Next week, the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle invites the global church to unite in prayer for Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and the Chinese mainland.

Marking 30 years since the adoption of the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, participants from the Asia Pacific member churches and partners of the World Council of Churches (WCC), met in Jakarta, Indonesia, to reflect theologically, contextually, and practically on the commitments of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in the current global context.

At the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order in Egypt, Dr. Mano Emmanuel of Colombo Theological Seminary (CTS) discussed with China Christian Daily how CTS is revising its curriculum to address AI, Gen Z pastoral care, and mental health, and shared her insights on honor–shame cultures and Christian unity in Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka.

In a historic commemoration of the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council, faith leaders gathered in Nicaea—modern-day Iznik, Türkiye – on 28 November to mark the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council in the history of the church.

In Southeast Asia, where child trafficking continues to thrive as a multi-billion-dollar industry, one U.S. family and their international team are working to turn the tide. Michigan-born Seth and his wife, Hlawn, founded In Better Hands in 2012 with one mission: to rescue vulnerable children and give them a safe, loving Christian home.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee will convene in Hangzhou, China, from 20-25 November, at the invitation of the China Christian Council.

From November 1 to 5, the Global Harvest Summit 2025, an annual regional gathering of the Billion Soul Harvest movement, was held on Jeju Island, South Korea. The event brought together over 1,500 Christians from more than 100 countries to explore ways to fulfill the Great Commission by 2033.

In an interview with China Christian Daily, Dr. Victor Lee, president of the Bible College of Malaysia and pastor of First Assembly of God (Chinese) in Kuala Lumpur, shared about his ministry in theological education, his role in the World Council of Churches (WCC) as a Pentecostal representative, and his encouragement to Christians in China to contextualize the gospel and think globally.

Rev. Lam Thien Loc is an evangelical leader from Vietnam. He is the vice general secretary and director of education of the Vietnam Evangelical Alliance (VEA) and served as a translator during the large-scale evangelistic crusades held in Vietnam in 2023 and 2024 by Franklin Graham. In a recent interview with China Christian Daily, Rev. Lam shared insights about the situation of evangelical churches in Vietnam.

The Seoul Declaration, unveiled during the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) General Assembly in South Korea this week, reaffirmed the authority of Scripture, clarifying evangelical positions on pluralism and sexuality, and calling for unity and renewal amid global division and cultural change.