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NASHVILLE – As the books closed on the latest fiscal year, receipts for the two Southern Baptist national annual missions offerings underscored the value Southern Baptist churches place on reaching the world with the gospel. The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® (LMCO) totaled $212.5 million to support International Mission Board (IMB) missionaries, and the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering® (AAEO) reached $73.6 million to support the North American Mission Board’s (NAMB) church planting, compassion ministry and other evangelistic efforts to reach North America. IMB President Paul Chitwood said he…

Just before dawn every school day, Demitilla Namagembe, 14, gathers her notebooks, pens, and pencils in her backpack as she prepares to leave her home in Kakamega, in western Kenya. She treks for 3.5 miles along the dusty streets until she arrives at Makunga Secondary School. Demitilla told CT going to school is her longest Read more... The post African Christians Affirm Dignity of Terminally Ill Teens appeared first on Christianity Today.

The Trump administration abruptly reversed its controversial plan to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, igniting a fierce debate.

In 2018, two Christian brothers were sentenced to death over allegations of blasphemy. After about a decade of fighting for their freedom, one brother was acquitted by Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Oct. 7. The other brother, however, is still on death row. According to Section 295-C of the country’s penal code in Section 295-C, blasphemy… The post Christian’s Death Sentence Upheld in Pakistan first appeared on International Christian Concern.

JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Two Sudanese pastors at a refugee camp in South Sudan have been facing death threats since an attack by Muslim extremists earlier this year, sources said. The concerns of the two pastors from Sudan’s Darfur Region heightened on Sept. 25, when a man lingered for about 30 minutes outside […] The post Pastors Face Death Threats in Refugee Camp in South Sudan appeared first on Morningstar News.

CHICAGO (AP) — Catholics in Chicago and around the world met the news of Leo's lung cancer diagnosis with shock, concern and support for the 71-year-old, whose candor around his health broke with the Vatican's tendency to be tight-lipped around papal health.

After 56 years, today is the last day of my full-time journalistic career. It began in June 1970 when I interned with The Boston Globe, and continued in Oregon, Texas, New York, North Carolina, and Texas again. Along the way, I’ve written freelance articles for 450 publications and was editor in chief of two: World (1994–2021) and Christianity Today (2025–2026). Read more... The post From Editor Marvin Olasky: A Farewell to CT Readers appeared first on Christianity Today.