News Bites
CHURCH REMINDED OF OUR CALLING AS WE REFLECT ON HAITI MISSIONARIES’ DEATH
By Katelin van Zyl
On Thursday, 23 May, three American missionaries serving in Haiti were shot and killed by gang members after leaving a youth...
DEATH OF IRAN’S PRESIDENT A REMINDER THAT ETERNITY IS AT STAKE
By Alexandra Nyoni
On Sunday, 19 May, a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, crashed in the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
VIETNAM: DESPITE ADVERSITY THE CHURCH’S MISSION REMAINS
By Gigi Kotze
On Saturday 30 March, Vietnam implemented a new decree requiring religious groups to provide financial records and granting local government officials the...
SHAKEN AWAKE: TAIWAN’S EARTHQUAKE AND LESSONS FOR THE CHURCH
By Gigi Kotze
On Wednesday 3 April, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan's sparsely populated county of Hualien. At least 13 people have been confirmed...
HOW TO REMAIN KINGDOM-FOCUSED AS TENSIONS RISE BETWEEN ISRAEL & IRAN
By Alexandra Nyoni
On Monday 1 April, suspected Israeli fighter jets carried out a missile strike on the Iranian consulate building and wider embassy compound...
