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  Court blocks govt action against historic Christian college hostel in Pakistan

  The management of Pakistan's only church-run chartered university secured temporary relief on June 18 (Thursday) after the Lahore High Court (LHC) restrained the Punjab provincial government from taking further action regarding Ewing Hall, a historic hostel building belonging to the Forman Christian College University (FCCU).

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  [Book review] The Great Debate: A Nineteenth-Century Defense of Christianity by a Renowned Muslim Convert

  This academic contribution to the dialogue between Christians and Muslims draws on the South Asian ‘Great Debate’ of 1854 in Agra and later additions to the unfinished Debate by a South Asian convert to Christ – providing a fascinating historical study and a resource for contemporary Christian debate with Muslims.

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  Asian seminary journal calls for 'integrative approach' to forming whole-person Christian leaders

  A peer-reviewed journal published by the Asia Theological Association has released a volume focused entirely on how theological institutions across Asia are working to form students not just academically but spiritually, relationally, and personally — a challenge that leaders in the region say is growing more urgent.

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  Pakistan's only church-run chartered university challenges govt repossession of historic hostel

  Widespread criticism from Christian leaders, rights advocates, heritage conservationists, and alumni of Pakistan’s only church-run chartered university appears to have prompted the Punjab government to publicly rule out the demolition of a century-old university hostel at the center of a growing dispute over ownership, heritage preservation, and minority rights.

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  Baptist World Alliance delegation visits Egypt, Lebanon and Syria, holds dialogues with religious, political leaders

  A Baptist World Alliance delegation visited Egypt, Lebanon and Syria in a regional tour focused on Christian unity, interfaith dialogue and planning for a global commemoration of the 2,000th anniversary of Jesus Christ's life and ministry.

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  Asia evangelical leader outlines seven-point plan to build disciple-making church movement across continent

  As the Asia Conference on Church & Mission (ACCM) 2026 concluded Thursday evening in Alabang, Metro Manila, Dr. Bambang Budijanto, General Secretary of the Asia Evangelical Alliance, described what he sees as a decisive turn in a movement that has been building across the region for two years — and laid out a concrete, time-bound plan to sustain it.

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  'Start from within': Asia Conference on Church & Mission closes with call to transformation, beginning at the top

  The Asia Conference on Church & Mission concluded Thursday evening in Alabang, Metro Manila, with delegates from 25 nations pressed to leave not with good intentions but with a named commitment — a specific congregation or community they would personally shepherd toward disciple-making in the year ahead.

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