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Willy Rice elected Southern Baptist Convention president on first ballot
Florida Pastor Willy Rice was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday, succeeding Pastor Clint Pressley as leader of the nation's largest Protestant denomination. -
Faith Without Frontiers launches Season 2 with David Oginde on faith, leadership and corruption
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Majority of Italians support euthanasia and assisted suicide, report says
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Evangelical Alliance leader calls for calm in Northern Ireland after brutal Belfast attack triggers riots
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Nearly 20% of millennial, Gen Z parents spank their kids; ministry urges caution
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Most pastors, practicing Christians worry about AI replacing God but use it anyway: Barna
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A judge called them cockroaches. India’s Gen Z took it as a compliment.
They arrived waving Indian flags and clutching schoolbooks. Many wore cockroach masks. The placards were satirical; the anger was not. On June 6, crowds gathered at Jantar Mantar as what many commentators are calling India’s first Gen Z political uprising moved from smartphone screens onto a street. Jantan Mantar is New Delhi’s designated public protest zone, historically the gathering point for the country’s largest anti-corruption and farmers’ demonstrations. -

Os Guinness receives William Wilberforce Award for work in post-Christian age: 'It can turn around'
English writer and theologian Os Guinness recently received the 38th annual William Wilberforce Award from The Colson Center for Christian Worldview to honor his decades of helping Christians make sense of their calling in a post-Christian cultural moment. -

Alton calls on UK government to show 'strength on world stage', stop depending on dictatorships committing genocide
Lord David Alton of Liverpool has called upon the U.K. government to “mean what it says” and take measures to show “strength on the world stage.” He urged the government to stop facets of the country’s international trade from depending on dictatorships that use slave labor, and to support survivors of mass atrocities—including Christians—by legally classifying those experiences as genocide in international courts. -

Philippine evangelical leaders sign covenant of unity amid political divisions
Evangelical leaders in the Philippines have signed a “Covenant of Unity,” pledging to prioritize Christ-centered discipleship, avoid partisan divisions and maintain unity despite differing political views. -

Jordan marks 100 years of evangelical ministry; WEA head urges Arab leaders to engage global Church
Churches and faith communities gathered at the Amman Baptist School on May 29 to mark a century of organized evangelical ministry in Jordan, with the World Evangelical Alliance's secretary general using the occasion to call on Arab leaders to build ties with the global evangelical movement. -

Kenya's national prayer breakfast calls for reconciliation as election rhetoric intensifies
Kenya's annual National Prayer Breakfast brought together political leaders, clergy, diplomats and business leaders on May 27 amid growing concern over rising political tensions and increasingly heated debate surrounding the country's 2027 general election. -

Director shares how heavenly encounter inspired 'Messianic outreach' film ‘Mendel’s Messiah’
The Bronze Halo Award-winning musical “Mendel’s Messiah” is headed to streaming platforms worldwide, bringing gospel music, Jewish storytelling and spiritual themes to audiences through a new cinematic adaptation directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Bradford May.
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