Episcopal Church Ends U.S. Government Partnership Amid White Afrikaner Resettlement Disagreement

Episcopal Church Ends U.S. Government Partnership Amid White Afrikaner Resettlement Disagreement

The Episcopal Church announced it will end its partnership with the U.S. government on refugee resettlement efforts, specifically over the proposal to resettle a group of white Afrikaners following the administration’s suspension of the U.S. refugee program. Episcopal Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe issued a letter on Monday concerning Episcopal Migration Ministries, which manages the denomination’s refugee resettlement programs.
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    More than 1,000 Evangelical pastors and ministry leaders from 56 countries are scheduled to gather in Berlin, Germany, for the European Congress on Evangelism later this month. Organized by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), the event will be held from May 27 to 30 at the JW Marriott hotel.
  • Evangelical Press Association Concludes 2025 Convention, Appoints New President
    The Evangelical Press Association (EPA) concluded its 2025 annual convention on Tuesday evening in Branson, Missouri, with approximately 200 Christian journalists, editors, writers, and publishers participating in the three-day event. The gathering featured training sessions on editorial leadership, digital strategy, audience development, and several workshops focused on Artificial Intelligence and its impact on publishing and journalism.

ELCA Reaffirms Conscience Protections for Those Opposed to Gay Marriage

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has confirmed that it will not remove conscience protections for members who oppose same-sex marriage, according to a church official. In 2022, the progressive mainline denomination voted to approve an editing process for a 2009 document that requires the denomination to respect differing opinions on LGBT issues among its members.
  • Nearly 20,000 Ukrainian Children Abducted: Christian Groups Ask Russia for Their Return
    A coalition of faith groups, including the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, has urged Russia to return nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children taken since the onset of its invasion of Ukraine. The initiative was led by Myal Greene, president of World Relief, an evangelical humanitarian organization associated with the National Association of Evangelicals.
  • Trinity Evangelical Divinity School to Merge with Trinity Western University in Canada
    Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS), based in Illinois, is preparing to leave Chicago-area Trinity International University and will affiliate with Trinity Western University (TWU) in British Columbia, the largest Christian university in Canada. TEDS will remain at its current location in Bannockburn, Illinois, for the entire 2025-2026 academic year, and the transition to Langley, British Columbia, is slated for the fall 2026 semester.
  • VA Rescinds Chaplain's Punishment, Confirms Freedom for Christian Sermons
    The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has confirmed that chaplains are allowed to deliver sermons with explicitly Christian content at affiliated medical facilities and has rescinded a reprimand issued to a chaplain last year.
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  • Samaritan's Purse Dispatches Field Hospital to Myanmar Following Catastrophic Earthquake

    The North Carolina-based evangelical humanitarian aid charity Samaritan's Purse is dispatching an emergency field hospital to Myanmar following a catastrophic 7.7-magnitude earthquake. The DC-8 aircraft, which departed from Greensboro, North Carolina, on Monday, traveled to Calgary to load the field hospital from Samaritan's Purse's Canada office.

  • Christian Students Prepares to Rally Against Satanic Ceremony at Kansas Statehouse

    A Christian Student Organization is set to hold a rally opposing a satanic “black mass” for abortion rights scheduled to take place at the Kansas State Capitol later this month. TFP Student Action, a project of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, is organizing a protest in Topeka on March 28 against The Satanic Grotto.

  • Christian Leaders Call on Trump to Assist in Securing Release of 24 Prisoners in Azerbaijan

    President Donald Trump is being urged to help secure the release of two dozen Christians held hostage by the Azerbaijani government and to support persecuted Christians. A coalition of Christian leaders has signed a letter pushing the president to act on behalf of the 23 Christian Armenians and one Azeri Christian convert currently detained in Azerbaijan.

  • Christian Ministry Provides 4 Million Dresses to Girls in Need Around the World

    A Christian charity has distributed nearly 4 million dresses to impoverished girls around the world through a campaign that coordinates dress-making efforts involving various churches and nonprofits. The program, called Dress a Girl Around the World, is a part of Hope 4 Women International (H4WI) and has provided over 3 million locally made dresses since its launch in 2009.

  • NRB Board Approves Resolutions Addressing Censorship and Children's Digital Safety

    During its International Christian Media Convention, the National Association of Christian Broadcasters (NRB) Board of Directors approved nine resolutions that address significant issues, including freedom of expression, children’s digital safety, artificial intelligence, and peace in the Middle East. Among the resolutions, the NRB voiced its support for reviewing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act as a means to combat corporate censorship.

  • Episcopal Church-Affiliated University Loses Accreditation, Set for 90-Day Arbitration

    A university in North Carolina affiliated with The Episcopal Church, Saint Augustine’s University (SAU), has lost its accreditation once again but plans to undergo an arbitration process to contest the decision. The institution announced last Thursday that its appeal to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) regarding the termination of its accreditation had failed.

  • Samuel Rodríguez Speaks Out: ‘Complacency Today Is Captivity Tomorrow’

    Pastor Samuel Rodriguez spoke at the National Religious Broadcasters' International Christian Media Convention, highlighting the spiritual struggles society faces today. As the leader of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, Rodriguez drew on biblical passages such as Ephesians 6 and Colossians 2:15, asserting that the primary battle is not political, but rather a struggle between “light and darkness, between truth and relativism.”

  • Evangelical Groups Begin Fundraising for New Worship Center in Qatar

    The World Evangelical Alliance has partnered with the Evangelical Churches Alliance in Qatar to break ground for a planned worship center for Evangelical Christians near the capital of the Middle Eastern country. This groundbreaking ceremony took place on January 24, and the project, which is estimated to cost US $50 million, will provide space for up to 10,000 worshippers simultaneously on land leased free of charge from the government.
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