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  Evangelical leaders urge President-elect Trump to prioritize needs of refugees who flee persecution

  Leaders of evangelical Christian organizations have signed a joint statement urging President-elect Donald Trump to prioritize the needs of persecuted Christian refugees and others seeking asylum as he prepares to take office this month, January 2025.

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  Colombia Mourns: Two Pastors Murdered in Targeted Attacks

  In less than two weeks, Colombia has witnessed the shocking murders of two Christian pastors, shaking the nation’s religious community. On Dec. 29, the Lora Rincón pastoral family was killed in Aguachica, Cesar, in a targeted shooting. Days later, on Jan. 8, Pastor Iván Darío García González was gunned down after preaching at the Nuevo Renacer Christian Church, leaving one parishioner injured.

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  Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan's Purse send chaplains, relief aid to support survivors of Los Angeles fires

  Trained chaplains from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) are visiting relief shelters to offer frontline support and prayers to those forced to flee their homes as fires ravage the Los Angeles region in Southern California.

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  Charity regulator investigates more charities linked to Barnabas Aid

  The Charity Commission announced on Thursday that it was launching statutory inquiries into TBF Trust, the Oxford Centre for Religion in Public Life, the Reconciliation Trust, and Servants Fellowship International (SFI). The charity regulator said the new investigations were being launched after it had identified "possible risks due to their shared premises, trustees and/or founders, and the flow of funds with Barnabas Aid, another charity under inquiry". 

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  Over 400 NZ church leaders oppose controversial changes to historic treaty with Maori as public consultation ends

  The public consultation period for New Zealand’s controversial Treaty Principles Bill, opposed by 400 church leaders and affecting the tenets of the 19th-century Treaty of Waitangi, closed on Jan. 7, 2024. Some respondents reported technical difficulties submitting feedback on the New Zealand Parliament’s website.

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  New Zealand government proposal seeks to require universities to protect freedom of speech

  Universities in New Zealand face obligations to “strengthen freedom of speech obligations” under legislation changes planned by the government. In a joint statement (Dec. 2024), Tertiary Education and Skills Minister Penny Simmonds and Associate Minister of Education David Seymour announced the proposed changes to the existing Education and Training Act 2020. The politicians said that each university would be required to adopt a freedom of speech statement in line with “clear expectations.” 

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  Korean Christian lawmakers from ruling and opposition parties unite in prayer at National Assembly Prayer Breakfast

  The National Assembly Prayer Breakfast of Korea held its 2025 New Year Service on Jan. 8 in the second conference room of the National Assembly Members’ Office Building in Yeouido, Seoul. Lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition parties gathered to pray for the nation and parliament, including Yoon Sang-Hyun, chair of the ruling party’s prayer breakfast group, and Song Ki-Heon, chair of the opposition group.

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