Opinion

'Don't forget us. Christians here are suffering' - a spotlight on West Africa

As Open Doors warns of the "Talibanisation" of West Africa, Christian Today speaks to the organisation's senior analyst on freedom of religion and belief in sub-Saharan Africa, Illia Djadi, about the threat to Christians in the region.

Getting our hands dirty in 2022

Politics is not the ultimate thing, none of the solutions that it can achieve are ultimate solutions, but it should matter deeply to us because politics impacts on every human being.

The decline in Christianity among Democrats is bringing steep polarization

Almost a third of Democrats (29 percent) even support removing custody of the children of the unvaccinated, and 47 percent support forced tracking devices on the unvaccinated.

Don't Look Up: prophetic or pathetic?

There was a time when comedians got lots of laughs mocking the religious eccentrics who stood at street corners with sandwich boards proclaiming 'the end of the world is nigh'. Not anymore.

How your Church can combat loneliness on Blue Monday

Many of us are conscious of how lockdown has intensified the isolation, loneliness and social anxiety people experience across all ages. But as Christians, we mustn't make the mistake of thinking this a problem in the world out there.

The Church of England's astonishing appointment

In New Testament terms, what is needed is not someone who is "impartial" â but someone who is strongly partial to Biblical truth and strongly opposed to error.

You can't put a price tag on youth festivals

Even though you're stretched and some of you might even feel like you've not got much left in the tank, keep loving and gathering your young people locally, and try and do whatever it takes to get your young people to a youth festival this year.

In memory of Michael Griffiths, former General Director of OMF International

Michael Griffiths, who died on 9 January aged 93, was one of the 20th century's most dynamic and influential mission leaders.

Why belief in God makes science more interesting, not less

Any research done with a godly spirit allows a way for God to come into our lives, says biochemist Professor Stephen Freeland.

Tutu's enduring anti-apartheid legacy

Like Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu will go down in history as an icon of the twentieth century.

How Black Caribbean Pentecostals put their music on the map

What gospel music has done for Caribbean Pentecostal churches is that it has given them a profile that belies their size and influence.

With Covid still around, should we take our young people to a youth festival?

I know a lot of ministries wonder whether the big events are still worth it and whether we should ramp up hopes in our young people if things could change. I can only speak from my experience, but we made a big deal out of these festivals and I'm glad we did.