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RUSSIA AND UKRAINE: OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CHURCH IN THE MIDST OF WAR
By Alexandra Nyoni
Following comments made by French President Emanual Macron and the British Foreign Secretary regarding their continued support for Ukraine in its war...
POTENTIAL FOR GOSPEL SPREAD AS PRO-CHINA LEADER WINS MALDIVES PARLIAMENT
In parliamentary elections on Sunday, 22 April, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s People’s National Congress (PNC) party won control of the People’s Majlis (a social...
AS INDIA’S ELECTIONS ROLL ON, WHAT’S AT STAKE FOR THE CHURCH?
By Isolde Doubell
Throughout 2024, 4.2 billion people in 65 countries will be eligible to participate in governmental elections. Almost one billion of those (more...
THE GROWING POTENTIAL OF EUROPE’S MIGRANT CHURCHES
By Donnelly McCleland
This week, across the world, Christians are preparing to celebrate Easter. Europe is no different, except that a growing proportion of churches...
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE AFRICAN CHURCH AMID ECONOMIC CHALLENGES
By Alexandra Nyoni and Aron Mwasile
Over the past week, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released reports on the economic state...
OUTGOING LIBERIAN PRESIDENT CONCEDES ELECTION LOSS IN RESPECT FOR DEMOCRACY
By Katelin van Zyl
On Friday, 17 November, Liberian President George Weah conceded election defeat after provisional results from Tuesday’s runoff vote showed opposition candidate...
WHEN MISSIONARIES PUT ALL ON THE ALTAR
By Elvira Hattingh
“For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for my sake will find it” (Matthew...
AMINI ANNIVERSARY EMBOLDENS THE CRY FOR CHANGE IN IRAN
By Jeremiah Goddard
16 September 2023 marked the one-year anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody after allegedly violating the mandatory headscarf law. The...
WHAT COULD THE DEATH OF A LEBANESE POLITICIAN MEAN FOR THE SYRIAN CHURCH?
By Alexandra Nyoni
On Monday, 8 April, prominent Christian Lebanese Forces (LF) politician Pascal Suleiman was declared dead by the Lebanese Army, supposedly after being...
MOROCCO’S HISTORIC WORLD CUP – AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH
By Donnelly McCleland
On 3 August, Morocco’s Atlas Lionesses reached the knockout stage of the 2023 Women’s World Cup with a dramatic victory over Group...
