Friday, October 11th, 2024
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Orphan Ministry Leader Hopes Chinese Believers Will Step Up to Care for Most Vulnerable as China Stops International Adoptions

China has announced that it will no longer allow children to be sent overseas for adoption, ending a practice that has been in place for over three decades. The policy change stems from the country’s former strict one-child policy, which led to the international adoption of thousands of children, primarily girls and children with disabilities. The head of a Christian orphan network expressed concerns regarding the future fate of these unwanted children but said he has hope towards believers in China to step up and care of the most vulnerable.

European Christian Internet Conference Will Build Connections

Agnieszka Godfrejów-Tarnogórska, president of the European Christian Internet Conference network, is a communication officer of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland. As the European Christian Internet Conference is set to run from 9-11 September in Bossey and Geneva, she took time to touch upon some highlights of the upcoming event.

Affirming Our Unique Role as Development & Humanitarian NGOs: Interview with ACT EU Member CEOs

Following ACT Alliance EU’s General Assembly, we interviewed three of the CEOs of our member organisations – DCA Secretary General Jonas Vejsager Nøddekær, Diakonia Czech Republic Executive Director Kinga Komorowska, and NCA Secretary General Dagfinn Høybråten—to hear their perspectives on the alarming trends in national development and humanitarian agendas and learn more about the steps being taken to navigate and influence the evolving global landscape.
africa

'God Is on the Move,' Says Head of Global Christian Forum as Most Diverse Gathering of Christian Leaders Set to Begin in Ghana

“The prayer that I pray for those who are coming for the global gathering is that they will see that God is on the move,” says Rev. Dr. Casely Essamuah, Secretary of the Global Christian Forum (GCF) as 250 representatives from all streams of Christianity are gathering in Accra, Ghana from April 16-19 for what is likely the most diverse meeting of Christian leaders globally.
asia

World Evangelical Alliance and Lausanne Workplace Network Announce Global Day of Faith at Work

26th September 2024 – The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) and Lausanne Workplace Network (LWN) announce the launch of the Global Day of Faith at Work (GDFW), a worldwide event to be held annually starting on 1st May 2025. This momentous occasion aims to bring together the global Christian community to celebrate, commission, and integrate faith into the workplace, encouraging believers to live out their calling in and through the workplace. Notably, GDFW was announced at the Fourth Lausanne Congress in Seoul-Incheon.
europe

WEA Appoints New Director for Global Advocacy

Dr. Kyle Wisdom has been selected to replace Prof. Dr. Janet Epp Buckingham as the incoming Global Advocacy Department Leader. Dr. Wisdom, based in Florida, lived and worked in Indonesia for over a decade where he served as a pastor, theological lecturer and worked with local church leaders.
north america
latin america

Bracing for an Intense Hurricane Season in Haiti

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.
oceania
middle east

German Man Says Church History Reveals Misunderstanding of God's Plan for Jews

German-born Alexander Dietze and his wife, Cäcilia, have been helping and serving Holocaust survivors in Israel for 10 years. As a Christian living in Germany, he said, he read about the Jewish people in the Bible, but living in Israel amidst the people that the whole Bible is written about is something entirely different!
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