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Tens of thousands across six continents joined in prayer for IFES World Student Day 2025
Almost 30,000 people from more than 130 countries and territories united in prayer for “Immeasurably More” of God’s work in the world’s universities and colleges on Oct. 16. On World Student Day (WSD), a wave of global intercession started in the Pacific and swept across the global to the Americas. -
Orphan Sunday 2025 to rally churches around the world for children and families in need
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Kenyan Christian leaders call out corruption, appeal for integrity during funeral of former PM Raila Odinga
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‘We are the Anglican Communion’: Gafcon rejects authority of Archbishop of Canterbury
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Sudan separates, deports South Sudanese women and children
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Report urges Mozambique to reconsider proposed religious regulation law amidst growing persecution of Christians
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Global Methodist Church surpasses 6,000 congregations worldwide
The Global Methodist Church (GMC), a denomination formed in 2022 as a conservative alternative to the United Methodist Church (UMC), announced it has grown to include more than 6,000 congregations across multiple nations. -

Persecution of Christians globally worsens significantly, rights leaders say
Persecution of Christians worldwide has increased significantly in both quantity and intensity, human rights experts in Berlin, Germany said on Wednesday (Oct. 15). -

Thousands of students to unite in prayer for IFES World Student Day 2025: 'Heartwarming event amid global division and uncertainty'
Students and campus groups are preparing for IFES World Student Day 2025 on Thursday (Oct. 16), which marks the 50th anniversary of the movement’s global prayer days. Organized by the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), the annual global event invites students, ministry staff, supporters, and churches to unite in prayer for students and local IFES ministry in more than 180 countries and territories. -

Nigerian evangelicals call for repentance and integrity as nation marks 65 years of independence
As Nigeria celebrated its 65th Independence anniversary, one of the country’s foremost evangelical leaders called for a “time of sober reflection,” urging church leaders to see their spiritual calling as inseparable from the destiny of the nation and to speak prophetically to its moral and social crises. -

Jihadists in Mozambique kill Christians, burn homes and churches
Jihadists with the Islamic State Mozambique Province (ISMP) shot to death or beheaded at least 11 Christians and burned more than 130 homes in northern Mozambique in September, according to terrorism monitors. -

Cameroon evangelicals urge peace and integrity as Biya, 92, seeks reelection after four decades in power
As Cameroonians prepare to head to the polls on Sunday (Oct. 12) for a high-stakes presidential election, the nation’s evangelical leaders have issued an urgent appeal for peace, integrity, and God-fearing leadership in a country strained by decades of political tension and multiple armed conflicts. -

Nigeria’s Anglican Church breaks from Church of England over appointment of newly elected same-sex affirming Archbishop of Canterbury
Nigeria’s Anglican Primate, Archbishop Henry Ndukuba, has declared that the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, is severing her spiritual ties and can no longer recognize the leadership of the Church of England or its newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, Dame Sarah Mullally, describing her election as “insensitive and devastating” for the global Anglican Communion.
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Evangelical Alliance in Germany expands its 1946 confession of guilt toward the Jewish people, asks for forgiveness