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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...
AFGHAN CHURCH, THOUGH UNDERGROUND, STILL SEES GROWTH
By Alex Pollock
As the world celebrated International Women’s Day on Friday, 8 March, several women around Afghanistan gathered to protest the oppression they face...
BHUTAN’S GNH INDEX MEASURES LIFE CONTENTMENT, BUT THERE CAN’T BE TRUE HAPPINESS WITHOUT CHRIST
By Alexandra Nyoni
In March of this year, Bhutan’s Prime Minister, Tshering Tobgay, spoke at the 2024 India Today Conclave conference, encouraging more Indian people...
SINCERE INTERCESSION NEEDED AS HAITI CONTINUES DESCENT INTO ANARCHY
By Donnelly McCleland
On Sunday, 3 March, the Haitian government declared a 72-hour state of emergency and night curfew after gangs stormed the country’s two...
FINDING HOPE IN THE ISRAEL – GAZA CONFLICT ONE MONTH ON
By Jeremiah Goddard
Tuesday, 7 November marked one month of the current war between the Israeli government and Hamas in Gaza following the group’s attack...
NORTH KOREA AND RUSSIA MAKE LANDMARK ALLIANCE
By Jeremiah Goddard
On Tuesday, 18 June Russian President Vladimir Putin visited North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, resulting in both further escalation of tensions with...
KIM JONG UN MAKES FIRST INTERNATIONAL TRIP IN NEARLY FIVE YEARS TO VISIT RUSSIA
By Alex Pollock
On Wednesday 13 September, Kim Jong Un, the Supreme Leader of North Korea, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a rare...
AVERTING WAR THROUGH LESSONS LEARNT FROM CURRENT CONFLICTS
By Donnelly McCleland
The ongoing Ukraine-Russia war and the recent Israel-Gaza conflict have heightened concerns in other volatile regions and historical conflict zones in the...
WHY RWANDA SHUT THOUSANDS OF CHURCHES
By Isolde Doubell
Since 29 July the government of Rwanda has closed more than 4000 churches and some mosques on the grounds of not complying...
UKRAINE’S HOPE HAS TO BE IN GOD, NOT MAN
By Isolde Doubell
28/08/2025
On Sunday, 24 August, Ukraine celebrated Independence Day, marking its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. In his address...
