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  'A Church broad but shallow cannot stand': Vijayesh Lal urges leaders at AICOCIM to return to deep discipleship

  The opening keynote of the All India Congress on Church in Mission (AICOCIM) became a wide-ranging call to action Monday afternoon (Sept. 15) as Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) General Secretary Vijayesh Lal urged nearly 450 Christian leaders to embrace surrender, courage, and Spirit-guided imagination to meet the challenges of this moment in history.

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  AICOCIM 2025 opens in India, calls Church to faithfulness in challenging times

  The All India Congress on Church in Mission (AICOCIM) opened Monday in Nagpur with a strong call for unity, courage, and renewed obedience as the Indian Church navigates a time of cultural, legal, and spiritual challenge.

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  ‘AI will not love you, AI will not cry with you’: COICOM panel warns Church of technology’s limits

  Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant concept for the Church but a pressing reality that demands attention. That was the message of a panel at the 2025 Congress of the Ibero-American Confederation of Communicators, Pastors, and Christian Leaders (COICOM) held in Honduras last week, where ministry and technology experts explored both the promise and perils of AI for faith communities.

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  Dr. Mynor Vargas appointed new chairman of COICOM’s board of directors

  The Ibero-American Confederation of Communicators, Pastors, and Christian Leaders (COICOM) has announced the appointment of Pastor Dr. Mynor Vargas as its new Chairman of the Board. The decision was made last week in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, during a board meeting held immediately after the closing of the organization’s 33rd International Congress.

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  Erika Kirk vows to carry on Charlie’s mission: ‘The movement my husband built will not die’

  In an impassioned speech two days after her husband was assassinated on a college campus in Utah, Erika Kirk vowed to carry on her husband’s mission at Turning Point USA and to spread the Gospel and “make Heaven crowded.”

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  From Punjab to the World: Indian evangelist Sadhu Sundar Singh’s legacy continues to shape global Christianity

  Sadhu Sundar Singh, the barefoot Indian evangelist remembered for bridging Indian spirituality and Christian discipleship, continues to speak relevantly to the global Church nearly a century after his death. That was the central message of a two-day international webinar where scholars and church leaders from different parts of the world revisited his theological legacy and what it offers to Christians today.

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  ‘Being a celebrity kills you’: Marco Barrientos calls for end to toxic celebrity culture in church at COICOM 2025

  In one of the most candid moments of the COICOM 2025 congress, Mexican singer and pastor Marco Barrientos called for an end to what he described as a growing “celebrity culture” in the evangelical church, warning that it carries dangerous spiritual and emotional consequences.

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