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Events and issues facing believers around the world
- Iranian Christians Question Reformist Credentials of New PresidentHeart surgeon Masoud Pezeshkian takes the helm of the Islamic Republic, having campaigned for ethnic and religious minorities while pledging to reach out to the West.
- UK Evangelicals Look Ahead to Potential Changes After Labour VictorySurvey finds that evangelical voters are motivated by care for those in need.
- Arab Israeli Christians Stay and Serve as Gaza War Riles GalileeWith tens of thousands displaced from the northern border with Lebanon, believers balance their Palestinian and Israeli identities in pursuit of peace with all.
- Indian Christians Relieved as Election Results Limit Hindu NationalistsWith Modi’s BJP denied an outright majority in parliament, church leaders credit prayer movements and hope the restoration of coalition politics will protect religious minorities.
- India’s Christians Brace for 2024 Election ResultsChurch leaders mobilized prayer for parliament and state elections, knowing the question wasn’t whether Hindu nationalists would win but the size of their mandate.
- Iranian Christians Contemplate God’s Justice after President’s Death in CrashBelievers in the diaspora reference Daniel and the “writing on the wall” as many mull if helicopter accident portends more changes to come.
- Died: KODA, the Ghanaian Gospel Star Who Sang Hits Rebuking PastorsThe highlife musician challenged the materialism and extortion he encountered too often in the church.
- ‘Offering Everything They Have’: How Small Churches Are Saving Lives in Brazil’s FloodsIn the country's most secular state, tiny congregations have made a big impact by their disaster response.
- Online Witch Doctors Lure South African ChristiansChurches are combating syncretism among millennials and Gen Z amid a rise of social media healers who call on ancestral spirits.
- If Panama Closes the Darién Gap, Would Evangelicals Care?(UPDATED) Migrant rights have been off-radar for many Panamanian Christians. But as pressures increase, some are speaking out ahead of this weekend’s general elections.
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