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  Series of leadership transitions poised to reshape South Korea’s megachurch landscape

  A wave of leadership changes is moving through some of South Korea’s largest churches, with several megachurches appointing or preparing to appoint new senior pastors in what church observers describe as a significant generational transition for Korean Protestantism.

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  APPG launches inquiry into safeguarding in faith communities

  The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Safeguarding in Faith Communities (APPG) has started an inquiry aimed at improving child protection in churches, mosques, temples, and other faith-based settings.

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  Rededicate 250 could be largest US religious gathering in 50 years, Robert Jeffress says

  Thousands are expected to gather on the National Mall next month for a massive day of prayer and worship aimed at calling the United States back to God ahead of its 250th anniversary, with one pastor predicting it could be the nation’s largest religious gathering in more than 50 years.

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  Swiss free churches’ volunteer work valued at hundreds of millions, head of evangelical church association says

  Evangelical free churches in Switzerland contribute social services worth hundreds of millions of francs each year, supported by tens of thousands of volunteers, according to findings cited in an interview published by the Swiss evangelical outlet Livenet.ch.

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  ‘What caused you to not like who you are?’ De-transitioner urges churches to respond differently to gender identity struggles

  When Walt Heyer speaks about gender identity, he does so as someone who spent years trying to escape himself. The 85-year-old author and speaker remembers the confusion that marked his childhood long before he underwent what he later came to describe as a failed attempt to become someone else.

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  Jamaica church vows to continue services after fatal shooting of member

  The Jamaica Evangelical Alliance has condemned the fatal shooting of a woman at a church in western Jamaica, while the pastor of the congregation where the attack occurred said the church would continue holding services and would not employ private security guards in response.

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  Church of the Nazarene launches Ireland Partnership to support church planting, ministry

  The Church of the Nazarene has launched a new church planting and theological education strategy for the island of Ireland, aiming to strengthen ministry efforts across both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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