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Christian Leader Urges Churches to Return to Personal Discipleship

BY  :  Christian Today Staff Writer   A respected Bible teacher has challenged Christian leaders across Asia to place personal discipleship back at the centre of ministry, warning that organisational success should never replace investing in the spiritual growth of individuals. Speaking at the Asia Conference on […]

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Four sentenced to death over terror attack on Nigerian church

BY  :  Staff Writer  Christian Today   Four Islamic militants who carried out a deadly terrorist attack on a Catholic church in Nigeria have been sentenced to death. Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza, Al Qasim Idris, Jamiu Abdulmalik and Abdulhaleem Idris attacked St Francis Xavier Catholic Church […]

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Syria church leader who survived kidnapping and imprisonment by ISIS receives prestigious award

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BY  :   Staff Writer  Christian Today   A Catholic Archbishop in Syria who was kidnapped and tortured by ISIS, but still speaks in favour of inter-faith dialogue and harmony, has been awarded the St John Paul II Award at a special ceremony at the Vatican. […]

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15-year-old girl killed by boyfriend was ‘spectacular young woman,’ pastor says

BY  :   Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter   Chanelle Alvarez, a 15-year-old girl who was shot dead inside her home, allegedly by her 16-year-old boyfriend on Saturday morning, was a “spectacular young woman,” according to the pastor of a church where she previously attended summer camp […]

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Pastor suffers traumatic brain injury after torture in Kyrgyzstan prison

BY  :  Christian Daily International   A pastor who has been tortured in a prison in Kyrgyzstan, according to U.N. special rapporteurs, has since suffered traumatic brain injuries that have left him cognitively impaired, according to Forum 18, a news site dedicated to reporting human rights […]

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Ngalik people in Indonesia receive complete Bible after nearly 50 years of translation by three generations of missionaries

BY  :  Vincent Matinde  Christian Daily   A small tribe in the Papua Province in Indonesia have a reason to celebrate following the release of the first complete Ngalik Bible that took nearly 50 years of laborious work done by three generations of missionaries and […]

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Daughter of jailed pastor urges prayer for Chinese church: ‘Serious

BY  :  Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter    The daughter of a prominent Chinese pastor, who was recently swept up in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) crackdown against the underground church, urged Christians not to forget about their persecuted brothers and sisters in China. “We […]

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Tehran’s Christians find both hope and hardship amid symbolic gesture

BY  :  Duncan Williams Christian Today   Tehran has inaugurated a new metro station named after the Virgin Mary, an unusual move in the Islamic Republic that has drawn both praise and criticism, as well as international attention. The Virgin Mary Station – Maryam Moghaddas in Persian – opened […]

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‘A sign of hope’: Churches destroyed by the Islamic State reopen in Iraq

BY  :  Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor   Two historic churches in Mosul, Iraq, have officially reopened after years of restoration, nearly a decade after their destruction during the Islamic State’s occupation. The reconsecration ceremonies marked a rare moment of revival for the region’s dwindling […]

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Pastor Matthew Queen is back in the pulpit after serving sentence for lying to the feds

BY  :  Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter   Seven months after receiving a six-month sentence for lying to federal investigators looking into sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention, Matthew Queen is now back in the pulpit as a pastor in Texas. Church officials were not […]

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Jerusalem bishop warns root causes of Gaza conflict unresolved

BY  :  Staff Writer  Christian Today   A bishop in Jerusalem has warned that the root causes of the Israel-Hamas conflict have yet to be addressed, despite the beginning of a ceasefire last week. Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need, William Shomali, Auxiliary […]

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Nigerian Anglicans call Sarah Mullally’s appointment as next Archbishop of Canterbury ‘double jeopardy’

BY  :  Anugrah Kumar  Christian Today   The Anglican Church of Nigeria has publicly rejected the election of a woman as the new archbishop of Canterbury, saying it marks a deeper shift by the Church of England away from biblical teaching. The appointment of Bishop […]

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