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  ‘Covered in the dust of the rabbi’: at ACCM2026, WEA head emphasizes discipleship happens in community

  On the evening of June 9, 2026, 210 evangelical leaders from 25 nations gathered in Manila for the opening session of the Asia Conference on Church & Mission (ACCM) 2026. Rev. Botrus Mansour, Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance, delivered the first keynote address of the conference. His message was primarily a pastoral argument, grounded in ancient Jewish practice, for why discipleship must be done in community — and what the Church loses when it forgets this.

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  Asia Conference on Church & Mission opens in Manila, calling evangelical leaders to 'Disciple or Die 3.0'

  With 210 delegates gathered from 25 nations across Asia and beyond, the Asia Conference on Church & Mission (ACCM) 2026 officially kicked off on Monday evening, June 9, at GCF South Metro in Alabang, Metro Manila.

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  A judge called them cockroaches. India’s Gen Z took it as a compliment.

  They arrived waving Indian flags and clutching schoolbooks. Many wore cockroach masks. The placards were satirical; the anger was not. On June 6, crowds gathered at Jantar Mantar as what many commentators are calling India’s first Gen Z political uprising moved from smartphone screens onto a street. Jantan Mantar is New Delhi’s designated public protest zone, historically the gathering point for the country’s largest anti-corruption and farmers’ demonstrations.

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  ‘Cow vigilantes’ get Catholics in prayer arrested in India

  Catholics in India arrested in May under Rajasthan’s new “anti-conversion law” are still trying to obtain bail from the state High Court after lower courts denied their petitions, sources said.

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  Philippine evangelical leaders sign covenant of unity amid political divisions

  Evangelical leaders in the Philippines have signed a “Covenant of Unity,” pledging to prioritize Christ-centered discipleship, avoid partisan divisions and maintain unity despite differing political views.

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  Korean churches unite in prayer for reunification of North and South, release of detained missionaries

  Dozens of churches and Christian organizations across South Korea and several countries will join a 21-day prayer campaign beginning June 5, focusing on the release of three missionaries held in North Korea and what organizers call "Gospel reunification" of the Korean Peninsula, according to Christian Daily Korea.

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  ‘Sacrilege law’ in Punjab, India further threatens Christians

  Thanks to misuse of a law against “outraging religious feelings,” a Christian pastor in Punjab state, India still cannot return home. His church is shut.

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