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Today's International Day for the Eradication of Poverty highlights need to tackle institutional maltreatment

Global Society & Culture Family & Children Church & Missions

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Today (Oct.17) the United Nations (UN) marks International Day for the Eradication of Poverty with a theme, “Ending Social and Institutional Maltreatment Acting together for just, peaceful and inclusive societies.” The day gives a moment to reflect on the experiences of people in poverty, according to a UN statement, and think of practical applications to implement sustainable development goals to “promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies.”

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Christians are squeezed like never before in the Middle East and North Africa

Middle East Religious Freedom

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While some parts of the world experience horrific terrorism and abuse of Christians, churches have the opportunity to make the biggest difference for religious freedom in the world today. In this second part of a series on religious freedom, our attention turns to North Africa and the Middle East.
The light of Bethlehem still shines brightly in the midst of crisis and suffering

Middle East Church & Missions Family & Children Society & Culture Religious Freedom

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Bethlehem remains a symbol of hope, resilience, and God’s enduring promise. The Palestinian Christian community are reflecting Jesus' light to those around them: comforting the hurting, loving the broken, and proclaiming peace where there is strife; so that the light that shone from the manger in their city, Bethlehem, will continue to shine through them to the world.
The plight of Christians in Syria is a call for urgent global attention.

Middle East Church & Missions Religious Freedom Society & Culture

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Let us all remember our Syrian brothers and sisters in faith this Christmas. Pray with them in solidarity, that their hope will be strengthened as they endure immense challenges.
Tourism, war, and healing: finding new purpose amid uncertainty in Palestine

Middle East Opinion Society & Culture Family & Children Religious Freedom

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Lilly Nassar, a mother of three in Bethlehem, Palestine, has had her career as a Holy Land tour operator ruptured by pandemic and war. Undeterred, she is studying for a new career and finding new ways to share her love for her precious homeland.

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Middle East Society & Culture Church & Missions

Amid ongoing war in Gaza, evangelicals from Israel, Palestine, Jordan & Lebanon meet in Amman, seeking unity with prayers & tears

By Timothy Goropevsek

In the first week of September, more than one hundred evangelical Christians from Israel, the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, Lebanon and Jordan came together for three days in Amman under the theme “That They May Be One”. Hosted by the Alliance of Evangelical Councils in Jordan and the Holy Land, the extraordinary meeting was overshadowed by the ongoing war in Gaza, the mourning for fellow Christians killed in the conflict and the struggle with the reality that many in the global Church
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Middle East Religious Freedom

Countries with religious rights violations rarely sanctioned

By Edward Ross

In the 25 years since the U.S. State Department has designated countries with the worst records of religious rights violations as “Countries of Particular Concern (CPC),” it has applied sanctions related only to those violations just three times, according to a new report.
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Middle East Asia Religious Freedom

Elderly Christian’s conviction in Iran reveals judiciary defects

By Edward Ross

The conviction of an elderly Christian in Iran for attending a house church shows how the Islamist regime politicizes religious activity, according to leaked cases of 327 Christians charged with crimes related to their faith.
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Middle East Asia

Leaked documents show how Iran targets Christian converts

By Edward Ross

Leaked cases of more than 300 Christians in Iran charged with crimes related to their faith show how the vast majority, converts from Islam, are targeted, a rights watchdog reports.
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Global Society & Culture

Christian bio-ethicist laments online abuse of Olympic boxers, calls out lack of understanding of intersex individuals

By Chris Eyte

Women athletes with differences in chromosomes must be treated with far more dignity in the sports world, according to a renowned Christian bio-ethicist, following controversial and unmerited criticism of two female boxers at the Paris Olympics 2024. In an Opinion Piece for Christian Daily International, Prof. Gareth Jones, Emeritus Professor of Anatomy at New Zealand’s University of Otago, gave his informed thoughts after the International Boxing Association (IBA) disqualified the women last ye
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Global Religious Freedom

Grassroots advocacy centers plan key for new president of 21Wilberforce

By Chris Eyte

Wissam al-Saliby never dreamed of leaving his beloved country of Lebanon, but the call from God to help the persecuted church was strong.

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Election losses in 2024 set back the Hindu extremist agenda, but the Hindutva movement remains powerful

Asia Religious Freedom

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While some parts of the world experience horrific terrorism and abuse of Christians, churches have the opportunity to make the biggest difference for religious freedom in the world today. In this third part of a series on religious freedom, our attention turns to South Asia.
Displaced Christians in Sudan sentenced to prison

Africa Religious Freedom

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'The priority is to reflect biblical theologies': Interview with Samuel Pagán about the faithfulness of the NIV

Latin America Church & Missions

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Churches and Christian bodies across India mark 76th Republic Day with prayers and hope

Asia Church & Missions

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Renewed tensions between regional and national leadership put unity of Church of Pakistan at risk

Asia Church & Missions

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Repositioning missions and pursuing purpose as primary

Oceania Church & Missions

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Middle East

Today's International Day for the Eradication of Poverty highlights need to tackle institutional maltreatment

Egyptian archeologists discover fortress, sword possibly from Pharaoh during Exodus period

Arab-Israeli Christian says believers should remember Jesus saying: 'my Kingdom is not of this world'

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Christian woman in Iran suffering in custody, relatives say

Overcoming brokenness, finding forgiveness & pursuing reconciliation, a thought-provoking evening session at Lausanne 4

Generation Z values deep friendship and long-term, reliable church leaders, according to Lausanne 4 panel

Senior Lausanne figure calls on leadership to publicly acknowledge anguish of Palestinians intensified by apology

Egyptian professor calls on Lausanne 4 participants: 'It is time we restored the lost art of church discussions'

Opinion

Christians are squeezed like never before in the Middle East and North Africa

The light of Bethlehem still shines brightly in the midst of crisis and suffering

The plight of Christians in Syria is a call for urgent global attention.

Tourism, war, and healing: finding new purpose amid uncertainty in Palestine

Latest

Amid ongoing war in Gaza, evangelicals from Israel, Palestine, Jordan & Lebanon meet in Amman, seeking unity with prayers & tears

Countries with religious rights violations rarely sanctioned

Elderly Christian’s conviction in Iran reveals judiciary defects

Leaked documents show how Iran targets Christian converts

Christian bio-ethicist laments online abuse of Olympic boxers, calls out lack of understanding of intersex individuals

Grassroots advocacy centers plan key for new president of 21Wilberforce

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Election losses in 2024 set back the Hindu extremist agenda, but the Hindutva movement remains powerful

Displaced Christians in Sudan sentenced to prison

'The priority is to reflect biblical theologies': Interview with Samuel Pagán about the faithfulness of the NIV

Churches and Christian bodies across India mark 76th Republic Day with prayers and hope

Renewed tensions between regional and national leadership put unity of Church of Pakistan at risk

Repositioning missions and pursuing purpose as primary

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