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  Today's International Day for the Eradication of Poverty highlights need to tackle institutional maltreatment

  Today (Oct.17) the United Nations (UN) marks International Day for the Eradication of Poverty with a theme, “Ending Social and Institutional Maltreatment Acting together for just, peaceful and inclusive societies.” The day gives a moment to reflect on the experiences of people in poverty, according to a UN statement, and think of practical applications to implement sustainable development goals to “promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies.” 

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  Remembering Daniel Bourdanné: Visionary IFES leader, humble servant, role-model

  Former General Secretary of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) Daniel Bourdanné has been celebrated as a ‘visionary leader, a faithful servant and a friend’ to many that interacted with him. 

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  UK Christian found guilty for praying near abortion clinic

  A British army veteran who served in Afghanistan was found guilty today (Oct. 16) of praying silently near an abortion clinic in England.

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  Nottingham University adds 'trigger warning' to 'expressions of Christian faith' in works by Chaucer, medieval writers

  Nottingham University in England has put a “trigger warning” for students enrolled in a learning module about “Chaucer and his Contemporaries c.1380–c.1420” because the studied literature contains “expressions of Christian faith.” The Mail on Sunday newspaper reportedly revealed the warning after making a freedom of information request to the university. 

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  Christian apologist John Lennox confronts atheist Richard Dawkins on the issue of ultimate justice, Jesus 'brings hope'

  Christian apologist and math academic Professor John Lennox has challenged the views of evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins on the issue of ultimate justice. The two academics have debated in person before, but Lennox quoted Dawkins when addressing the issue of suffering, in his latest email circular as President of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics (OCCA).

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  Evangelicals resolve to build post-Lausanne 4 momentum for mission in France and abroad

  Leaders of the evangelical alliance in France have returned from Lausanne 4 with a renewed determination to support collaboration between churches, in the country itself and abroad, and to continue the momentum of evangelistic calling to fulfill the Great Commission. About 60 French nationals, including executives from Conseil National des Évangéliques de France (CNEF), attended the 4th Congress of the Lausanne Movement for World Evangelization in Incheon, Seoul, South Korea from Sept. 22 to 28.

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  Christian abolitionists welcome Council of Europe turning back flawed resolution on legalizing prostitution: 'system of exploitation'

  A lack of “political support” led the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to vote (Oct. 3) in favor of returning a controversial resolution to decriminalize prostitution as a normalized occupation of “sex work” back to the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination. The move has been hailed as a “milestone victory” by the The European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ).

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