For now, some of the 60,000 residents of northern Israel are returning to their homes they evacuated when the Iranian-backed Hezbollah attacked on the day after the October 7th Hamas massacre in 2023.
Hunsam Lee, new general secretary of the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea, and Dr Sungkook Park, from the Ecumenical Department of the church, met with Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), and Dr Manoj Kurian, director of the WCC Commission of the Churches on Health and Healing, at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) will begin a “Campaign of Hope: Mental Health and Wellbeing for All” and convene a global alliance to enable faith communities to become environments that promote and sustain mental health and wellbeing.
Pastor Ray has gone to be with the Lord peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family and loved ones”, his son and successor as senior pastor of Rhema Bible Church, Joshua McCauley, said in a statement released last night on behalf of the McCauley family.
An Indian pastor urgently seeks prayers and financial support for the Kuki Christian community in Manipur, India, which has been facing severe violence and displacement due to ongoing ethnic conflict with the Meitei community since May 3, 2023.
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) has joined the Evangelical Churches Alliance in Qatar (ECAQ) in a ceremony held on Jan. 24 to break ground for a planned worship center for evangelical Christians near the capital of the Middle Eastern country.
As the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity takes place from 18-25 January, churches and Christian communities worldwide are invited to use a variety of resources prepared in seven languages, including a child-friendly version and the reading plan on the YouVersion’s Bible App.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay conveyed greetings of joy and gratitude as the 47th European Youth Meeting organized by the Taizé Community gathered in Tallinn, Estonia.
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) recently announced the search for the next secretary general/ CEO to “be officially inaugurated during its General Assembly in October 2025.”
This blog was written before Hurricane Beryl reached category 4 and battered a number of Caribbean islands before turning towards Mexico this week. The author highlights the complexity of vulnerabilities for populations in Haiti who already experience so many challenges, should a storm like Beryl strike the island.
On June 21, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay addressed the 11th Forum of National Council of Churches in Australia, reflecting on the theme of the forum, “Christianity Matters.”
The Centre for Asian Christianity (CAC) of Brisbane School of Theology in Australia will hold a fundraising dinner to support gospel preaching in Asia.
The White House is now walking back the idea of the U.S. rebuilding Gaza, but Trump's idea has already 'irreversibly' changed the Middle East conversation. Some believe the Middle East needs his kind of out-of-the-box thinking.
More than 160 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation that all Americans should "observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens." And so was born the cherished American holiday, Thanksgiving.