Article from IFES Word and World by Las G Newman, the former Associate General Secretary for IFES. He now serves as Global Associate Director for Regions for the Lausanne Movement.

The last 20s were known as “free-wheeling” and “carefree” and “spirit-full”, times of hope and hardship, and times of global transformation as well. What will the 2020s be like?

Trustlessness singularly marks the beginnings of the great biblical story, and there are lessons to be learned from it in relation to humankind.

Rocio Parra, one of our Cross-Current participants reports on the 2019 annual UN climate conference, COP25 in Madrid.

Singer interweaves a fabric of gripping narratives, dramatic individual fates, lawsuits, bits of history and medical ethics into a forceful imperative to rethink our convictions about life and death.

Behind the rise of populism and polarisation in Western politics and societies, experts agree that its roots are to be found in a major crisis of trust.