3+ hour, 34+ min ago   (705+ words) A devastating wave is crashing over South Asia, wreaking havoc on those who choose to follow a faith other than the majority. It is a wave of anti-Christian sentiment. So-called “Freedom of Religion” and “Anti-Blasphemy” laws fuel it, generating a…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (416+ words) Southern Baptist mission efforts among Indigenous peoples in North America reached a milestone this year as the International Mission Board reported commissioning its first Lumbee Native American couple to serve Canada’s First Nations. RJ and Elayna Locklear, along with their…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1091+ words) In 2025, Argentina recorded 5,209 suicides, according to the report “When Suicide Appears as an Option in Argentina” by the Criminal Policy Observatory. The figure represents a 22.6% increase over 2024 and a rate of 11.8 suicides per 100,000 people. The report also notes that 45.3% of…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (706+ words) The Marshallese remain the overwhelming majority of the population and the principal bearers of the country’s political, cultural, and religious life. Having just had the privilege of visiting the Marshall Islands myself, here I reflect on this long history and,…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (830+ words) Save the Parish, a campaign group within the Church of England, published a report Sept. 4 warning that the number of stipendiary parish clergy has fallen to crisis levels and that more priests are now leaving ministry by resignation than by…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1012+ words) For decades, religious persecution in Sri Lanka was framed mainly as Sinhala-Buddhist nationalist campaigns against Christians and Muslims, but a growing body of research points to a less-examined front: Hindu nationalist or Hindutva-style movements among Sri Lankan Tamils in the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (425+ words) Penzberg, in southern Germany, is the first municipality in the country to display information on the mosque and its prayer times on official signs at the entrance to the town. “Friday prayer. Winter: 12.30. Summer: 13.30. Muslim Forum”. The inscription appears alongside…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (492+ words) There is a question everyone should ask themselves when they open a retouching app: who decides what my face should look like? Increasingly, the answer is an algorithm, and that has consequences that go far beyond vanity. Artificial Intelligence-powered beauty…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (364+ words) The Pastoral Data Research Institute (PDRI), known in Korea as Mokdeyeon, published findings from its "Korean Church Next Generation Trend 2026" study on Aug. 18, according to reporting by Christian Daily Korea. The research, conducted over roughly a year beginning in 2025, surveyed…...