Where is God during a time of unemployment? Read ROB CHAGDES' article on Relevant...

14th June, 2024
GARETH MOSTYN, chief executive of the Church Commissioners for England, says church links to the slave trade do matter. Read the article on Church Times...

13th June, 2024
What does the Catholic Church look like in Japan? Read VICTOR GAETAN's article on the US National Catholic Register...

12th June, 2024
Few Christian families have returned to Mosul, 10 years after the so-called Islamic State swept across Iraq and Syria. Read a report on Vatican News...

11th June, 2024
Leading Christian theologian of the second half of the 20th century, Jürgen Moltmann, died recently at the age of 98. Read PAUL ZAHL's tribute on Christianity Today...

10th June, 2024
The remote Pella church in the Australian state of Victoria, is home to a colossal 19th-century pipe organ. Read ANDREW KELSO's report on Australia's ABC...

7th June, 2024
Good health is a right, says Rev Dr PETER KUHNERT. Read his blog post on the World Council of Churches website...

6th June, 2024
Qatar’s St Charbel Maronite Church - just the second on the country - prepares to welcome worshippers. Read GEORGENA HABBABA's report on the CNA website...

5th June, 2024
The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, preached last weekend at the celebrations marking 1,000 years of Christian Laws of Norway at Moster Old Church. See a report on the Archbishop's website...

4th June, 2024
'13 emergencies that need more attention and support in 2024'. Read the article on the UNICEF website...

3rd June, 2024
More refugees are seeking protection in Germany's churches. Read CHRISTOPH STRACK's article on Deutsche-Welle...

31st May, 2024
'Leah Sharibu - a symbol of faith amid persecution'. Read IAN PEACOCK's article on The Tablet...

30th May, 2024
'Turkey’s dwindling Christians: A 60-year legacy of expulsion and denial'. Read MARTIN BARILLAS' report on the National Catholic Register...

29th May, 2024
'Christians can be political without pledging allegiance to partisanship'. Read ADAM RUSSELL TAYLOR's article on Sojourners...

28th May, 2024
In South Sulawesi, Indonesia, the Toraja Church commemorated its 77th anniversary with thanksgiving prayers and a river festival. Read the article on the World Council of Churches' website...

27th May, 2024
Where are the largest megachurches in the US? Read the article on the World Atlas website...

24th May, 2024
There are seven key moments in the preparation of a sermon, writes PETER MEAD. Read his series of articles on Evangelical Focus...

23rd May, 2024
'How to be a Christian influencer worthy of the name'. Read JUSTIN GIBONEY's article on Christianity Today...

22nd May, 2024
In her book, Wearing God, Lauren Winner explores the many Biblical metaphors for God. Read an interview with Relevant's DARGAN THOMPSON... 

21st May, 2024
German churches are struggling with the ideas of the radical-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party. Read ARIEKE SMITS-LUCAS on CNE News...

20th May, 2024
'What Pentecost taught me about my identity in Christ'. Read Bishop Dr JOE ALDRED's article on Premier Christianity...

17th May, 2024
Christians in France see ‘worrying’ surge in hate crimes, according to a report on Christian Daily Europe. Read CHRIS EYTE's report here...

16th May, 2024
'It’s been 100 years since the Catholic Church’s first Council in China'. Read MATTHEW SANTUCCI's report on the Catholic News Agency website...

 

15th May, 2024
The Nurses Christian Fellowship International are heading to Malaga in Spain for its World Congress in late June. Read Juan Carlos Nogal's report on Evangelical Focus...

14th May, 2024
“When a journalist is killed, thousands of people are silenced," says Mexican actor Diego Luna. Read a report about why he produced the new film - State of Silence - on the OHCHR website...

13th May, 2024
The oldest Danish church outside Denmark - in the UK city of Hull - has marked the 7oth anniversary of its reopening after the first was destroyed in World War II. Read SALLY FAIRFAX's article on BBC News...

10th May, 2024
Sudan's Christian community has been consistently targeted by both the RSF and SAF since the beginning of the Sudan war. Read MOHANED ELNOUR's article on the US-based Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy's website...

9th May, 2024
“You cannot have a conversation about disability without having a conversation about mental health, and you shouldn’t have a conversation about mental health without having one about disability". Read Dr JOHN CHRISTENSEN's article on the World Council of Churches website...

8th May, 2024
'What every family grieving a miscarriage or stillbirth deserves from the church'. Read COLLEEN JURCIEWICZ's article on Jesuit publication America...

7th May, 2024
Five decades after the Vietnam War, there is still work to be done in promoting reconciliation says a Catholic priest. Read the article on UCA News...

6th May, 2024
Amid the Israel-Hamas war, Jordan’s King has promised Pope Francis Christian holy sites will be protected. Read JUSTIN MACLELLAN's report on OSV...

3rd May, 2024
A surfing instructor is planting churches in Madagascar. Read ERIK TRYGGESTAD's article on The Christian Chronicle...

2nd May, 2024
Are North Korea's Christians facing genocide? Read OLIVIA ENOS' report on Forbes...

1st May, 2024
Some US Christians are striving to be peacemakers as Israel-Hamas war continues. Read MARC RAMIREZ' article on USA Today...

30th April, 2024
Ethiopia is one of the oldest Christian nations in the world. Read DANIEL ESPARZA's article on Aleteia...

29th April, 2024
Amid real disagreement, Christian unity still matters. Read ADAM RUSSELL TAYLOR's article on Sojourners...

26th April, 2024
Rev Dr Kenneth Mtata, director of public witness and diakonia at the World Council of Churches, recently returned from Sudan with what he described as “a broken heart” after witnessing the plight of the people. Read an interview with him on the World Council of Churches website...

25th April, 2024
How has Anzac Day has been marked in the US for the past 100 years? Read YVES REES' article on The Conversation...

 

24th April, 2024
A year after a devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, Aleppo’s St George Church rises again. Read an article on the National Catholic Register...

23rd April, 2024
Coming back to work after a sabbatical can be tough on pastors. Read COURTNEY STAMEY's article on Baptist News Global...

22nd April, 2024
In Samoa, churches have spent millions building cathedrals to connect communities to God but, as debts and poverty skyrocket, many are questioning the cost. Read JOHNSON RAELA's report on Australia's ABC...

 

19th April, 2024
The Romani Memory Map for the Americas project is a crowd-sourced initiative to recognise and honour sites of memory of the Romani community in the Americas, from the United States to Argentina. Read an article on the OCHCR website here...

18th April, 2024
Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan and secretary general of the Federation of Asian Bishop’s Conferences, says Europeans must regard the Catholic Church's universality more. Read an interview with him on UCA News...

17th April, 2023
Lord Leslie Griffiths, who lived in Haiti for many years, makes an impassioned plea for help in the Caribbean nation. Read it on Premier Christianity...

16th April, 2024
SARAH PLUMMER offers an invitation to join in global prayer for the Great Commission. Read it on the Lausanne Movement website...

15th April, 2024
See a drone’s-eye view of seven extraordinary Catholic churches around the world. Visit the gallery on Catholic News Service...

12th April, 2024
How can small churches serve a "global God"? Read BRANDON LANGLEY's take on The Gospel Coalition website...

11th April, 2024
Ukrainian Christian groups in Russian-occupied Ukraine are facing a "violent crackdown" from Russian forces, according to a report on US public broadcaster PBS. Read the transcript of the report...

10th April, 2024
Anti-Christian violence in the Pakistani town of Jaranwala last year has left left a lasting impact on lives of poor Christians. Read KAMRAN CHAUDHRY's report on UCA News...

9th March, 2024
What would a Christian city look like? Read ZACHARY PAVLOU's article on the Ethos website...

8th April, 2024
An Egyptian lawyer speaks about the challenges that Christian converts face in Egypt. Read the article on the Christian Post...

5th April, 2024
Are shorter church services helpful or "simply an easy way for too-busy Christians to tick ‘church’ off their to-do-lists?" Read JOHN REYNOLDS take on Premier Christianity...

4th April, 2024
What impact has Christianity had on the idea of 'bride prices' in Pacific Island nations. Listen to Melissa Maykin's report on Australia's ABC...

3rd April, 2024
The UN last week marked the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Read an interview with historian Sir Hilary Beckles, who also chairs the Caribbean Community’s Reparations Commission, and 15-year-old activist Yolanda Renee King of the United States on UN News...

2nd April, 2024
In Iran, Christians are celebrating Easter in secret. Read SARA MONETTA's report on the BBC...

28th March, 2024
What churches are truly doing something different? DEVIN JONES looks at six in an article on Relevant...

27th March, 2024
Scholar and pastor Malcolm Foley thinks its weird that the church doesn't talk much about greed. Read JOSIAH R DANIELS report on Sojourners...

26th March, 2024
ADRIAN ROSENFELDT, in an article on Australia's ABC website, looks at whether upcoming films about Jesus "signal a new cultural openness to Christian spirituality". Read it here...

 

25th March, 2024
In Spain, a group of Christians involved in creation care have published recommendations for both local churches and individual believers when it comes to the idea of countering consumerism. Read JONATÁN SORIANO's article on Evangelical Focus...

22nd March, 2024
Is the church facing a 'cost of service' crisis? Read ANDREW HORTON's article on Premier Christianity...

21st March, 2024
A new coffee initiative is empowering women in Yemen. Read a report on the UNDP website...

20th March, 2024
You can't engineer an experience with God. Read TREVIN WAX's article on the Gospel Coalition website in which he explains why that's good news...

19th March, 2024
Evangelism at Easter? MARINA SHELTON outlines four ways churches can use their online presence to boost Easter outreach in an article on Kentucky Today...

18th March, 2024
'Skiing priests illustrate the ‘rest of the story’ about the Catholic Church'. Read JOHN L ALLEN, Jr's, article on Crux...

15th March, 2024
St Patrick's Church in the US city of Pittsburgh has a rich history. Read CHRISTOPHER DEROSE's report on CBS News...

 

14th March, 2023
Members of the Catholic Church in India are calling for action after a number of people were trampled to death by elephants. Read ANTO AKKARA's report on the National Catholic Register...

13th March, 2024
What does workplace evangelism look like? Read BILL PEEL and JERRY WHITE's article on the Lausanne Movement website...

12th March, 2024
Nearly half of Manna Christian bookstores are shutting down in New Zealand, leaving some without a Christian bookstore in their town and highlighting concerns of misinformation. Read JESSIE CHIANG's report on Christianity Today...

11th March, 2024
Europe's Brutalist churches are the subject of a new gallery on The Guardian. See it here...

8th March, 2024
Who are the women shaping the church in the US this year? Read LEXI SCHNASER's article on Sojourners...

7th March, 2024
A new study has found that an 11th-century astrolabe found in a museum in Verona, Italy, provides evidence for scientific exchange and cooperation between Muslim, Jewish and Christian people. Read KEITH COOPER's report on Space.com

6th March, 2024
The Pakistani city of Karachi has a small but dedicated Christian community. Read MOHAMMAD SALMAN's report on DW...

5th March, 2024
Photographer MICHAEL WINTERS recently captured an unusually vacant experience at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. See his images at Christianity Today...

 

4th March, 2023
Singer-songwriter RAYE (whose real name is Rachel Keen) has spoken openly about her Christian upbringing, her battles with addiction and experiences of rape and sexual assault, and her return to faith. Read TOM BECHERVAISE's article on Premier Christianity...

1st March, 2024
The Emperor Constantine played a key role in the spread of early Christianity. Read an excerpt about him from SHANE CLAIBORNE's book, Rethinking Life...

29th February, 2024
A home for cancer patients in Cluj, Romania, provides not only a place to stay, but also a place to rest for the soul. Watch the report on Evangelical Focus...

28th February, 2024
Photographer JAMIE MCGREGOR SMITH has taken a visual survey of  Europe's post-war churches. See a gallery on Wallpaper*...

27th February, 2024
'How CS Lewis made me a Christian'. Read the article by BARNEY ZWARTZ on WAtoday...

26th February, 2024
We risk missing the lessons of Alexei Navalny’s death for his principles if we ignore his very Christian understanding of suffering, writes MAGGIE PHILLIPS. Read her article on America...

23rd February, 2024
Why should Christians care about press freedom? Read JULIE POLTER's article on Sojourners...

22nd February, 2024
What can churches do to prevent modern slavery? Methodist cleric and researcher Jackline Makena Mutuma provides some tips on the World Council of Churches' website...

21st February, 2024
Peace-builder John Steward describes the healing that happened in Rwanda as he and his wife Sandi practised prayerful meditation and contemplation. Read his account on Eternity News...

20th February, 2024
Ministries in Iran are working to unite in a new evangelical alliance. Read JAYSON CASPER's report on Christianity Today...

19th February, 2024
How do churches engage Gen Z? Read an article by AARON SUMMERS, of Lifeway Research, on KentuckyToday...

16th February, 2024
Sudanese Syrian Christians are among those caught up in Sudan's conflict with growing numbers fleeing into Egypt. Read GEORGE AL-AKIKI's report on The Catholic Weekly...

15th February, 2024
Church leaders are seeing a spirtual awakening in Ukraine, according to a report on CNE News. Read EVERT VLASTUIN's report...

13th February, 2024
What does it look like for the church to be involved in 'whole person care'? Read FLORENCE MUINDI's article on the Lausanne Movement website...

9th February, 2024
It's time for a "real discussion of celibacy" with regards to Catholic priests, says the National Catholic Reporter in the US. Read the editorial here...

8th February, 2024
Looking for advice on leading your church during a US election year? Read MICHAEL WOOLF's four tips on Sojourners...

7th February, 2024
Why chasing your dreams can leave you feeling empty. Read MATT MORTON's take on Relevant...

25th January, 2024
UN worker Mohammed Ginish recounts his experience of being evacuated from Khartoum, life in Port Sudan and how he and his colleagues are trying to help the millions caught up in the Sudan conflict. Read his first person account on UN News...

Fr Oleksandr Bilskyi, a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest in the depopulated Ukrainian city of Beryslav, has been serving hot meals to more than 100 people a day. Read SVITLANA DUKHOVYCH and EDOARDO GIRIBALDI’s article on Vatican News…

More than 120,000 Armenian Christians are trapped behind a blockade of the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Read the report on the Catholic News Agency…

CRISTIAN MARTINI GRIMALDI recently made a rare visit to an underground church in China. Read his report on UCANews…

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