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  Report highlights role of short-term trips, church apprenticeships in long-term mission

  Short-term mission placements and church apprenticeships can help prepare people for long-term gospel ministry, according to a report published by mission agency Crosslinks.

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  Puerto Rico holds six days of prayer for families and the island's future

  Christians across Puerto Rico are gathering this week for six days of prayer for families, churches and the future of the island, a U.S. territory in the Caribbean.

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  Argentine evangelical congress gathers 500 leaders to strengthen support for children and families

  About 500 pastors, leaders and ministry representatives met Sept. 12 at Ríos de Vida Church in Quilmes, Argentina, for the First Congress on Childhood, Adolescence, Family and Education, organized by the Christian Alliance of Evangelical Churches of the Argentine Republic (ACIERA), according to a recent report on the gathering.

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  Evangelical churches in Argentina honor police work, offer spiritual support

  With a day of recognition and prayer for police officers and their families, the Christian Alliance of Evangelical Churches of the Argentine Republic (ACIERA) brought its "Iglesia Presente" ("Church Present") program to Berisso. According to the alliance, the event took place Sept. 11 at the municipal campground and focused on the personal, family and spiritual needs of those who work in security.

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  Costa Rican Evangelical Alliance asks opposition lawmaker to identify pastor who allegedly offered votes for money

  The Costa Rican Evangelical Alliance Federation (Federación Alianza Evangélica Costarricense, FAEC) has asked opposition lawmaker Abril Gordienko to identify the Christian pastor who, she said publicly, offered her 42,000 votes in exchange for 420 million colones (about $940,000) during the most recent election campaign.

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  Peru's president unveils school reform to remove content her government considers ideological

  Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori unveiled an education reform Sept. 14 that would update the national school curriculum and remove content her government considers ideological.

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  More than 300 baptized at Methodist gathering in eastern Cuba

  More than 300 people were baptized at a gathering of the Methodist Church in Cuba's Guantánamo District, according to Luzvisión Noticias, which described the event as historic. Bishop Ricardo Pereira and Superintendent Roelvis Gaínza led the ceremony, which drew hundreds of families.

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