Christian Today
Franklin Graham Festival Concludes with New Resolutions
The thousands of people who were met with devastating losses in the US from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita saw a three-day outpouring of the gospel at the Ark-La-Tex Franklin Graham Festival, where many gained...
Discovering Genesis: Start from the Beginning
A reminder that Genesis is not just a book about new beginnings; it is mainly a book about people and their relationship with God...
Annual Report Notes No Improvement of Religious Freedom in North Korea
North Korea has been placed once again as one of the US Department of State's eight "Countries of Particular Concern" in its seventh annual International Religious Freedom Report, released last week, citing no progress...
African Lutheran Conference Calls for Renewal of Africa
The All Africa Lutheran Conference (AALC) will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Sunday with a historic gathering of all African Lutheran leaders to discuss the role of churches in renewing Africa, a continent suffering from war...
Franklin Graham Proclaims Salvation to America's Devastated Regions
After 18 months of preparation, thousands from Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas filled the CenturyTel Centre in Bossier City, La., USA for the opening night of a three-day evangelistic event that saw crowds...
The Sixth ALCOE Reawakes Passion for Evangelisation of Asia
The Executive Committee of Asia Lausanne are gearing up to hold the Sixth Asia Lausanne Conference on Evangelism (ALCOE VI) next year in the Philippines on May 22-26. Only 150 participants, a maximum of seven leaders...
National Council of Churches Called to Fight Poverty at 55th General Assembly
Over 200 representatives from the National Council of Churches were challenged to “become the exclamation point” that could change the world by fighting poverty, injustice and sickness, during the final service of the Council’s 55th annual assembly...
Fear Escalates in Indonesia as Two Schoolgirls Shot Following Beheadings
Fear is increasing among Christians in Indonesia as two more Indonesians were attacked following the shocking beheadings of three schoolgirls in Poso in late October. Two 17-year-old girls were shot...
SAT-7 Launches '2006 Year of the Family' Campaign
An indigenous satellite television service created by and for Middle Eastern and North African Christians has new plans to strengthen families in the Arab world where the family is being challenged...
Franklin Graham Brings Festival Missions to Hurricane Disaster Regions in US
Taking missions beyond the festival scene and to disaster field areas, evangelist Franklin Graham will be providing US hurricane evacuees the keys to a new home to kick off the Ark-La-Tex festival on Nov. 11...
Evangelism in Belarus Threatened as Churches Heavily Fined for Worship
Heavy penalties repeatedly imposed on churches in Belarus for organising worships has threatened evangelistic works in the post-Soviet country. According to a religious freedom watchdog, the charismatic New Life Church...
Open Doors Launches Petition for Eritrea's Persecuted Christians
The oldest on-going ministry for the persecuted church has launched a petition on behalf of Christians that are facing intensified persecution in the east African nation of Eritrea. In response to the 26 evangelical pastors and 1,778 imprisoned...
Chronicles of Narnia to be Complemented by LifeWay Evangelism Outreach
C.S. Lewis fans, Hollywood and churches across the globe are raving in anticipation about the upcoming Narnia film, which hits cinemas on Dec. 9, and the Christian community has not been out of the picture in promoting the motion picture with an evangelism twist...
Three Christians Jailed for Printing Bibles in China
Three Christians in China have been sentenced to imprisonment for printing Bibles and other Christian writings without government authorisation. On Tuesday, the Beijing People’s Intermediate Court charged...
NCC Places Emphasis on Orthodox Church during Assembly
Delegates to the 55th National Council of Churches (NCC) General Assembly nominated an Orthodox bishop as president-elect and reconfirmed the need to strengthen ties with Orthodox churches within the Council...
France Declares State of Emergency as Evangelicals Appeal for Radical Justice
French Evangelical leaders appealed for radical justice, as President Jacques Chirac declared a state of emergency Tuesday in the midst of the worst civil unrest in France over the last decades. The first violence erupted Oct. 27 in a northeast Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois as two teenagers...