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  Pro-Life party in Colombia intensifies its legislative fight against abortion

  In Colombia, the pro-life caucus (which includes about 60 congressmen from different political parties) continues its effort to reverse decisions that have expanded access to abortion in the South American nation. As reported by the newspaper El País, the group of legislators has presented several proposals in response to the partial decriminalization of abortion approved two years ago.

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  COALA 2.5: Global South mission leaders seek to deepen conversations about new polycentric missions paradigm

  Following the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Incheon, one hundred mission leaders from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America gathered in Busan, Korea from September 30 to October 1 for COALA 2.5, an emerging movement focusing on Global South-led missions. Recognizing the shift away from the primarily Western-led “Christendom” era of missions, COALA – which stands for Christ over Africa, Latin America and Asia – seeks to introduce new paradigms for today’s “polycent

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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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  Four Christians killed in Benue state, central Nigeria

  Fulani herdsmen killed two Christians in central Nigeria’s Benue state on Wednesday (Oct. 9) and two others in another part of the state on Oct. 3, local sources said.

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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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