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Peace index lists Ukraine, Russia last: see who is first
The 2025 Global Peace Index (GPI), published by Australia’s Institute of Economics and Peace, has ranked Iceland as the world’s most peaceful nation, while Russia and Ukraine occupy the lowest positions due to…
Australia: World Prayer Assembly
Churches and prayer and mission ministries across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands are planning to come together in Perth from 3 to 6 October, in unprecedented unity that has not been…
Global: International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted
The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted (IDOP) is Sunday, November 6. It is observed every year around All Saints’ Day when the Church traditionally remembers the saints of the Church, many…
A race for diversity in coronavirus vaccine trials
In the frantic race for a Covid-19 vaccine, one issue in clinical trials is the lack of diversity. Experts are saying that the long history of abusive research practices has left many people…
Global: children praying
Currently 3,000 children are uniting to pray for the nations on Whatsapp. Royal Kids Ministries, started in Chennai in 1991 with one orphanage, have expanded into Children House of Prayer (CHOP), with prayer…
Editorial: Global Jesus Fast - Beholding the Lamb - by Dr Jason Hubbard
Global Jesus Fast - Beholding the Lamb March 1st - April 9th 2020 We want to join with Lou Engle’s call to a Global 40 day fast to see a world-wide manifestation of…
China: Church facial recognition cameras
The government wanted to install facial recognition cameras in Pastor Xiang En’s church sanctuary. When he refused they did it anyway and gathered the private data of church members so that they could…
Worldwide: inner city churches
A recent Lausanne Movement asked, ‘What can we do to accelerate the impact of Christianity in our cities?’ For the first time in history, there are more people in cities than in the…
Worldwide: life getting harder for Christians
Open Doors CEO Henrietta Blyth has written, ‘Around the world, life is getting harder, not easier, for Christians. In India we see rising levels of violence against believers – especially pastors’ wives and…
Worldwide: abortion largest cause of death
Over 42 million abortions took place globally in 2019, according to the tracking service Worldometers. Once again abortion was the single largest cause of death across the planet, causing significantly more than half…