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  Mutuality in Mission: Second COALA3.0 plenary highlights shared responsibility in the Majority World

  As the COALA3.0 conference continued on Monday morning (April 28), three mission leaders explored "Mutuality in the Majority World," a theme emphasizing interdependence, reciprocity, and shared leadership in global missions.

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  COALA3.0: Second-day plenary on 'building common ground' emphasizes unity, humility, and trust in missions

  Fifty leaders from across the Global South gathered Monday morning (April 28) for the first plenary of the second day at COALA3.0, the Christ over Asia, Latin America and Africa movement’s conference, to focus on “building common ground" in a rapidly changing mission landscape.

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  Global South mission leaders urged to take ownership, build true partnerships as COALA 3.0 conference kicks off in Panama

  Bishop Emeritus Hwa Yung of the Methodist Church in Malaysia issued a stirring call for Global South leaders to take ownership of the global mission mandate and forge genuine partnerships free from financial dependency or Western theological dominance. His keynote address opened COALA 3.0, the third global gathering of the "Community of Africa, Asia, and Latin America" (COALA), immediately following the COMIBAM 2025 missions congress.

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  Senior missions leader David Ruiz reflects on Latin America’s mission legacy and future at COMIBAM 2025

  As missions leaders from across the Ibero-American world gathered in Panama City for COMIBAM 2025, one seasoned voice offered a long-view perspective on the movement’s development, challenges, and future. David Ruiz, former executive director of both COMIBAM and the World Evangelical Alliance Mission Commission, sat down with Christian Daily International during the April 22–25 gathering to reflect on four decades of missional growth in Latin America and the road ahead.

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  COMIBAM 2025 closes with call to leave a legacy of integrity, humility, and radical obedience

  The Ibero-American Missionary Congress COMIBAM 2025 officially concluded Friday night in Panama City, closing four days of activities with a final session focused on gratitude, reflection, and renewed commitment to missions. The closing program included artistic presentations, biblical teachings, liturgical acts, and prayers that symbolically commissioned participants to return to their home countries with a strengthened vision for mission.

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  Afeef Halasah at COMIBAM: 'The church lost its identity and confused its mission'

  Panama City — In one of the most challenging speeches at the COMIBAM 2025 Missionary Congress, Jordanian pastor Afeef Halasah, executive director of the Arabs for Arabs network (AFTA), church planter, and leader in the Middle East and North Africa, confronted Ibero-American leadership with a clear message: the church has lost its way and needs to recover its true identity and mission.

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  Veteran missiologist urges Latin America to deepen its missional roots through research, training and contextual theology

  Veteran mission leader Dr. William (Bill) Taylor called on the Latin American evangelical community to prioritize serious research, locally rooted theological education and better infrastructure to support missionaries, as the region’s global role in missions continues to grow. Taylor, former director of the World Evangelical Alliance’s Mission Commission, offered his reflections during an interview with Christian Daily International at the COMIBAM2025 missions congress in Panama City.

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