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‘Covered in the dust of the rabbi’: at ACCM2026, WEA head emphasizes discipleship happens in community

‘Covered in the dust of the rabbi’: at ACCM2026, WEA head emphasizes discipleship happens in community

On the evening of June 9, 2026, 210 evangelical leaders from 25 nations gathered in Manila for the opening session of the Asia Conference on Church & Mission (ACCM) 2026. Rev. Botrus Mansour, Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance, delivered the first keynote address of the conference. His message was primarily a pastoral argument, grounded in ancient Jewish practice, for why discipleship must be done in community — and what the Church loses when it forgets this.
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