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  Latin America Society & Culture

  Evangelicals ask new Mexico President Sheinbaum to govern with transparency

  By Diario Cristiano

  In a recent meeting with the evangelical community, Pastor Guillermo Trujillo Álvarez, representative of the Council of Evangelical Pastors of Mexico City, called on the new President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, to focus on transparency and accountability. The meeting took place amid the nation's growing distrust towards government institutions and increasing demand for a change in the way the country is governed.

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  Europe Society & Culture

  Top Christian doctor questions timing of assisted dying bill for UK, highlights urgent need to improve end of life care

  By Chris Eyte

  Members of the U.K. House of Commons [Parliament] are to be given a “free vote” on whether assisted dying should be legalized - but a top Christian doctor has questioned the timing of the legal bill. Assisted dying was rejected by parliamentarians in 2015 but Labour MP Kim Leadbeater is pushing for a renewed debate on the issue after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer pledged to allow MPs a vote, after indicating his own support for a change in law. 

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  US & Canada Society & Culture

  'Trump Bible' seems only version to fulfill Oklahoma official's specific requirements for classroom Bibles

  By Chris Eyte

  A so-called “Trump Bible” matches perfectly the requirements by Republican Ryan Walters to put a Bible in every classroom of public schools in Oklahoma, according to a city publication, Oklahoma Watch. As reported by Christian Daily International, Ryan Walters, Oklahoma State’s Superintendent for Public Instruction, and responsible for the oversight of elementary and secondary schools, unveiled the plan for the Bibles in schools in June, 2024.

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  Middle East Society & Culture

  Arab-Israeli Christian says believers should remember Jesus saying: 'my Kingdom is not of this world'

  By Timothy Goropevsek

  Sharing that only a few days ago, one of his neighbor’s relatives was killed by shrapnel from a Hezbollah rocket fired into Northern Israel, Shehade lamented the cycles of violence, death and destruction in the Holy Land and the wider region. But he expressed his disagreement with those Christians who tend to speak out in favor of one side or the other without acknowledging that politics offers no real solution to the ongoing conflict. He strongly believes that Jesus’ call for the Church was and

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  Europe Society & Culture

  Evangelical alliance calls for prayer after far right party wins most votes in Austria’s general election

  By Chris Eyte

  Austria has seen a far right political party winning the largest vote share in a general election held on Sept. 29, marking a significant change in the political landscape. A leading evangelical body has called for prayer as negotiations continue to form a new government. Die Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (The Freedom Party of Austria, FPÖ) is the first far right political party since the Second World War to mark such an achievement, gaining 29 percent of votes for the 183-member National Cou

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  Europe Asia Society & Culture Church & Missions

  Workplaces offer a 'holy ground' for 'work priests' to witness for Jesus, Bible expositor tells Lausanne 4

  By Chris Eyte

  The first disciples were mainly workers in various trades and the workplace still offers a holy ground to be a “priestly presence” to witness for Jesus, delegates heard at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Incheon, Korea.These were the views of Julia Garschagen, a Bible expositor at Lausanne 4 and director of Pontes Institute for Science, Culture and Faith, also a guest lecturer at the Evangelistenschule Johanneum in Wuppertal and co-leader of “truestory,” a digital youth o