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As conflict threatens East Africa, refugees find themselves running again
Ethiopia (MNN) — Rebel groups in Ethiopia’s Tigray region have renewed their fight against government forces, raising fears that conflict will cross borders into neighboring Sudan, Eritrea, South Sudan, and beyond. Ethiopia has accused its neighbors, Egypt, Sudan, and Eritrea, of...
Mission 66 addresses the Bible literacy crisis in new languages
International (MNN) — Mission 66 seeks to bridge the Bible literacy crisis by preparing listeners with meaningful and easy-to-understand Bible commentary. John Fugler with Trans World Radio (TWR) says, “One of the great victories of the global church is Bible translation." Today,...
How to Be Happy at Work
A few years ago, I co-led the pastoral search for a thriving, midsize church in a small city. In time, we identified an ideal candidate. Approaching age 40, he had the right skills and experience and recently felt a holy discontent with his limited role in a massive church. It lo...
Chinese diaspora churches look beyond their own communities
China (MNN) — The Chinese diaspora needs to be equipped just as much as the Church inside China. Approximately 56 million Chinese people live outside the country, creating both a need and an opportunity for ministry among Chinese communities worldwide. Erik Burklin of China Partn...
What Should We Do About Diddy?
As a child in the early 2000s, I didn’t know many celebrities apart from the ones made famous by Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. But I did know, as we called him back then, “P. Diddy.” The rapper was stylish and blingy, wealthy and charismatic. He dated the internationally belove...
1 Corinthians 2:6–10, Part 4: Unimaginable Joy Prepared for Those Who Love God
The mystery of God’s goodness in Christ exceeds everything we can imagine. We need God himself to reveal it to us.Watch Now
God Sees Everything. Flock Should Not.
I live in a safe neighborhood. It’s a new-build community filled with young families, and my kids ride their bikes up and down all the streets. As long as they’ve got their helmets on, I’m not concerned for their safety here. Yet as they ride their bikes—or as our family walks to...
Churches bring aid and Gospel hope to war-torn Zaporizhzhia
Ukraine (MNN) — The Slavic Gospel Association (SGA) is partnering with local churches in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, to distribute food and aid to a city on the front lines of the war in Ukraine. Eric Mock with SGA was recently in the country for the National Day of Prayer. He had the...
China’s pressure on Zion Church continues, but persecution has not silenced its faith
China (MNN) — In July, Pastor Ezra Jin of Zion Church was unexpectedly released after more than eight months of detention in China. Authorities had arrested Jin and seventeen other Zion Church leaders in October, under charges likely related to the church’s online ministry. The g...
Should We Say ‘Please’ and ‘Thank You’ to AI Chatbots?
“Alexa, please can you turn off the lights?” “Thank you for asking so nicely. I’ll turn them off now.” Back in 2018, Amazon introduced a feature called “Magic Word” for its Alexa devices to provide positive reinforcement for saying “please” and “thank you.” This was in response t...
Looksmaxxing Is a Crisis of Modern Masculinity. The Church Has a Cure.
In corners of the internet not far from where you’re reading this, young men are discussing beauty tips and ways of “maximizing” their physical appearance. It’s called “looksmaxxing,” and it's dubious in both origin and ideology. Looksmaxxing draws from Darwinian, and often demea...
A World Fit for Glory
What kind of world awaits God’s children? John Piper opens Romans 8:21 to show creation remade for God’s people to rule and enjoy.Watch Now
Behind prison walls, a simple letter can become a powerful ministry
United States (MNN) — A few minutes of your time each month could turn into a source of hope, encouragement, and biblical friendship for a prison inmate in the United States. Prisoners For Christ (PFC) connects Christians in the United States with a special mission. Some serve as...
Criticize like a Christian
Jethro criticized Moses. Samuel confronted Saul’s disobedience. Paul challenged Peter when he separated from Gentile believers. Jesus chastised the Pharisees. Many of the Bible's most faithful figures were critics. However, it’s not easy to find a good example of a Christian crit...
As South Sudan’s elections approach, vulnerable children find an unexpected place of hope
South Sudan (MNN) — The world’s newest country, South Sudan, turned 15 years old this summer. But poverty and long-delayed elections continue to make life challenging for its more than 12 million people, which includes Christians serving vulnerable children. Husband and wife *And...
The Wishful Thinking that Put Thousands on the Streets
Let’s look at the reasoning, and numbers, of deinstitutionalization—America’s mid-century policy of moving the mentally ill population out of large hospitals of widely varying quality and into home-based care and community integration. In 1955, state mental hospitals housed 559,0...
A Kurdish Pastor’s Arrest Stirs Fears in Post-Assad Syria
Earlier this summer, Nehad Hasan decided to travel from his home in Lebanon to Syria for a family vacation. He wanted his children to meet extended family and to see their ancestral homeland of Afrin, a Kurdish-majority region in northwest Syria. As the pastor of a Kurdish church...
International Day of Sign Languages highlights urgent Bible need
International (MNN) — Today marks the International Day of Sign Languages, highlighting the importance of language access for Deaf communities. “There's all kinds of situations where having access to your language, especially if it's the only language that you know, is a really c...
How Tim Keller Rearranged His Life in His Final Years
A few years ago I visited a friend who serves as a pastor in Hawaii. The moment I stepped off the plane, I understood why they call it paradise. Warm breeze. Turquoise water. Lush mountains draped in greenery. I said to my friend, “Everything is so great here! If people are livin...
South Africa’s Single Moms Find Hope and Support
South Africa (MNN) — As economic pressures in South Africa rise, single mothers face increasing difficulty. Economic pressures affect us all, no matter the country, Greg Yoder of Christian World Outreach (CWO) says. In the second quarter of 2026, unemployment in South Africa rose...
Amazon Can’t Pray for You
“People are always telling you that change is a good thing. All they’re really saying is that something you didn’t want to happen at all has happened,” says Kathleen Kelly, the children’s-bookstore-owner heroine who’s losing her Shop Around the Corner in the classic rom-com You’v...
Moses and the Rock That Was Christ
Can guilty people count on God’s help? John Piper opens Exodus 17:1–7 to show that Christ bought the help sinners need.Watch Now
God’s marvelous work in Native youth
North America (MNN) – As Christian youth face pressures on every side, the On Eagles’ Wings Leadership Center helps equip Native young people to change their world. Equipping Students and Solidifying Next Steps The On Eagles’ Wings Leadership Center has been active for only a few...
Christ Frees Parents to Play
Parents, let’s ask ourselves a searching question: If our children had to say what God is like based on how we act toward them, what might they say? Note that the question concerns not “what we teach them” but “how we act toward them” — our typical moods and demeanors, our everyd...
How to Grieve When Loved Ones Leave for the Mission Field
I talk about my soon-to-be missionary parents often, and there’s pride on my face each time. I love to tell how the Lord has gifted them with a heart for the nations and how they’ve prayed for the opportunity to go for years. What I don’t talk about as much is my grief. It goes u...
Moses and the Presence We Need
What if your greatest need is not relief? John Piper opens Exodus 17:1–7 to show how God’s presence meets our deepest need.Watch Now
Do We Need to Go to Church Every Week?
Gathering with other Christians is a crucial way to encourage and be encouraged in Christ. But do we really need to gather every week?Listen Now
Live, Laugh, Love, and Blame Christian Women
On rainy Sunday afternoons in my childhood, I’d go over to my grandparents’ house and watch I Love Lucy. In several episodes, Lucy and Ethel head off to bridge club. The card game is an excuse for gossip to move the plot forward. They shuffle the deck and swap secrets. Then they ...
Ukraine teachers exhausted by war find rest and community with each other
Ukraine (MNN) — Five years of accumulated trauma have left teachers in Ukraine exhausted. David Durance says that TeachBeyond held a conference for teachers at a quiet oceanside resort to encourage them in fellowship and the Word. “Teachers were able to hear from each other that ...
Why Deaf ministry must be led by Deaf Christians
USA (MNN) — If it seems like you’re seeing sign language interpreters more often on the news or at big events, you’re not mistaken. “Many people would recognize that we’re seeing more and more visibility of sign language and Deaf communities. It’s become pretty standard, for inst...
Hanaa’s story: from fear to faith
Lebanon (MNN) — Imagine your child in a war zone. Even if you weren’t directly in the line of fire, how would the sights and sounds of conflict affect your little one? In Lebanon, at the height of the war between Israel and Hezbollah, “We've [seen] families fleeing for their live...
New sponsorship program to help keep school children out of Haitian gangs
Haiti (MNN) – Schools are swinging into gear in many places including Haiti. Roseline DeHart with For Haiti with Love says that while school began on September 7, many desks in Cap Haitien are empty. Missing the Finances for School DeHart says that with increased gang violence in...
AI: Empire or Infinity Machine?
Plenty of books, articles, and essays about so-called artificial intelligence are a bit boring. They may be accurate, knowledgeable, worthy, even wise, but they often lack the key elements of drama that make writing captivating: conflict and resolution, expectation and surprise, ...
War threatens another school year for Lebanon’s ‘lost generation’
Lebanon (MNN) – For some children in Lebanon, the first day of school comes without a classroom. The nation's public school calendar begins today, six months after renewed war between Hezbollah terrorists and Israel uprooted more than one million Lebanese people. Roughly 360,000 ...
The Men Who Wallow in Unbearable Bleakness
Men are flailing and floundering in today’s world. So say any number of journalists, researchers, and other worried observers, who see American males slipping away from anchors of stability like marriage, community, and useful labor. These stories have recurring characters: older...
Christians build resilient livelihoods as Bangladesh emerges from years of political uncertainty
Bangladesh (MNN) — Elections in February and August this year brought greater political stability to Bangladesh after more than two years of an interim government in place. Now, Christians wait to see whether they’ll experience more protection. William Samaddar of FARMS Internati...
Everything I Tried Let Me Down. But Jesus Didn’t.
By the time I was in middle school, I had six different types of pets: a hamster, a rat, a gecko, a bunny, a cat, and a dog. (I desperately wanted a turtle, but my mom said no.) Each time I considered a new species, I remember thinking to myself, This animal is going to complete ...
Remembering 9/11: Honoring sacrifice and healing invisible wounds
USA (MNN) — In the United States, September 11, 2001 – known simply as “9/11” – is forever etched into the minds of those old enough to remember the day. Al Qaeda terrorists drove three hijacked passenger planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 p...
Life After 14 Months Trapped in Cyberscam Centers
Since Marcus testified against a major scam syndicate in a Manila courtroom in September 2023, the Burmese national has needed to hide his identity and constantly look over his shoulder, fearful that he would be re-enslaved, tortured, or killed. In May, the Philippine court annou...
Churches in Central Asia face opposition and uncertainty
Central Asia (MNN) — Hidden, daily pressure is being put on the church in Central Asia. David Durance with TeachBeyond says, “The headline looks okay. ‘Hey, there might be even more freedom,’ but the undercurrent is so very difficult.” As long as the church keeps to itself, there...
The Trump-Era Laughter at Immigrant Suffering Is Deforming Our Souls
This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Did you hear the one about the Haitian immigrants eating cats and dogs? Wasn’t it hilarious? Here’s the setup: A community of vulnerable people, escaping danger to their lives in their home country, are quiet...
Why Orphans No Longer Go to Orphanages
I’ve written earlier in this series about the connection between homelessness and “adverse childhood experiences,” including unstable childhoods marked by movement around multiple foster homes. In centuries past, Americans hoped that orphanages would help to alleviate the damage ...
When prison exposes the need for change, the gospel offers something deeper
United States (MNN) — Every ministry has its challenges. But prison ministry is particularly difficult, says Jill Payne-Holman with Prisoners For Christ, a non-profit based in the United States with an international reach. “We're ministering to people who’ve hurt other people, an...
DR Congo battles record Ebola outbreak; hospital supplies running short
DRC (MNN) – Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have nearly doubled in a matter of weeks, as the country battles its largest outbreak on record. More than 6,600 cases are now confirmed, with nearly 3,200 deaths. The World Health Organization reports transmission i...