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  US & Canada Family & Children Society & Culture Health

  New study links marijuana to heart failure, echoing Christian medical professionals’ long-standing warnings against recreational use

  By Heewon Ham

  A major new study has added to a growing body of research highlighting the health risks associated with marijuana use—particularly its impact on heart function—reinforcing concerns long voiced by Christian medical professionals. As global support for recreational legalization expands and acceptance increases among Christians, some Christian leaders are urging caution, citing both emerging health data and biblical principles that call believers to sobriety and self-control, especially in protecti

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  US & Canada Society & Culture Family & Children

  'Sharing the love of Christ': Ministry targets North Texas for new food distribution facility for kids in poverty

  By The Christian Post

  The fight against child hunger has a new home in North Texas. Children’s Hunger Fund (CHF), based in California, broke ground last month on a new facility in Prosper, about 25 miles north of Dallas, where an estimated 100 million meals will eventually be distributed to local children living in poverty.

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  Latin America US & Canada Church & Missions Society & Culture

  'The arts God gave them': Héber Negrão’s vision as GEN president to see the global Church worship in its own voice

  By Timothy Goropevsek

  The Global Ethnodoxology Network (GEN) has appointed Brazilian musician and ethnomusicologist Héber Negrão as its new president, marking a significant leadership transition that reflects the rising influence of Global South perspectives in missions and theology. In an extended interview with Christian Daily International, Negrão shared how his calling to missions emerged through music, what ethnodoxology means in practice, and why culturally-rooted artistic expression is essential to a vibrant g

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  Europe Church & Missions Society & Culture

  Two letters by anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce discovered at University of Chester in England

  By Chris Eyte

  Two previously unknown letters by British politician and Christian abolitionist William Wilberforce have been unearthed in the archives of the University of Chester, shedding light on the later years of his life and ministry. The letters were penned by Wilberforce to Rev. Henry Raikes, son of his close friend Thomas Raikes, who was Governor of the Bank of England between 1797 and 1799.

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  Africa Society & Culture

  From ganglands to hope: A South African pastor unwavering crusade for peace amidst deadly gang wars

  By Ken Kagicha

  In the heart of Hanover Park, a neighborhood etched into the Cape Flats of South Africa's vibrant, yet deeply unequal, city of Cape Town, Pastor Craven Engel and his dedicated team from a local church stand as a beacon of resistance against an unrelenting tide of violence.

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  Oceania Family & Children Society & Culture

  Australian Christian Lobby renews ‘Baby Booties’ campaign to highlight babies born alive after abortion

  By Chris Eyte

  The Australian Christian Lobby is relaunching its annual “Baby Booties” campaign to draw national attention to the deaths of hundreds of babies born alive during abortion procedures—infants who are then denied medical care and left to die in hospitals across the country.