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  TWR Motion reaches the Buddhist community in Thailand with animated series called Journey to Hope

  TWR Motion and Antioch Ministries International (AMI) are working together to reach the Buddhist community in Thailand through an animated series called “Journey to Hope”. Using vibrant illustrations, the 20-episode series communicates the main teachings of the Bible in a way that is easy for Thai Buddhists to understand.

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  Officials in Pakistan reviled for violence against Christians

  At an event where prominent social and political leaders across Punjab Province were present, Christian leaders and others last week called on the government of Pakistan to amend blasphemy laws and end its indifference to violence against minorities.

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  Christian Mission Church Association launches in Korea: 'Evangelism is the answer, soul-saving as a priority'

  In the afternoon of June 17, a founding thanksgiving service was held for the Korean Christian Mission Church Association (led by Chairman Rev. Seok-Jeon Yoon) at the Antioch Sanctuary of Yonsei Central Baptist Church in Guro-gu, Seoul, where Rev. Yoon also serves as the senior pastor. Christian leaders gathered to give thanks for the newly registered organization, giving remarks and expressing their hopes for the group to strengthen the mission focus of Korean churches.

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  Christian in Pakistan jailed for stepping on papers in street

  A Catholic has been jailed under blasphemy charges since April 27 in Lahore, Pakistan for inadvertently stepping out of his rickshaw onto some papers said to be pages of the Quran, sources said.

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  Bail granted to suspects in killing of Christian in Pakistan

  Due to sloppy police investigation and pressure from an Islamist extremist party, a judge last week granted bail to at least 52 Muslims accused of killing a Christian man over a false blasphemy accusation, sources said.

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  Pakistan’s ‘zero’ consideration for minorities in federal budget irks Christians

  Pakistani Christians have expressed their concerns over the government’s ‘zero allocation’ for minorities welfare schemes under the newly released annual federal budget, funds critical for education and hope for a better live for poorer religious minorities. As per the budget documents reviewed by Christian Daily International, no funds have been allocated under the header "welfare of minorities initiatives/schemes".

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  World Refugee Sunday: Refugee rights expert says Church uniquely placed to offer hope in burgeoning global crisis

  Tom Albinson has been working with refugees since 1980 and currently serves as President of the International Association for Refugees, a ministry he founded. He is also involved in the Refugee Highway Partnership, a network of churches, agencies and individuals serving forcibly displaced people. Christian Daily International was given an exclusive interview with Albinson for the occasion of World Refugee Sunday, which falls on the Sundays before and after World Refugee Day on June 20. 

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