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  Europe Church & Missions

  Evangelicals overwhelmingly reaffirm the need for a national evangelical alliance in The Netherlands

  By Chris Eyte

  An overwhelming response by the wider Christian community in The Netherlands confirmed there is still a need for an evangelical alliance in the country, following a survey, and an appeal has been made for new members to join the organization. The purpose of the MissieNederland (Dutch evangelical alliance) survey was to gauge the need for, and the future of, the national alliance.

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  Latin America Religious Freedom Church & Missions

  Daniel Ortega's regime expels the president of the Bishops' Conference from Nicaragua

  By Diario Cristiano

  Nicaraguan media in exile report that Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera, president of the Nicaraguan Episcopal Conference, has been banished to Guatemala. He is the third bishop to be expelled by Daniel Ortega's regime in the past year.

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  US & Canada Society & Culture Church & Missions

  Scripture-engaged adults have lower levels of loneliness than Bible disengaged: study

  By The Christian Post

  Americans with stronger spiritual lives and those who more commonly offer forgiveness experience less loneliness than those who are less engaged with the Bible or churches and those who don't commonly forgive others, a new survey suggests. 

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  Asia Church & Missions

  WEA General Assembly Organizing Committee launched with thanksgiving service and press conference in Seoul, Korea

  By CDI Staff

  The Organizing Committee for the 2025 World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) Seoul General Assembly, which will be co-chaired by Rev. Junghyun John Oh and Rev. Younghoon Lee was launched on Friday (Nov. 15th). The thanksgiving service, held at the CCMM Building in Yeouido, Seoul, was led by Pastor Seok-soon Im, President of the Korea Evangelical Fellowship.

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  Asia Church & Missions

  Syncretism, pluralism, New Apostolic Reformation: Korean church groups ask WEA to clarify its stance before holding its next GA in Seoul

  By Chris Eyte

  Even before the WEA officially announced its next General Assembly in Seoul, Korea from October 27-31, 2025, news of the plans has been met with criticisms by Korean church groups who called for the preparations to be put on hold until their concerns about certain WEA leaders and the organization’s theological views are addressed. While the two first statements focused primarily on questions around pluralism and syncretism due to WEA’s engagement with Catholics, ecumenical and Muslim groups, the

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  Latin America Church & Missions

  Bible Society of Brazil celebrates printing of 200 million Bibles and New Testaments

  By Lizzie Sotola

  The Bible Society of Brazil (SBB) recently achieved a historic milestone in biblical dissemination: the printing of 200 million Bibles and New Testaments. In 2011, SBB celebrated the printing of its first 100 million copies. Just over a decade later, that figure has doubled to 200 million. This remarkable growth reflects the increasing demand for the Bible and the enduring impact of the organization’s work, which is part of a global network of Bible Societies dedicated to translating, printing,