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Why I Am Still a Christian
This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. One October night back in the 1980s, an adolescent boy walked down the road outside his home in the Woolmarket community of Biloxi, Mississippi, in anguish. He was facing all the questions anybody his age fac...
As Christianity Grows in India, Burial Space Shrinks
Tears welled up in Sunitha Rani’s eyes and her voice softened as she recounted the agonizing wait her family had to endure to secure a grave plot for her husband, who died at age 66 last year. Rani and her children wanted to bury John Sukumar in the southern Indian city of Hydera...
Building a Workplace Where People Flourish (with Landon Hobson)
Landon Hobson is the CEO of Cosmos Corporation, a family business outside St. Louis that makes pet care and household cleaning products sold in 70 countries. With degrees in theology and economics, Landon never expected to run a 250,000-square-foot manufacturing plant—until...
Clean water access helps a village thrive
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Super Cereal and RUTF help children with malnutrition
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Reading camps build literacy skills and boost confidence
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Bible clubs help children grow in their faith
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Where hope is shared, communities flourish
Kenya (MNN) — Hope grows stronger when shared within a community! A new initiative by Kenya Hope aims to bring hope and opportunities to thousands of people. “We are starting a new community center in [the] Oloshaiki Village area, so that's going to serve about 3,000 community me...
Ukrainians adapt to frontline life; churches offer help and hope
Ukraine (MNN) — Russia shows no sign of relenting after four years of war in Ukraine, but residents are finding creative ways to adapt and overcome. More than 100 underground schools are now operating in frontline regions, allowing education to continue despite regular air raids ...
Uncertainty turns to hope for Christians in Lebanon
Lebanon (MNN)—As southern Lebanon has been impacted by the war between Israel and Iran, SAT-7—a satellite TV ministry to the Middle East and North Africa—was unsure whether their summer events in Lebanon would be able to take place. “Many times there have been missiles fired into...
How sponsorship united two teens across the globe
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Virginia church leads Global 6K for Water fundraising
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Sudanese women break cultural barriers to share the Gospel amid war
Sudan (MNN) – There's a saying in Sudan: "Even if a woman is like an axe, she cannot break anything." In other words, even if a woman has the ability to make a difference, she's still seen as incapable simply because she's a woman. It's a mindset that's kept Sudanese women on the...
From the World Vision U.S. president: Standing tall
One of the astonishing parts of the Christmas story is how Jesus came into the world. His modest birth in a stable, announced to lowly shepherds, was incredibly unconventional for the Son of God, the King of kings. I believe God wanted humanity to take notice, first of His great ...
Ministry and Marriage: How to Be a Healthy Team
Marriages with one or both spouses employed in ministry face unique pressures, challenges, and opportunities. Over the years, we change, our ministries change, and the pressures on us change. How can we navigate these changes in a way that draws us closer to each other instead of...
Why Christians are racing to translate Scripture before Iran’s political future changes
Iran (MNN) — AI is helping translate the Bible into Iran’s ethnic languages faster, at a lower cost, and with less risk to translators. This is exciting news because speed matters. “The race really is to get ready for an open Iran,” says Lana Silk, president and CEO at Transform ...
Souls to the Gerrymandered Polls
When Tennessee redistricted its Nashville metropolitan area and split Shelby County, home to majority-Black Memphis, into three congressional districts earlier this year, Jefferson Street Missionary Baptist Church knew the changes would affect its congregants. Located in Nashvill...
A Call to Compassion
Cruelty is in the headlines, but 2026 has also been a good year in the history of compassionate Christianity. We’re recognizing that with our annual CT Compassion Awards. This year has South, East, Midwest, West, and international winners. The section begins with PAWKids in Atlan...
The Dangers of Getting Advice from the Internet
Melissa and Courtney discuss how to cultivate discernment when seeking advice. They talk about how sometimes we think we need information when what we really need is relationship. They discuss what kind of advice they like to get from the internet or ChatGPT, why they don’t recom...
US Adoptive Parents Are Stuck Overseas Waiting to Bring Children Home
Josh and Katie Derrick are longtime foster parents from Cleveland, Tennessee, who have adopted multiple children domestically. But when family friends adopted from Malawi and they saw images of children there waiting for homes, the Derricks couldn’t stop thinking about it. “It wa...
Eva DeHart leaves legacy of love for Haiti
Haiti (MNN)—A celebration of life will be held on November 14 for Eva DeHart, who cofounded For Haiti With Love alongside her husband, Don. Eva passed peacefully in her sleep, surrounded by family, on September 23, at age 87. The organization Eva and Don, who proceeded his wife i...
Kenya’s Ebola outbreak highlights health gaps for Deaf people
Kenya (MNN) — Kenya released its first group of Ebola contacts from quarantine this week. Nearly 100 people remain in quarantine but could be released in waves starting November 3. If no new cases develop by November 16, Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale says the country could ...
Protesters want solutions in France, but rioters are complicating the government’s response
France (MNN) — French president Emmanuel Macron has promised that “strong measures” are coming after violent protests in France over the past two weekends. Protesters are calling for changes to France’s struggling education system, for higher wages, and for better funding of publ...
How Mental Illness Became an Identity
Only twice have I met my cousin Jason, who lives in Florida. This isn’t only because I grew up a time zone away: Jason is profoundly autistic, with little ability to communicate. He’s lived most of his life in a group home with the specialized care he needs—which is a lot, even o...
Ebola has claimed thousands of lives this year; where can people go for hope?
Kenya (MNN) — This year’s Ebola outbreak started in May in the DRC and continues to spread there. It also spilled into Uganda from May to August, France in a single case in June, and both Kenya and Nigeria in October. There have been over 9,700 confirmed cases of the Bundibugyo s...
What My Grandparents Taught Me About Pastoral Ministry
When I was in high school, and early on during the summers in college, I spent my days working at a local pharmacy. I got a one-hour lunch break, and I ended up going almost every day to lunch at my favorite place: Granny and PawPaw’s house. I don’t remember how it started. One d...
When God Is Against Me
Can God act as a Christian’s enemy through suffering? Pastor John explains how God’s painful providences do not conflict with his enduring love for his children.Listen Now...
Euthanizing a Toddler Is Not Compassionate
A couple in the Netherlands euthanized their toddler. I read the headline again, sure I’d missed a keyword. I had not. A child with the same diagnosis (and similar disabilities) as my own daughter, Eliza, had died—not from natural causes or a horrific accident but by choice. Her ...
Albania’s streets erupt in protest, raising questions about the nation’s EU future
Albania (MNN) — Capitals become battlefields around the world as young people demand change. Youth-led protests are gaining ground from India to France to Albania. TeachBeyond’s Bani Vercani says demonstrations were peaceful this summer in Albania’s capital, but starting last wee...
BT Servant offers tools for studying Scripture
International (MNN) — Did you know that if you study your Bible, you have something in common with a Bible translator? Ian Lindsley with unfoldingWord says studying Scripture to understand its meaning is one of the first steps in Bible translation. For example, in a Bible study, ...
As U.S. troops leave Iraq, ISIS is finding new ways to gain influence
Iraq (MNN) — United States forces finished their withdrawal from Iraq on September 30th, ending a mission that began in 2014 to fight the Islamic State, or ISIS. Although ISIS is not at the same level it was in 2014 in Iraq, there are warning signs of its presence. Samuel with Re...
The Story Bible That Taught Me How to Teach Kids
In early summer 2026, I finally found it. If my research is right, only 27 U.S. libraries have first editions of Catherine F. Vos’s Child’s Story Bible. But one of those sets resides at Asbury Theological Seminary—just 76 miles away from my home in Louisville. I have three other ...
Battle for Kramatorsk and Sloviansk threatens humanitarian aid
Ukraine (MNN) — Authorities implement new curfews in eastern Ukraine as troops fight to secure Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. As described here, Ukraine’s army pushed back Russian forces in several areas near the cities during the latest offensive. Kramatorsk and Sloviansk comprise a ...
How the Trinity Transforms Reading Scripture
On the road to Emmaus, the risen Jesus shows the two disciples, “beginning with Moses and all the Prophets,” that the content of Scripture all points to him (Luke 24:25–27). All the law, the sacrifices, and the types point to Jesus. Jesus had told the Jews in Jerusalem, “You sear...
New Refugee Cap a Blow to Persecuted Religious Minorities
Ruth LePage, director of refugee services at Arrive Ministries, a refugee resettlement agency in Minnesota, said she misses late-night airport welcomes. In refugee family reunification cases, the normally quiet arrivals hall is filled with family members dressed as if they’re goi...
How My Church Revived Our Sunday School
Sunday school was nearly empty. Our teachers prepared lessons every week and announced them in the church newsletter. Yet three years after the pandemic, adult attendance averaged about 15 in a church with over 300 members. And sometimes, there were no children. “Zero kids?” I as...
Kenyan Churches Combat Abandonment, Suicide Among Older Men
When Victor Wanjala lost his job in 2010, he lost everything, including his marriage and savings. The father of eight from Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya, worked nearly four decades as a customs officer. His job enabled him to pay for his children’s education, support relatives financ...
Youth anger erupts across France as protests turn violent
France (MNN) – What started as a student protest in France has become something much harder to define – and dispel. Youth demonstrations over the last week were sparked by poor school conditions. But it has exploded into widespread unrest. Over 6,000 have been arrested, mostly mi...