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  Taiwanese Pastor Hui Lan Wu encourages greater inclusion of women and young leaders in missions at COALA3.0

  Taiwanese pastor Hui Lan Wu, a younger voice in global missions leadership, brought a fresh perspective to COALA3.0 this year. In an interview with Christian Daily International, she encouraged greater inclusion of women, young people, and Chinese-speaking congregations in the future of global missions collaboration.

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  Global terrorist violence remains greatest in the Sahel, report says

  The Sahel continued as the region where most terrorist violence occurred in 2024, with Burkina Faso again the country with the most killings while Niger shot from 10th to fifth worst in the world, according to the 2025 Global Terrorism Index (GTI).

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  COALA3.0 plenary stresses church-centered mission, next-gen leadership, and migrant-driven mission

  The COALA3.0 conference continued on Monday afternoon (April 28) with its third plenary session, focusing on "Networking with the Rest of the Global Church," as leaders emphasized the need for deeper collaboration across continents, generations, and cultural divides.

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  Mutuality in Mission: Second COALA3.0 plenary highlights shared responsibility in the Majority World

  As the COALA3.0 conference continued on Monday morning (April 28), three mission leaders explored "Mutuality in the Majority World," a theme emphasizing interdependence, reciprocity, and shared leadership in global missions.

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  COALA3.0: Second-day plenary on 'building common ground' emphasizes unity, humility, and trust in missions

  Fifty leaders from across the Global South gathered Monday morning (April 28) for the first plenary of the second day at COALA3.0, the Christ over Asia, Latin America and Africa movement’s conference, to focus on “building common ground" in a rapidly changing mission landscape.

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  Sarang Church in Seoul, host of WEA General Assembly in October, begins search for next Senior Pastor

  Sarang Church in Seoul, the host church for the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) General Assembly this October, has launched the search for its third senior pastor, forming a nine-member search committee on April 13, according to Korean Christian news outlet iGoodNews.

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  Global South mission leaders urged to take ownership, build true partnerships as COALA 3.0 conference kicks off in Panama

  Bishop Emeritus Hwa Yung of the Methodist Church in Malaysia issued a stirring call for Global South leaders to take ownership of the global mission mandate and forge genuine partnerships free from financial dependency or Western theological dominance. His keynote address opened COALA 3.0, the third global gathering of the "Community of Africa, Asia, and Latin America" (COALA), immediately following the COMIBAM 2025 missions congress.

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