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  Africa Asia Church & Missions

  ‘Disciple-making cannot be optional’: Asia Evangelical Leadership Forum urges churches to embrace Jesus’ final command

  By CDI Staff

  As church growth stagnates in many parts of the world, evangelical leaders at the Asia Evangelical Leadership Forum (AELF) in Seoul issued a clear call to return to the core mandate of the Christian faith: making disciples.

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  Asia Church & Missions

  ‘He doesn’t call us to perform—he calls us to follow’: Sri Lankan leader challenges Asian evangelicals at Seoul forum

  By CDI Staff

  At the opening ceremony of the Asia Evangelical Leadership Forum (AELF), Sri Lankan evangelical leader Jerome Yasodan Rasiah delivered a passionate and challenging address, calling on Asian church leaders to embrace the call of discipleship with radical obedience, daily renewal, and gospel-centered innovation.

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  Asia Church & Missions

  Photos from opening day of Asia Evangelical Leadership Forum in Seoul

  By CDI Staff

  A selection of photos from the opening session of the Asia Evangelical Leadership Forum on June 11 in Seoul, South Korea, on the theme “Disciple or Die 2.” The event, hosted by the Asia Evangelical Alliance, brought together about 100 leaders from over 20 countries for a three-day working forum focused on renewing the Church’s commitment to discipleship.

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  Asia Church & Missions

  Asian evangelical leadership forum opens in Seoul with renewed call for discipleship: 'Every season, God creates a new movement'

  By CDI Staff

  With a clear and urgent call to renew commitment to discipleship amid a rapidly changing global landscape, the Asia Evangelical Leadership Forum (AELF) officially opened Wednesday in Seoul, South Korea. Organized by the Asia Evangelical Alliance (AEA), the three-day gathering brought together approximately 100 evangelical leaders from over 20 countries across Asia for prayer, strategy, and collaboration under the theme: “Disciple or Die 2.0.”

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  Asia Religious Freedom Church & Missions

  ‘Christians must sing to the [communist] party before praising Jesus’: worship restrictions intensify in China

  By CDI Staff

  Churches affiliated with China’s state-sanctioned Three-Self Patriotic Movement have effectively been required to sing a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) anthem before the closing benediction in Sunday worship services, according to recent reports. The mandate has sparked serious concern, as it is viewed not merely as a formal adjustment but as a deliberate shift intended to displace God from the center of worship and replace Him with loyalty to the Communist Party.

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  Europe US & Canada Church & Missions

  ‘Christian nationalism corrupts the gospel’: Jeff Fountain tells Swiss evangelicals

  By Chris Eyte

  Christian nationalism is not biblical and poses a threat to the gospel and the Church’s witness, delegates heard at the annual Assembly of Delegates of the Swiss Evangelical Alliance (Schweizerische Evangelische Allianz/SEA), held in May 2025. Speaking at the event was Jeff Fountain, former European director of Youth With a Mission (YWAM) and current director of the Schuman Centre for European Studies in Amsterdam. In his keynote address, Fountain challenged the rising influence of Christian nat