Survey: Majority Asian churches are half as likely to have leaders under 30. One of the first spiritual formation books written for Asian American Christians, released by InterVarsity Press in 1998, is entitled Following Jesus Without Dishonoring Your Parents. Even in its title, the book acknowledges how Asian Americans’ faith and discipleship are inextricably intertwined…

In a disintegrated, stressful culture, my family has found respite—and a strengthened faith—in learning together. The modern life is remarkably compartmentalized. We are family members at home, but all our other roles take us elsewhere, and we must perform them only in strictly designated spaces. Nowhere is this more obvious than in how we handle…

At the Paris Olympics, songs from South Africa to Peru will call for divine protection and blessing. Often, the most moving moments of the Olympic Games are when athletes climb onto the podium to receive their gold medals as their country’s anthem plays. When Hidilyn Diaz won the women’s 55-kilogram class in weightlifting at the…

Ayetoro was founded to be a city on a hill. Now it’s facing a watery apocalypse. Thompson Akingboye is old enough to remember a time when the ocean was not a threat to his home in the coastal town of Ayetoro in Nigeria’s southwestern Ondo State. That was back in 1997, when he was just…

Leader explains why members of the World Evangelical Alliance visited leaders of China’s government-sanctioned Three-Self churches. Anyone wanting to bring together the more than 100 million Chinese-speaking Christians around the world must deal with the thorny issue of the church in China. There, Christians are split between unregistered house churches and the government-sanctioned Three-Self church….

The public square is increasingly hostile to religion. But don’t be surprised when Olympic athletes overflow with thanks to God. The opening ceremonies of the Olympics are extravagant celebrations of national glories and global unity. But if you watch past this week’s opener to the Games themselves, you’ll notice an unusual pattern: Athletes are always…

Meet Olympians who love God from around the world. Many Olympics lovers learn that their favorite athletes love Jesus through social media posts or postgame interviews following their success on the field, court, or track or in the pool. But the overwhelming majority of Christians competing in the Games won’t end up on the podium….

In a country known for loving Western praise music—Hillsong’s second-biggest market—a grassroots movement is singing new tunes. Arnel Cadeliña, a pastor and worship leader in Manila, remembers when his parents called their only “born again” relative for help. It was 1983, Cadeliña was 12, and his family was convinced that his teenage sister was possessed…