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  Bill seeks to replace colonial-era Christian marriage law in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

  A woman lawmaker in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly has introduced a private member's bill seeking to replace the province’s 154-year-old Christian marriage law with modern legislation aimed at strengthening legal protections for Christian families.

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  Pastor in India faces false charge, burned church building

  The wife of a pastor falsely named in a criminal case in India this week sought the arrest of a Sikh man suspected of setting their church building and residence ablaze on June 14, sources said.

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  WEA joins Korean church bodies opposing civil code bill over religious freedom concerns

  The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) has recently issued a strong statement opposing the Civil Code amendment bill currently pending in the Korean National Assembly, following statements by the Christian Council of Korea (CCK) on Feb. 3 and the Communion of Churches in Korea (CCIK) on Feb. 5. The WEA expressed concern that the amendment could excessively expand administrative authority over religious organizations, and that it could conflict with the freedom of religion guaranteed by the Korean

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  New book calls churches to make child protection a gospel priority

  Church leaders, theologians and child advocacy practitioners from around the world gathered online to launch God's Heart for Child Protection and Safeguarding, a new volume urging Christians to view safeguarding not as an administrative requirement but as a central expression of the gospel.

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  Christian accused of blasphemy dies in jail in Pakistan

  A 61-year-old Catholic in Pakistan suffering from advanced dementia died on Wednesday (July 1) after nearly a year in jail awaiting trial on a false blasphemy charge, sources said.

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  Exam ordered in case of kidnapped Christian girl in Pakistan

  A court in Pakistan has ordered a medical examination to determine the age of a Christian girl abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married to a Muslim, sources said.

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  Joni and Friends donates 250,000th wheelchair to Thai girl

  Global disability ministry Joni and Friends marked the distribution of its 250,000th wheelchair by presenting it to an 11-year-old Thai girl who previously relied on her mother to carry her everywhere.

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