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  Olympic medalist dedicates gold to God, leads worship as she receives hero’s welcome in return to church

  Nigerian-born German athlete Yemisi Ogunleye, who clinched gold in the women’s shot put at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, led a worship service in her church upon her return, attributing her success to divine intervention and sharing her victory with church members.

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  Trauma healing ministry in France seeks to 'become representatives of our Lord to suffering people'

  According to the World Health Organisation, about 70 percent of people in the world suffer potentially traumatic events in their lives. This offers an opening for the Church to come alongside those suffering, share the gospel and witness healing, according to SIM (Serving in Mission), a mission organization that has responded by setting up a trauma healing ministry. 

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  Evangelical Alliance calls on political leaders to prioritize stubbornly high poverty levels in Northern Ireland

  In light of stubbornly high poverty levels in Northern Ireland that also affect nearly a quarter of children, a leading evangelical body highlighted the significant contributions churches make to addressing poverty in the communities but called on political leaders to prioritize the issue and take action to address root causes.

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  Pro-life worker in UK compensated for arrest outside abortion clinic

  A Christian pro-life worker arrested twice for praying silently outside an abortion clinic in England has received 13,000 pounds (16,858 USD) from police for her “unjust treatment and the breach of her human rights” by officers, according to legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International.

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  Turin Shroud could be 2,000 years old, new scientific research finds

  Recently published scientific analysis of the Turin Shroud (TS) suggests the linen cloth bearing the image of a crucified man, whom some believe to be Jesus himself, is 2,000 years old – far older than previously thought.

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  Christian bio-ethicist laments online abuse of Olympic boxers, calls out lack of understanding of intersex individuals

  Women athletes with differences in chromosomes must be treated with far more dignity in the sports world, according to a renowned Christian bio-ethicist, following controversial and unmerited criticism of two female boxers at the Paris Olympics 2024. In an Opinion Piece for Christian Daily International, Prof. Gareth Jones, Emeritus Professor of Anatomy at New Zealand’s University of Otago, gave his informed thoughts after the International Boxing Association (IBA) disqualified the women last ye

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  Christian lawyers representing father express relief after Spanish judge halts assisted suicide of 23 year old woman

  A judge has agreed to suspend the assisted killing of a young woman in Barcelona following the request of her father, represented by Christian lawyers in Spain. El Diario reported that the woman had a severe mental illness and a disability recognised in Oct. 2022 from a spinal cord injury after a self-harming incident. Yet, lawyers highlighted flaws in the womans’ request for euthanasia, according to El Diario, because she wrote a letter on July 29, expressing doubts that she wanted help to die.

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