Latin America
Most Tattooed Man in Brazil Gives Up Everything to Follow Jesus and Become a Missionary
Leandro de Souza once Brazils most tattooed man with 170 tattoos leaves addiction and prison behind for seminary and missionary life.
Latin America
Latin America
Dominican Republic Partners With Gallup to Count Every Evangelical Church in the Nation
Dominican Republic launches first national evangelical census with Gallup to map the explosive growth of its faith community.
Asia
This Horrible Abyss That We Make- A reflection from the Gospel of Luke
Jesus said to the Pharisees: “There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from
USA
North Korea Remains Worst Persecutor of Christians But Nigeria is the Deadliest Killing Field
New Report Reveals Where Following Jesus Christ Costs the Most Lives North Korea continues to hold the top position as the worst country in the world for Christian persecution according to the latest World Watch List released by Open Doors, but Nigeria has emerged as the deadliest nation for Christians
Latin America
Nicaraguan Pastor Held for Nearly Six Months is Released
Christian Leader Freed After Prolonged Detention Without Charges in Nicaragua A Nicaraguan pastor, Pastor Rudy Palacios Vargas who was arbitrarily detained for nearly six months has been released from custody, according to reports from Christian advocacy organizations monitoring religious persecution in the Central American nation. The pastor, whose imprisonment drew
Battle Lines
Churches Must Address Embryo Screening Ethics As 75% Of US Fertility Clinics Offer Sex Selection Testing
Theologian Calls IVF "Pro Life Consequentialism" Where Ends Justify Means, 73% Of Clinics Allow Parents To Discard Embryos Based On Gender, Genetic Testing Raises Eugenic Concerns Silence from Scripture on new technologies is no excuse for silence from the church, Christianity Today argued in a January 2026 article
Latin America
US Launches "Hawkeye Strike" Against ISIS After 2 Soldiers and a Christian Interpreter Murdered In Syria
Trump Authorizes Large Scale Coordinated Airstrikes Hitting Multiple ISIS Positions Across Syria In Response To December 13 Attack Killing National Guard Sergeants And Christian Interpreter The United States launched coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria on Saturday in response to the ambush killing of two American soldiers and
Oceania
ISIS Attacks Against Christians Accross The Globe Foiled
Syrian Security Forces Foil Islamic State Suicide Attacks Targeting Christians, Churches and New Year Celebrations Syria's Interior Ministry thwarted an Islamic State terror plot to attack churches and civilian gatherings on New Year's Eve, deploying heightened security measures that prevented what could have been a massive
Oceania
73 MILLION MURDERED - Abortion Remains Leading Cause of Death Worldwide in 2025
More than 73 million abortions were performed worldwide in 2025, making abortion the leading cause of death globally for another year, according to statistics compiled by Worldometers based on World Health Organization estimates. The figure far exceeded all other causes of death, including cancer at 10 million deaths, infectious diseases
Asia
626 Catholic Martyrs in 25 Years: The Blood Price of Christian Missionary Work
Vatican missionary news agency Fides released its annual report revealing that 17 Catholic missionaries and pastoral workers were killed worldwide in 2025, bringing the total number murdered since 2000 to 626. The victims included 10 priests, two seminarians, two catechists, two religious sisters, and one layman who lost their lives
Latin America
Trump Orders Strikes on Venezuela, Arrests Maduro on Drug Trafficking Charges
President Donald Trump announced Saturday that U.S. military forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in Caracas during "Operation Absolute Resolve," following strikes on military targets in the Venezuelan capital. Maduro was taken into U.S. custody during the operation and flown to
Europe
Pray like a girl, fight like a girl
My body aches as I say this: you should not enjoy fighting and violence. Yet, I’ve always loved martial arts. I started young, enjoyed striking and kicking a little too much, and nearly got a black belt. My sensei even encouraged me to enter speed competitions, right before I