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  WEA plans to hold General Assembly 2025 in Seoul spark controversies in Korea days before official announcement

  Only weeks after the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization concluded in Incheon, Korea, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) is about to announce plans to hold its next General Assembly in Seoul from October 27-31, 2025. Even before the official announcement ceremony scheduled for this coming Friday (Nov. 15), however, the news has been met with criticism by several Christian groups in the country who have called for the plans to be put on hold.

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  Nigerian general recounts sham trial that led to death sentences

  A former Army general in Nigeria said his death sentence following riots more than 30 years ago was the result of Muslim military leaders controlling a sham tribunal.

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  Canadian evangelical body calls on parliamentarians to support legislation forcing consent and age verification for pornographic websites

  The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) has expressed concerns about the lack of age and consent verification by pornography platforms in an opinion submission to a parliamentary committee. The group issued a statement to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights at the House of Commons, meeting Oct. 31 at the Canadian Parliament, in support of Bill c-270, “An Act to amend the Criminal Code (pornographic material)." 

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  UN body urges Pakistan to end or amend blasphemy laws

  Expressing alarm over an increase in false blasphemy accusations in Pakistan, the UN Human Rights Committee last week urged repeal or amending of the country’s harsh blasphemy laws.

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  Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigns, confesses 'shame' after failure to report serial sex abuser John Smyth QC

  The head of the worldwide Anglican Communion - the Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Rev. Justin Welby, has announced today (November 12) his resignation following concerns about his handling of a sex abuse case involving the deceased John Smyth QC who sexually abused countless boys and young men in the 1970s and 1980s.  

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