Bill to outlaw child marriages advances in Pakistan
A bill to criminalize child marriages in Punjab Province, Pakistan made significant headway on Wednesday (June 5) when the Standing Committee of the Cabinet on Law approved the legislation.
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We are fearfully and wonderfully made so how do we learn to love our bodies?
We are embodied beings and rarely are we satisfied with the bodies we have, especially so for young people in affluent societies. We need to do all we can to care for our bodies as part of our care for all creation, while growing in our understanding of what God says about our physical being.
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Five practices to help children heal from trauma
Children around the world experience all kinds of trauma in their contexts, no more so than those in conflict zones. Help children to heal from trauma is a much needed ministry. Specialist care is best but if it is not available here are some basic practices that can be of great benefit.
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It may be easier than we think to raise resilient children
Parenting today can seem overly complex. Trusting God for the best outcome is essential and applying well proven principles can also help create resilient children. Using the 4 S's is a simple system that can boost every parent's ability to set their children up for success in life.
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Christian migrants fear for the spiritual wellbeing of their children
One hundred years ago, Europeans were trying to convert Africans to Christianity. Today, Africans are worried that Europeans will make their children convert from Christianity to secularism. The challenge is very real and not enough is being done to address it.
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Facing low birth rates, decline in youth, Korean mission movement strategizes how to raise the next generation of missionaries
By CDI StaffOne of the major challenges facing the Korean church is the issue of "revival of the next generation" and "faith succession," which is also becoming a significant issue in the field of overseas missions. As the number of young people in churches decreases, mobilizing them as missionary resources to ensure the continuity of Korean missions has become an increasingly urgent issue.
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'New Generation of Evangelists' holds festival, brings hope to El Salvador
By CDI StaffThe New Generation of Evangelists of the Luis Palau Association, held an evangelistic festival at the Simeón Magaña stadium in western El Salvador.
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Churches failing to address fatherlessness 'epidemic,' warns expert: 'The devil makes it more complicated than it is'
“My dad came home, an alcoholic in a drunken rage … my mother was in a panic, she went over to the neighbor's house and got the cops to come. They showed up, my dad took me and threw me across the room to the cops,” Teis told The Christian Post in a sit-down interview.
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Alarm as 372 children kidnapped in Nigeria, Mozambique in one week
By Ken KagichaSchools are increasingly becoming a target of abductions in some parts of Africa triggering concerns over the violent expansion of radical groups and the safety of school-going children. In a span of 10 days in early March 2024, 372 children were reportedly kidnapped in Nigeria and Mozambique by armed men suspected to be either bandits involved in the herder-farmer conflicts or Islamist militants.
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Christians fearing forced marriages in Pakistan find hope
The Lahore High Court’s recent directive to strictly enforce anti-child marriage laws has raised hope among Pakistan’s Christians of some protection against their underage girls being forced to convert to Islam and wed their kidnappers, sources said.
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Forum panel talks about necessary paradigm shift from orphanages to family-based care
On the third day of the World Without Orphans global forum that is currently taking place in Chiang Mai, Thailand, a panel discussion highlighted a central issue the orphan care movement is wrestling with today: the need to move away from institutionalized care in orphanages and finding solutions that ensure children grow up in permanent families.
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Most people come to faith between ages 4 and 14, but 'theological education hasn’t done enough to focus on next gen'
Lucy Kajidori, leader of the International Council of Evangelical Theological Education's (ICETE) Impact Team on Children and Families, spoke with Christian Daily International about the urgent need to integrate ministry to children more deeply into theological education. She shared how the initiative began, what gaps exist, and what the group hopes to achieve.
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