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  • May 23, 2020
    Removal of top missionary official in Brazil 'is major blow for Bolsonaro'

    Ricardo Lopes Dias, an evangelical missionary, was appointed head of the Uncontacted Indians’ Unit of the Indigenous Affairs Agency in February.

  • January 22, 2019
    Missionary investigated over allegedly entering land of uncontacted Brazilian tribe

    Uncontacted tribes can be wiped out by diseases like influenza and measles to which they have no resistance. 

  • October 31, 2013
    David Livingstone's legacy in contemporary London

    In the bi-centenary of David Livingstone's birth, Harecourt United Reformed Church is hosting an evening of conversation to reflect on the legacy of 19th century mission on contemporary London.

  • June 14, 2013
    A mission to end poverty and oppression

    Muff, County Donegal, near Derry, Ireland - A gathering of returned missionaries at the Island of Saints and Scholars Centre (IOSAS) recalled the long tradition of Irish people leaving families and friends and going overseas, for life, to bring the Gospel message of God's love and to build up the community of justice and faith.

  • February 5, 2013
    Books and journals available: Mission studies, Africa and more

    Collections of books on anthropology, new religious movements, the history of Christian mission, various regions in Africa and Asia, and related subjects are being offered to interested libraries, institutions or individuals.

  • November 8, 2012
    Scottish government pledges more money for Malawi

    The Scottish Government has announced at least £1.2 million to kick start vital projects next year that will help communities in Malawi out of poverty.

  • October 18, 2012
    Redeeming Christianity from the margins

    Ekklesia's Simon Barrow will be the keynote speaker at LGCM's annual meeting in London on Saturday 27 October. His theme will be 'Redeeming Christianity from the Margins'.

  • June 14, 2012
    In praise of messiness in writing history

    Missionaries in Palestine during the period from the First World War until the Israeli declaration of the state and the connected Palestinian Nakba of 1948 were determined, they continually argued, to stay out of the controversy and not take sides, Dr Michael Marten reminds us. But what do concepts of 'neutrality', 'fairness' and 'respect' mean in the midst of conflict, in complex lesions of history and in its writing? Tidiness may be convenient but damaging to both truthfulness and the search for justice.

  • January 25, 2012
    Mission studies, mission history, and the language of religious conversion

    the most appropriate usage of the term ‘religious conversion’ seems to be – at best – as a descriptor of certain historical attempts to pursue a particular strategy of Christianisation, says Dr Michael Marten. In this form it is best put behind us, but it raises important questions about the contested nature of Christianity and its mission(s).

  • March 31, 2011
    Brain drain destroying Nepal's health prospects, says pioneer

    Competition for cheap doctors from health-rich nations, including Britain, is threatening the future of one of the world’s poorest countries.