Rebekah Naylor, 79, is stepping down from International Mission Board. The first time she retired, in 2002, Dr. Rebekah Naylor, a longtime missionary surgeon, came home to Texas after 35 years in India to care for her mother, who was ailing. Along with doing that, she joined the faculty at the University of Texas Southwestern…
Nigerian American Christian Yemi Mobolade went from pastor and community organizer to city leadership. Yemi Mobolade moved to Colorado Springs to start a church. Thirteen years later, he became the city’s mayor. Even though his position isn’t a pastoral one, his faith is central to his platform, as well as his experience in local ministries,…
My worries for my child’s physical health shouldn’t surpass my concern for his spiritual well-being. The past few years have seen groundbreaking advances in biotechnology—particularly in the areas of human cell therapy and gene editing. In March, experts gathered for the third global conference to discuss the ethical dilemmas involved in their work—less than five…
Decades ago, converts thought the country would be a refuge from the caste system. Today, they risk criminal charges and remain largely relegated to sanitation jobs. Two Christian Pakistani teenagers, one 18 and another 14, were arrested in their homes in Lahore in May 2023 on charges of blasphemy after a policeman claimed he heard…
Phrases like “rejoice in the Lord” and “to live is Christ” in Mandarin reveal the wisdom of Paul’s exhortations. As I was growing up in Malaysia, my parents would send me to Mandarin lessons after school. Despite their best efforts, I was particularly resistant to learning Chinese. Consequently, most Mandarin lessons went in one ear…
The megachurch, known for its popular Elevation Music, has voluntarily withdrawn two weeks after the recent Southern Baptist annual meeting. Elevation Church, a North Carolina megachurch known for its popular music and charismatic pastor, has left the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). In a letter sent to the SBC’s Executive Committee in Nashville and to the…
Formerly Nyack College, the school was in bad financial shape for several years. The loss of accreditation earlier this week forced a reckoning. Alliance University, a 140-year-old Christian & Missionary Alliance (CMA) school in New York City, will close on August 31 after years of financial struggles. Known for much of its history as Nyack…
Ruling: Colorado can’t “force all manner of artists, speechwriters, and others whose services involve speech to speak what they do not believe.” The US Supreme Court delivered a First Amendment victory Friday to a Christian designer who objects to creating custom websites for same-sex weddings. The high court ruled in a 6–3 opinion the state…
