In seeking a welcome for the runaway slave, Onesimus, Paul banks on his history with Philemon, and risks his own resources, modeling radical Christian love.Watch Now
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. It was the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history and perhaps one of the earliest documented global disasters to produce cascading impacts across Asia, Europe, and North America. Volcanic ash and sulfur particles spread through the atmosphere, reducing sunlight and lowering temperatur
. This document is the result of the local Migration Governance Indicators (MGIs) assessment in the Municipality of Chisinau (Republic of Moldova) and summarizes the well-developed areas of the municipality’s migration governance structures, as well as areas with potential for further development, a
Countries: World, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan . Integrating seasonal climate forecasts and health risk analysis to support anticipatory action and operational preparedness.
. Key Insights • Overall prices rose by +1.4% month-on-month and +7.6% year-on-year in March 2026. Food prices accounted for 92.9% of the overall MoM inflation; non-food prices accounted for 7.1%. • Housing saw the steepest year-on-year price increase (+17.6%). Spices had the largest decline (-7.3%)
. According to Syrian authorities, the river rose more than 3.6 meters above normal levels, inundating low-lying communities, damaging agricultural land, disrupting access routes, and placing thousands of families at risk. In Deir ez-Zor, flooding has affected at least 2,439 families (14,634 individ
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. Overview: June typically marks the start of the southwest monsoon season in Yemen, with the first dekad often featuring sporadic, localized convective rainfall. Under normal conditions, the western highlands and coastal plains receive light to moderate rainfall, while the eastern and central deser
. Executive Summary Thousands of individuals held in arbitrary and unlawful detention in northeast Syria, or displaced from such detention, are subject to a sustained and preventable crisis affecting human rights, security, and due process. For years, they have been deprived of liberty without charg
. Through this, humanitarian actors communicate, receive, process, respond and learn – in a two-way process with the community. As the humanitarian sector advances the ‘reset’ agenda prioritising efficiency and localisation, AAP has never been more important. In reviewing efficiencies, it is useful
. SITUATION OVERVIEW Deir ez-Zor and Al Raqqa are facing a rapidly evolving emergency due to rising water levels in the Euphrates River, which has flooded low-lying riverbank areas and disrupted essential services. The situation is developing quickly and may worsen if water levels continue to rise,
. INTRODUCTION Les crises humanitaires affectent de manière différenciée les femmes, les hommes, les filles et les garçons, et exposent particulièrement les femmes et les enfants à des violences qui constituent une menace directe pour leur survie. Ces violences doivent être traitées comme des priori
. PARTICIPANTS Action Contre La Faim (ACF), Concern Worldwide, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Medical Corps (IMC), Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen (OSESGY), Première Urgence – Aide Médica
. Key Updates / Developments – Cash Coordination Team ● The Emergency MPCA guidelines were finalized through a consultative process and endorsed by the Cash Working Group core group. These guidelines establish a harmonized framework for rapid and coordinated emergency cash responses, covering activa
. Executive Summary The Emergency Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (EMPCA) Guidelines establish a harmonized, interagency framework to enable a rapid, coordinated, and scalable cash response to populations affected by conflict escalation in Lebanon. Developed by the CWG EMPCA Task Team, the guidelines
. CONTEXT Significant protection risks persist across Cabo Delgado in March 2026 driven by sustained non-state armed group (NSAG) attacks on civilians, including forced displacement, family separation, GBV, loss of civil documentation, and severe trauma. Lack of food and water (as reported by 60% of
. The disruption to global humanitarian supply chains is impacting children across the globe, with continued congestion in global supply routes, and higher transport costs at all levels. “Increased transport costs mean less money for the lifesaving supplies children need. These pressures are renderi
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. HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE, MATTHIAS SCHMALE, CONDEMNS A LARGE-SCALE WAVE OF RUSSIAN ATTACKS ON KYIV, DNIPRO AND KHARKIV: CIVILIANS WERE KILLED AND INJURED The early days of summer in Ukraine are marked by yet another large-scale massive attack by the Russian Federation Armed Forces on K
In 2013, my family moved from Chicago to Los Angeles so I could work on a PhD. My wife returned to the (paid) workforce, and I took on the daytime caregiving role for our children, who were two and four. I learned the slow and sometimes frantic rhythms of wrangling preschoolers, fitting my graduate
In seeking a welcome for the runaway slave, Onesimus, Paul banks on his history with Philemon, and risks his own resources, modeling radical Christian love.Watch Now
Alister McGrath remembers life as an atheist back in the late 1960s. He believed only what could be proven to be true. And he judged religious believers for trusting in an irrational fantasy. Looking back, though, he can see an emotional basis for what he thought were purely rational conclusions. He
While our kids were still finishing up their dinner, my husband would often pick up our latest shared book and begin reading to us. Many nights of reading passed by uneventfully, but a few linger in our collective memory—the ones when my husband choked up, grew quiet, and couldn’t go on because he w
Middle East/North Africa (MNN) — Forced displacement is a too-well-known reality across the Middle East and Southeast Asia today. Since February 28, the joint United States-Israel war with Iran and other conflicts have only worsened the situation. The United Nations Refugee Agency reports that betwe
Lebanon (MNN) — Lebanon draws global attention as Israel strikes southern Beirut suburbs, and Iran threatens to end negotiations with the United States. Secretary Marco Rubio attends working-level peace talks with Israel and Lebanon at the White House in Washington, D.C., April 23, 2026. (Official S
Iran (MNN) — When borders close to the Gospel, technology steps in. Transform Iran’s app “Cheshme,” meaning “spring of water,” is bringing hope into Iran. Lana Silk says, “if you're feeling lost or struggling in any area, then you have at your fingertips a whole range of materials to encourage you.”
In the orthodox Protestant tradition, 2 Corinthians 5:21 has been a key text to support the doctrine of imputed righteousness. The verse reads, “For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” According to this doctrine, believers possess
Suspected Fulani gunmen attacked a Christian farming community in central Nigeria’s Plateau state on Sunday evening, killing eight Christians and injuring at least 15 others, according to residents and government officials. The attack occurred in Gwomjang, a predominantly Christian village in Kadunu
The sutures protruding from the deep, still-fresh wound on 32-year-old Mangu’s head are the latest evidence of the persecution faced by Christians in the tribal belt of Bastar in Chhattisgarh, India. Families like Mangu’s are willing to pay a heavy price — social ostracism, physical violence, and ev
A two-day Christian spiritual convention organized at a private hotel in Ratlam town in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh was disrupted by Hindu nationalist groups on May 27 over allegations of forced conversions. Members of the event’s organizing committee claimed they had notified authorities abo
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed at least seven Christians during an overnight attack on May 30 in Beni, located in North Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the local chief, the victims belonged to the Pygmy community of the Twa ethnic group and were mur
Shortly before midnight on January 4, 1988, the passenger ship Logos ran aground while cruising through the Beagle Channel off the coast of Argentina. The 2,319-ton vessel struck rock and began to sink with 139 missionaries and crew onboard. The Chilean Navy dispatched torpedo boats, which rescued a
The broader church has not always loved popes named Leo. Pope Leo X in 1520 described Martin Luther as a “wild boar from the forest” destroying the church. Pope Leo XII asserted in 1824 that Bible societies “produce a gospel of men, or what is worse, a gospel of the devil!” And in 1883, Pope Leo XII
He was a 10-year-old Malawian boy, born in a rural community like so many in sub-Saharan Africa. His family made the journey to Nkhoma Mission Hospital, a hospital in the Lilongwe district, after he began having difficulty breathing. An exam and ultrasound of his heart revealed he was in severe hear
Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) is getting trendier—more and more men are using it, sometimes without even checking their testosterone levels. Others are getting their testosterone levels checked for vague, nonspecific symptoms like just feeling “off,” while some are giving themselves testost
After years of frustration, Larissa Lima typed out a post on X in April. “In Brazil, a psychologist can call themselves left-wing, feminist, decolonial, anything but Christian,” she wrote in Portuguese. The post reached 2 million views, drawing 1,700 likes and nearly 675 comments. Initially, some qu
What can finally satisfy the endless thirst of the human heart? John Piper opens John 3:9–18 to show that only faith in Christ will truly satisfy us.Watch Now
Every recognition and reward we receive is a gift of God’s steadfast love, poured out so that we might magnify the glory of his undeserved grace.Listen Now