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  Asia Church & Missions

  Asian evangelical leadership forum opens in Seoul with renewed call for discipleship: 'Every season, God creates a new movement'

  By CDI Staff

  With a clear and urgent call to renew commitment to discipleship amid a rapidly changing global landscape, the Asia Evangelical Leadership Forum (AELF) officially opened Wednesday in Seoul, South Korea. Organized by the Asia Evangelical Alliance (AEA), the three-day gathering brought together approximately 100 evangelical leaders from over 20 countries across Asia for prayer, strategy, and collaboration under the theme: “Disciple or Die 2.0.”

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  Asia Religious Freedom

  Banned church in China faces closures, detentions

  By Edward Ross

  A large church in China that has regrouped and spread after authorities dismantled it in 2018 has faced renewed detentions and closures in the past few weeks, rights monitor Bitter Winter reported.

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  Asia Religious Freedom Church & Missions

  ‘Christians must sing to the [communist] party before praising Jesus’: worship restrictions intensify in China

  By CDI Staff

  Churches affiliated with China’s state-sanctioned Three-Self Patriotic Movement have effectively been required to sing a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) anthem before the closing benediction in Sunday worship services, according to recent reports. The mandate has sparked serious concern, as it is viewed not merely as a formal adjustment but as a deliberate shift intended to displace God from the center of worship and replace Him with loyalty to the Communist Party.

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  Asia Church & Missions

  Asian Evangelical Leadership Forum themed ‘Disciple or Die 2.0’ to open in South Korea, renewing urgency for mission mobilization

  By CDI Staff

  Evangelical leaders from across Asia will gather in South Korea beginning Wednesday (June 11) for the Asian Evangelical Leadership Forum (AELF), convened under the theme “Disciple or Die 2.0,” a continuation of the urgent call to discipleship and mission from earlier gatherings. Hosted at Antioch Center near Seoul, the three-day forum is organized by the Asia Evangelical Alliance (AEA) and will serve as a strategic platform for accelerating discipleship movements across the continent.

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  Asia Religious Freedom

  Court in Pakistan acquits Muslims accused in Jaranwala attacks

  By Christian Daily International / Morning Star News

  Defective police investigation resulted in the acquittal of 10 Muslims involved in burning a church building and ransacking a Christian’s home during the Aug. 16, 2023 riots in Jaranwala, Pakistan, an attorney said.

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  Asia Society & Culture

  'May the president turn division and confrontation into new hope and respect,' Christian body tells Korea's newly elected president Lee Jae-myung

  By CDI Staff

  In a public statement titled What We Expect From the New President, Rev. Kim Jong-hyuk, president of the United Christian Churches of Korea, expressed hope that the newly elected president Lee Jae-myung and the government will bring about new hope and respect in a political landscape marked by distrust, division, hatred and confrontation.