
Latin America

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Controversial Colombian bill to ban “conversion” therapies potentially threatening parents with imprisonment shelved – for now
The debate over a bill that sought to prohibit so-called “conversion” therapies in Colombia was definitely shelved on Wednesday, according to pro-children and family legislators and activists. The so-called "Efforts to Change Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression" (ECOSIEG) bill – also dubbed “Inconvertibles” – was supposed to be debated this week, raising concerns about the possible loss of parents’ authority over their children. -
Ministries partner to reach thousands of prisoners, families and children around the world with the gospel
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Following decisive election, Mexican pro-life organizations express concerns about prevailing culture of death
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Brazil: Lula wants evangelicals to be “partners” of his government
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Newly formed Majority World mission coalition invites global Church to discuss new paradigm focused on unity and partnership
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Nayib Bukele sworn in as President of El Salvador for second term amid praise, concerns from evangelicals
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As heavy rains and flooding continues in Brazil, woman who lost everything has only one request: a Bible
Among the testimonies that the Brazilian Evangelical Alliance (AEB) collected during the ongoing rain emergency in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, a woman approached Pastor Cassiano Luz, executive director of the alliance. “Can I ask you for something?” she said, and when he responded affirmingly, she whispered: “I just want a Bible.” -

Amid rising tensions globally, Argentina interfaith panel seeks to promote dialogue & respect
Religious leaders, academics and civil society representatives from Argentina recently met to discuss tolerance, world peace and freedom of religion. Held at the National Senate, the meeting was endorsed by the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) – evidence of the interest of international organizations in this initiative. -

Dominican evangelicals support pro-life candidates proposed by leaked Catholic list
The Archdiocese of Santo Domingo issued a document titled "Candidates in favor of life and family values", in which it detailed a list of 122 legislative candidates belonging to the major parties who are openly pro-life, and urged that they be elected to assume positions in Congress. -

Free behind bars: An evangelical prison ministry in Uruguay sees inmates’ transformation in Christ
“Six out of ten Uruguayans prefer to invest more in the rehabilitation of inmates and their social reintegration than in allocating money for the construction of more prisons,” a recent issue of Prison Insider, an Uruguayan publication, stated. But at the same time, “only one in four see it possible to rehabilitate all or, at least, most of the people who commit crimes,” according to a study on Justice, Prisons and Rehabilitation. -

QR Bible distribution encourages pastors, isolated communities in Ecuador amid violence and natural disasters
Earlier this month, the Government of Ecuador declared that due to the ongoing violence that the South American country is going through, it will continue to deploy the military in the streets and prisons, even after the end of the state of emergency order that was initially issued in January. -

'New Generation of Evangelists' holds festival, brings hope to El Salvador
The New Generation of Evangelists of the Luis Palau Association, held an evangelistic festival at the Simeón Magaña stadium in western El Salvador. -

Eleven Nicaraguan pastors convicted for money laundering
The Nicaraguan judiciary has convicted 11 Nicaraguan pastors linked to the US Mountain Gateway ministry on charges of money laundering.
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