New international research is finding that young adults are now reporting the lowest levels of wellbeing, even as religious practice emerges as a powerful predictor of flourishing. Together, the Global Flourishing Study and Gallup’s global polling point to a decade-long rise in unhappiness and a surprising protective role for regular worship attendance. The Global Flourishing Study
In recent months, a cluster of Catholic and evangelical ministries has published fresh resources on guardian angels, reflecting renewed efforts to explain what the Bible and Christian tradition do—and do not—teach about angelic protection. Across these resources, teachers point first to passages such as Psalm 91:11–12, which speaks of God giving angels charge over his people,
Christian advocates and human rights analysts are warning that a new Iranian “anti-infiltration” bill, framed as a defence against foreign espionage, could significantly expand the state’s ability to criminalise ordinary contact between Iranian Christians and churches, ministries and media abroad. Iran’s parliament has approved the general outlines of a 33-article draft law officially described as a
Armed gang members stormed a Protestant church compound being used as a shelter for displaced families in the hillside town of Kenscoff, southeast of Haiti's capital, killing at least 47 people and kidnapping more than 50 others, according to United Nations and local officials. The overnight assault from August 23 to 24 turned the once quiet
On a 38-acre parcel on Omaha’s west side, the Tri-Faith Initiative is marking two decades since Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders committed to live as neighbors and build a shared campus where a synagogue, church, mosque and interfaith center would stand side by side. The site, known as the Tri-Faith Commons near 132nd and Pacific streets,
New national surveys of younger Americans suggest that far from abandoning books, Gen Z is leaning back into print and rediscovering local libraries as key places to find and enjoy reading. The findings, published by Portland State University researchers Kathi Inman Berens and Rachel Noorda and supported by an American Library Association study, complicate cultural
A new UK-wide poll commissioned for Marriage Week suggests that, despite falling marriage rates and the normalization of cohabitation, most young adults still see marriage as the clearest way to signal lifelong commitment. The survey, carried out by polling firm OnePoll for the UK charity Marriage Foundation, questioned 2,000 unmarried adults aged 18 to 30 across
Recent features from regional and national outlets have drawn renewed attention to the role Christian faith has played in Dolly Parton’s public life, describing how the country legend’s joy, creativity and generosity flow from daily prayer and a deep trust in God. Profiles this week from the Knoxville News Sentinel and an updated AL.com interview
Christian advocacy group Open Doors has warned of escalating violence targeting church leaders and congregations in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, after multiple killings, kidnappings and attacks in recent months amid the wider civil war. One of the most recent incidents involved Episcopal pastor Adel Idris Jongool, who was shot and killed on 24 July
Kid Rock says his next studio release will be a faith-based album arriving this fall, describing the project as a spiritual milestone he felt “called” to make while insisting he is “still Kid Rock” even as his public embrace of Christianity grows more visible. The announcement came in a video posted to his social media accounts