The church has never elected an African pope in its modern history. If it did, it would likely indicate a continuing trend of increased focus on African and Asian church members, who make up a ...

Kings and Generals. How the Modern Church Was Formed. Posted: June 20, 2025 | Last updated: June 20, 2025. How did one faith become many? In this Kings and Generals animated documentary, we ...

Rev. Esme Bowers, president of the Evangelical Alliance of South Africa and Director of Church Engagement at the World Evangelical Alliance, observed that leadership in the church must be rooted ...

Speculation swirls on an African successor to Pope Francis Church membership growing fastest on the continent Names from Ghana, Congo and Ivory Coast circulating Vatican insiders sceptical that ...

Africa was vital to Francis’s papacy — and will shape the church’s future. One in 5 of the world’s Catholics now live in Africa, and African cardinals will be key in determining Francis ...

Family Watch International and its partners gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, for a week-long conference themed ldquo;the ...

I was researching the role of the church in addressing contemporary issues such as gender-based violence, climate change, and social justice when I came across the #ChurchToo movement--and I got ...

A Pentecostal church in South Africa celebrated Easter Sunday with mass wedding ceremonies for around 3,000 people, with many of them entering into polygamous marriages. The International ...

American missionary Josh Sullivan, seen in this undated photo, was reportedly kidnapped, April 10, 2025, during a church service in Motherwell, South Africa, according to members of his Tennessee ...

Gunmen in South Africa have abducted a U.S. missionary from his church as he was delivering a sermon, police and a colleague said Friday. Pastor Josh Sullivan was abducted late Thursday at the ...