How should a pastor decide what to preach next, and how far ahead should he plan? Matt Smethurst and Ligon Duncan discuss the pastoral wisdom behind planning a preaching calendar, from choosing books of the Bible and balancing the Old and New Testaments to determining the length and pace of a sermon
missions
While advising the bishops of the Church of England on the term Christian nationalism earlier this year, Luke Bretherton, regius professor of moral and pastoral theology at the University of Oxford, had a straightforward piece of advice: Don’t use it. “The term Christian national...
disaster
. Drought can rapidly erode rural livelihoods, causing water and pasture shortages, crop losses, and the loss of productive assets and income. Rebuilding livelihoods after these losses can require far greater resources than protecting them before drought impacts become critical. ...
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. AGENDA 1. Syria Context update 2.Logistics Sector updates 3. WFP updates 4. AOB ACTION POINTS • The Logistics Sector will allocate a section in the next meeting agenda on fuel quality testing • The Logistics Sector will co-lead next Procurement Working Group meeting and share c...
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. Localisation is a central commitment of humanitarian reform, intended to make response more efficient, more effective, and more accountable to affected people. As few donors can directly fund a diverse array of local and national actors (LNAs), intermediary funding — through po...
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Countries: World, Algeria, Burundi, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Tonga, Tunisia, Uganda . Este fenómeno meteorológico ya está teniendo un impacto catastrófico ...
persecution
Two Christians were attacked and injured during a prayer gathering in western India in March of 2026. Pastor Pratap was praying in the home of a Christian named Nikhil when a large crowd of radicals gathered, entered the house and started beating Pratap. Nikhil and his children t...
persecution
Kyrgyz converts from Islam to Christianity face various forms of harsh persecution. In many rural villages, Christian burials are prohibited. One Christian convert’s body was exhumed by villagers angry that it had been buried in a traditionally Muslim cemetery, and they for...
persecution
The Turkish government has deported around 200 missionaries plus their families from the country in recent years, leaving many local churches to survive with limited leadership experience. “In the long term, it is going to be good because now we are utilizing many more loca...
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