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13 Stories from the Greater Middle East and Africa From 2024

December 20, 2024

Covering tragedy, controversy, and culinary signs of hope, here is a chronological survey of Christian news from the region.

December 20, 2024

Christianity Today Stories You May Have Missed in 2024

From an elder in space to reflections on doubt, friendship, and miscarriage.

December 20, 2024

Praise and Persecution: 15 stories of Latin America in 2024

News about Christian music and the difficult relationship between some governments and the church were covered in CT’s most-read articles about the continent.

December 20, 2024

Christianity Today’s Top News Stories of 2024

From pastors ministering among gang violence in Haiti to polarization in American pews, we rank the biggest developments over the past year.

December 20, 2024

A Shiite and a Catholic Find Refuge—and Friendship—at Baptist Seminary Shelter

From war to ceasefire, two Lebanese men bond during a traumatic three months.

December 20, 2024

10 Stories about the European Church in 2024

Jürgen Moltmann passes, Russia restricts Ukrainian churches, and church planters strategize about how to start congregations on a continent that thinks it doesn’t need God.

December 20, 2024

Top 10 Biblical Archaeology Stories of 2024

From a Mediterranean shipwreck to a mosaic on display in Washington, DC, these are the discoveries that made scholars of the biblical world say “wow” this year.

December 19, 2024

Three Die in Nigerian Methodist Conflict

New interim bishop tasked with stopping the violence.

December 19, 2024

He Fled His Gaza Home. Now He Feeds His Fellow Displaced.

Those still on the ground search for hope and wrestle with their faith as war rages on.

December 18, 2024

Olivet University Loses Its License to Operate in California

The school says it will appeal the decision and remain open under a state religious exemption.

December 18, 2024

Fadi Lost His Apartment. He Won’t Let the Same Happen to His Church.

Gaza’s 700 remaining Christians face exorbitant prices, bombed apartments, and the loss of their community to violence and emigration.

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