A Muslim couple in Pakistan’s Punjab province forcibly converted a 13-year-old Christian girl to Islam so that she could work as a cook in their kitchen and touch utensils and food items. Now they are refusing to allow her to
Around the world, COVID-19 has pushed more families into crisis, leaving children vulnerable to separation from their family. At the same time, pressure on national governments to reform the way they care for vulnerable children—from institutions to care within a
When a 9-year-old girl offered me sex in return for flip flops, I knew life would never be the same. Yes, sadly, you read that right. She made the offer when I innocently bought her some flip flops – and
The Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) will launch the inaugural Flourishing Schools Institute (FSi)— a new professional development opportunity for school leaders who want to transform their school culture to flourish. More than 300 Christian educators will converge on
The Home Office has listened to the appeals of the Church of Scotland and others, and told a 13-year-old orphan he can stay in the UK permanently. Giorgi Kakava, who lived with the threat of deportation for 10 years, said
For London-based Equipping People Church, if churches want to reach and engage young adults, they have to focus on four key areas. Equipping People Church is a thriving church in south London. Pastor Akinola Abiona has seen the church grow,
The Infancy Working Group (GTI) of the Spanish Evangelical Alliance has presented a Protocol for Child Protection. The document aims to raise awareness of the need to protect and care for minors in the ministerial and ecclesial environment, giving evangelical churches and entities the tools
The mentorship programme Cross-Current has conducted a study among 350 Christian graduates over the past four years. Many have “a strong desire to apply biblical integrity and virtues to their work” but they face “real challenges”. Young Christian professionals in
Christians have been warning for years about the sexualisation of school children. The fact is, the sex education industry needs to take its share of the blame because it is obsessed with explicitness and hostile to the Christian sexual ethic. They