What you need to know: JB Kazoora was widely celebrated for his Runyankore-Rukiga liturgical music and had composed more than 1,000 songs, including over 600 liturgical hymns in Runyankore-Rukiga and ...

Tracing the journey from 19th-century modest mission stations to today’s vibrant local institutions, the observance of Ascension Day is a testament to how Christianity transitioned from a colonial ...

For several years when my aunt, English teacher Linda Haynes, was the music leader at my hometown Methodist church, she often prefaced hymns with accounts of how they came to be. Those stories always ...

A California pastor’s book confronts the painful parts of Christian history but points to the healing power of the gospel.

In November 2023, on a Sunday morning in Embu, central Kenya, a church sanctuary came alive with the sounds of women’s voices singing in harmony and the Nearly half of East African women experience ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

From surviving the streets of Lubumbashi to filling stadiums in Abidjan, Chris Ndikumana has built Kanguka into a digital prayer empire that counts Samuel Eto’o and heads of state among its flock.

Pope Leo XIV departed Equatorial Guinea on Thursday afternoon, concluding an 11-day tour of four African nations that blended pastoral connection with pointed calls for justice, leaving behind both ...

Tucked away in the rural outskirts of KwaMaphumulo, the Ikhaya Labafundi mission — meaning “home of the disciples” — has become both a place of devotion and a focal point of national concern, drawing ...

Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic recovery from successive global shocks is losing momentum, with growth projections for 2026 revised downward from those published in October 2025. Spillovers from the ...

An AMERICAN EXPERIENCE collection featuring a selection of films documenting the African American Experience — along with articles, digital shorts and original features exploring America’s continued ...

The UK’s biggest new Christian & Gospel single releases by British artists, based on UK audio and video streams, downloads, CDs and vinyl, compiled by the Official Charts Company. All songs are under ...