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  Mass worship celebration event with 500 evangelical churches held in France

  Nearly 500 evangelical churches organised 85 united worship gatherings simultaneously across France last month. The widely supported event led by Conseil National des Évangéliques de France (CNEF), the leading evangelical alliance in France, aimed for a nationwide day of celebrating the gospel.

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  American Bible Society: Scripture engagement drives loving and generous behavior

  More Bible reading results in a greater level of loving and generous behavior, according to the just-released eighth chapter of the 15th annual State of the Bible report by the American Bible Society.

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  Major new report maps how the world engages with the Bible

  The Bible Society has unveiled a sweeping analysis of how culture, religion, politics and economics shape engagement with Scripture across the globe. The Patmos Typology Report, developed with the United Bible Societies and built on Gallup’s data science, examines 85 countries and territories across seven 'missiological clusters' that reveal current opportunities and barriers for Bible work.

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  UMC passes amendment allowing regional conferences to maintain biblical views on marriage, sexuality

  The United Methodist Church will allow regions of the global body to maintain biblical standards on sexual ethics, following the denomination's vote last year to remove such rules.

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  Mission to Seafarers prepares global outreach to bring Christmas cheer to sailors far from home

  The Mission to Seafarers (MtS) is preparing major outreach efforts to support sailors spending Christmas far from home. Founded in 1856, the Christian welfare charity provides practical, emotional, and spiritual care to maritime workers. More than 1.89 million seafarers transport 90 percent of the world’s trade, often enduring long months away from family. 

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  Honduran evangelicals pledge prayer and vigilance for democracy ahead of elections

  Representatives of the Honduran evangelical Church have pledged to remain in “vigilance and prayer” for democracy as the country prepares for general elections on Nov. 30. Evangelical congregations coordinated under the Association of Pastors of Tegucigalpa have mobilized across all 18 departments of the country, according to Hondudiario.

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  Construction begins for U.K.’s Eternal Wall of Answered prayer

  Construction to build a monument claimed to be the largest Christian landmark in the U.K. — the Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer — is going ahead this week. The Eternal Wall design is a giant white infinity ribbon loop known as a Möbius strip, comprised of a million bricks. It has neither a beginning or end and reaches 51.5 meters [169 feet] upwards into the sky, with a diameter of 80 meters [262 feet].

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