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  Latin Evangelical Alliance president urges churches to embrace greater maturity amid historic growth

  The president of the Latin Evangelical Alliance (AEL), Juan Cruz Cellamare, spoke at a pastoral breakfast organized by the Evangelical Alliance of El Salvador, where he shared an assessment of the evangelical church across Latin America and encouraged leaders to prepare for a new phase marked by greater responsibility and new challenges.

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  'As long as we have blood, we have something to give': African mission leader calls Arise Asia to the joy of perseverance

  When Joshua Bogunjoko stepped onto the stage at the Arise Asia 2026 Congress in Manila on the morning of July 30, he opened with a question about how people perceive Africa: "When you hear the word Africa," he asked the participants, "what comes to your mind first?"

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  'Even if You're silent, I still love You': American missionary’s testimony to Arise Asia about two years of prison in Turkey

  Andrew Brunson spent 23 years planting churches in Turkey. When he was arrested on charges of espionage and terrorism and locked in a Turkish prison for two years, he expected to find God close. What he found instead was silence — and what he did with that silence, he told thousands of delegates at the Arise Asia 2026 Congress in Manila, became the most important test of his life.

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  'God can do a lot with a willing heart,' Singapore missionary tells Arise Asia

  Jemima Ooi, co-founder of Love in Action Mission Global based in Singapore, told approximately 4,000 young Christians gathered in Manila on Tuesday evening that the central mistake of the Christian life is treating God as a destination to reach rather than a companion to walk with — and that purpose, however important, is best understood as a byproduct of his presence.

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  'Digital mission is a battlefield': Asian influencers tell Arise Asia the gospel has no borders

  Two back-to-back sessions on the second day of the Arise Asia 2026 Congress on July 28 pressed some 4,000 young Christians toward the same question from different directions: what does it mean to share Christ in this generation, and are you actually doing it?

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  'He is the Lord of the harvest and he will do it': Operation World editor calls Arise Asia to participation in unfinished task

  The Great Commission will not be finished at the rate the church is currently working, Jason Mandryk told approximately 4,000 young Christians gathered for the Arise Asia 2026 Congress Tuesday morning (July 28) — and the numbers, he said, make that conclusion unavoidable.

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  'Don't settle for a smaller joy,' Missionary to Papua New Guinea urges young Christian leaders at Arise Asia

  Pastor Wayne Chen, director of Radius Asia and a former missionary to the Biem people of Papua New Guinea, delivered the keynote address on the first night of the Arise Asia 2026 Congress on Monday, speaking to approximately 4,000 young Christians gathered in Manila from 50 countries under the conference theme "For the Joy," drawn from Hebrews 12:2.

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