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  US & Canada Church & Missions Society & Culture

  Bible engagement rises among younger men, surprising researchers at American Bible Society

  By Timothy Goropevsek

  After years of steady decline, Bible engagement in the United States has ticked upward for the first time in four years, driven largely by a surprising demographic: younger men.

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  Global Church & Missions

  WEA issues official statement in response to whistleblower report

  By CDI Staff

  The World Evangelical Alliance issued a statement Saturday, May 17, on its website in response to a whistleblower report recently published by the Christian Council of Korea, WEA’s former national member body.

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  US & Canada Africa Migration Society & Culture Church & Missions

  Refugee flight landed in US from South Africa; White South African Christian leaders say racial narrative is 'distorted'

  By CDI Staff

  A chartered jet carrying 59 white South Africans arrived in the United States on Monday, marking the first group admitted under a newly created refugee pathway launched by the Trump administration. The arrivals, many of them Afrikaners, were granted entry under claims of “race-based persecution” in South Africa — a move that has triggered significant debate both internationally and within South Africa’s religious community.

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  Latin America Society & Culture Church & Missions

  Honduran evangelical pastors call for repentance and forgiveness to heal political crisis

  By Diario Cristiano

  In the midst of Honduras’ deepening political polarization and electoral uncertainty, evangelical pastors are calling for national repentance and forgiveness as the path toward healing and moral restoration. Appearing on the widely viewed “Frente a Frente” program on Canal 5, prominent church leaders urged political and religious actors to pursue spiritual renewal amid rising tensions.

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  Europe Church & Missions

  European Evangelical Alliance sends congratulatory message to Pope Leo XIV

  By Chris Eyte

  The European Evangelical Alliance (EEA) has issued a public message of congratulations to the Roman Catholic Church following the election of American Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. The congratulatory message published on Tuesday (May 13) extended “respectful congratulations” and called the new 267th Pope’s affiliation with the Order of Saint Augustine, “notable.” Prevost was ordained an Augustinian priest in 1982, marking the first step in his journey to becoming Pope. “Augustine of H

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  Africa Migration Church & Missions

  Churches step up as key responders to Africa’s displacement crisis, say leaders at Nairobi roundtable

  By CDI Staff

  As Africa faces a growing displacement crisis, local churches are increasingly stepping into the gap left by declining international aid, according to participants at a recent roundtable organized by the Refugee Highway Partnership Africa (RHP Africa).