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  Global Family & Children Church & Missions

  Forum to address key issues, provide hope amid global crises affecting orphans and vulnerable children

  By Timothy Goropevsek

  “The state of orphans and vulnerable children was improving for decades, then suddenly one crisis hit after another,” says Karmen Friesen, principal coordinator of World Without Orphans (WWO), a global movement that seeks to mobilize the Church to respond to the needs of vulnerable children in every nation.

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  US & Canada Society & Culture Church & Missions

  Preteens rejecting several biblical teachings, survey reveals

  By The Christian Post

  In a statement released last week, the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University shared data about the worldviews held by children between the ages of 8 and 12 years old. The Cultural Research Center contrasted the views of the preteens with those of parents of children younger than 13, pastors of Christian churches and teenagers.

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  Oceania Church & Missions

  [Interview] Shifting paradigms: the Great Commission as a promise God will fulfill, not a task we need to achieve

  By CDI Staff

  But when reading Matthew 28, where Jesus said in the gospel of this kingdom will be preached in all nations, to all the earth, I see that as a promise that God will fulfill, not a task that we need to achieve. But many times, we have focused on it as if it were merely a task. The difference there is if we focus on it as a task - this is that whole “industrialized” perspective of missions - then we are required to use our own agency to fulfill it. And as a result, if anything gets in the way or i

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  Africa Society & Culture Church & Missions

  Cameroon’s historic malaria vaccine rollout supported by Baptist churches

  By Ken Kagicha

  Cameroon has become the first country to launch the much-anticipated malaria vaccine amidst public skepticism on its efficacy and safety. Despite the initial vaccine hesitancy from the public, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has termed the malaria vaccine mass rollout in Cameroon as ‘a significant step’ in the prevention of the disease. Baptist churches have come alongside to play an important role in helping to counter misinformation and build trust among grassroot communities.

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  Asia Church & Missions

  China spring festival travel wave's impact on the Church

  By China Christian Daily

  Last Sunday, I attended a worship service at a church, noticing a one-third reduction in the attendance. Additionally, the number of worship sessions decreased from three to two. Choirs and fellowships are also suspended until the end of February.

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  Europe Church & Missions

  Conservative bishops set out theological vision for Church of England

  By Christian Today

  A group of conservative bishops has issued a new "theological vision" for the Church of England's process of discernment around issues of marriage, relationships, gender and identity.