What Determines Whether Children Stay Religious as Adults? June 4: New research found that the home is the strongest influence on whether children keep their faith into adulthood. Children who attended church weekly were more than twice as likely to attend as young adult. When they attended with both parents, the likelihood rose to 41%, compared with 29% when only one parent attended. Children from families that prayed together and said grace before meals were also much more likely to persist in their faith. (New York Post)

Wycliffe Celebrates 800th Language With Full Bible Translation June 3: Wycliffe Bible Translators is celebrating the completion of a full Bible translation in an 800th language. The milestone marks “exponential” growth: from 50 languages in the early 1800s to 100 by the late 1800s, 200 by 1950, 400 by 1998, and now 800. Wycliffe said 500 million people have gained access to the Bible in their mother tongue over the last five years. Even so, around 6,600 languages — 1.5 billion people — do not yet have a complete Bible. (Christian Today)

Philippine Evangelicals Sign Covenant to Keep Gospel Above Politics June 3: Evangelical leaders in the Philippines have signed a Covenant of Unity, pledging to keep Christ-centered discipleship above partisan politics and to preserve fellowship despite differing political views. Citing Jesus’ prayer in John 17:21 that believers “may all be one,” the covenant affirms that Christian unity does not require uniformity of opinion, but calls on church leaders to avoid slander and engage in respectful dialogue rooted in biblical principles. (Christian Daily)

Young Adults in Spain Showing Renewed Interest in Catholicism June 2: Young adults in Spain are showing fresh interest in Catholicism, with youth movements, spiritual retreats, adoration gatherings, and community-centered ministries drawing many nonpracticing youth — including 13,300 baptisms of people older than 7. It’s a promising development in an otherwise secular picture: while most Spaniards were raised Catholic, less than half still identify with it, and weekly Mass attendance remains low. (RNS)

Scientists Propose Possible Origins of Euphrates River June 2: New research suggests the Euphrates — named in Genesis as one of Eden’s rivers and cited more than 50 times in the Bible — formed when two giant prehistoric rivers from Turkey eventually merged after tectonic changes between 3.6 million and 1.6 million years ago. The discovery provides a geological connection to one of Scripture’s most prominent rivers, which is prophesied in Revelation 16:12 to dry up prior to Armageddon. (New York Post)

“Something Shifting” in Denmark as Youth Show More Interest in Faith June 1: A new Danish Bible Society survey of 3,000 people found remarkable openness to faith among young adults in famously secular Denmark. Nearly half of 16-to-30-year-olds (49%) said there is definitely or probably a God or higher power, compared with 39% of the rest of the population. About 41% of young adults want to learn more about the Bible, versus 22% overall, and 26% attended church, compared with 10% of others. (Evangelical Focus)

Egypt Grants More Churches Legal Status, but Many Concerns Remain May 31: Egypt has granted legal recognition to 191 more churches and affiliated facilities, bringing the total approved since the 2016 Church Construction Law to 3,804. The law shifted authority over church buildings from security agencies to provincial governors, requiring various fees and compliances. Advocates welcomed the approvals but said discrimination concerns remain, including the recent rejection of a petition to make Easter a national holiday. (Christianity Daily)

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