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  Catholic Archbishop of Benin dies in Nigeria

  Nigeria's Catholic Church held a funeral Mass on Thursday (Aug. 13) for Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze of the Archdiocese of Benin in southwest Nigeria. Thousands of faithful gathered at Holy Cross Cathedral in Benin-City, with the service broadcast live on national television and radio.

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  Oskar Brüsewitz: Church in Germany marks 50 years since pastor burned himself in protest of communist rule

  Fifty years after a Lutheran pastor set himself ablaze in a public square to protest communist oppression of the church, German Christians remember a man whose act reverberated through East Germany and beyond.

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  Canadian evangelical body launches study on pastor shortage

  The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada has announced a new research project to assess how many churches across the country lack pastoral leadership and what factors are driving that gap.

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  Most evangelicals give their spiritual lives a C+, new study finds

  A new survey of 1,000 evangelical Protestants in the United States found that believers rate their own spiritual lives at an average grade-point equivalent of 2.42 — roughly a C+ — with evangelism, financial giving and tithing ranking as the weakest areas, according to research released by Infinity Concepts and Grey Matter Research.

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  American missionary pilot released after being abducted in Niger last year: report

  An American missionary pilot has reportedly been released from captivity after being abducted last October in Niger. 

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  'Helpless and speechless': Swiss elder-care advocate says Christians must learn to talk about assisted dying

  As the canton of Zurich moves toward a referendum on assisted dying, a Swiss elder-care advocate with more than a decade of experience accompanying dying people is urging churches and society to stop waiting for ballot results and start learning to talk about death.

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  Almost 9 million download Gospel of John in 9 months following global online searches 

  More than three-quarters of a billion internet searches have led millions of people worldwide to a digital copy of the Bible over a nine-month span, according to new data released Tuesday by The Pocket Testament League.

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