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  2024 Intercession Prayer Conference: "The power of intercessory prayer to heal the nation and change the world"

  The Global Mission Church in Korea, led by Senior Pastor Rev. Seong-Eun Choi, celebrated its 30th anniversary by hosting the "2024 Intercessory Prayer Conference" from May 20-22 with the theme "Heal the Nation and Change the World through Prayer."

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  Following “historic” meeting with Church in China, head of Russia Evangelical Alliance hopes for continuing dialogue, exchange

  “We hope that, as Russian and Chinese evangelicals, we can learn from each other because we have so many similar approaches to things,” said Rev. Vitaly Vlashenko, General Secretary of the Russia Evangelical Alliance (REA), following the first official visit of a Russian evangelical delegation to China on April 12-20.

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  ECFA's new standard seeks to combat burnout, ‘integrity failures’ among ministry leaders

  As pastors and ministry heads face rising exhaustion and as each day seems to bring another leader facing allegations of misconduct, the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability is developing a new "leadership standard" for member ministries in the hopes of combating burnout and "integrity failures" in churches and charities.

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  "The core of youth mission revival lies in cross-centered faith education," Korean mission leaders emphasize

  The Korean World Missionary Fellowship (KWMF) hosted the mission conference on the theme of “Next Generation Mission Leadership” at the Korea Theological Seminary based in Cheonan from the 24th to the 27th of April. About 400 missionaries attended the conference where leadership transition and raising the next generation of missionaries were key topics.

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  Unreached People Groups: Going together where we can’t go alone

  As many as 3,000 communities representing more than 200 million people remain with little or no knowledge of Jesus and little to no visible and indigenous church presence. The majority of these Unreached and Unengaged People Groups (UUPGs) live in parts of the world where Christian faith is prohibited, restricted, or suppressed. This usually occurs because of government restrictions or the predominance of another major faith. Sharing the gospel in these environments is challenging at best.

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  Jesus Film in sign language reaches Deaf community, one of the least reached people groups

  Deaf Missions along with the Jesus Film Project recently released the story of Jesus in American Sign Language (ASL) giving many members of the Deaf community access to the gospel for the first time. This take on the story of Jesus was directed, acted and produced by Deaf professionals so that the story accurately reflects the biblical account while also naturally communicating through the “Deaf lens.” The movie premiered on April 4 at the Deaf Missions Conference in Arlington.

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  Annual SBC profile reveals resurgence in baptisms, worship: 'Reasons to celebrate'

  Southern Baptist congregations saw growth in baptisms, worship attendance and small group participation in 2023, while membership decline slowed compared to recent years, according to the Annual Church Profile (ACP) compiled by Lifeway Christian Resources.

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