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  Europe Church & Missions

  The British Church should fix “mega mistake”, again send more young people cross culturally, former IFES, Lausanne head says

  By Timothy Goropevsek

  In a recent conversation with Christian Daily International, Lindsay Brown spoke about new dynamics in global missions. While primarily talking about the Global South mission leaders’ desire to partner with the Global North, the former head of IFES and the Lausanne Movement also touched on the current situation in his native Britain and called out what he believes to be a wrong missional approach. “It has been a mega mistake to challenge so many young, gifted Anglicans to stay within England and

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  Europe Asia Church & Missions

  Global North should respond “yes” to Global South leaders who put their hand out for partnership, says Lindsay Brown

  By Timothy Goropevsek

  When a delegation of Korean mission leaders spoke at the recent European Leadership Forum in Wisla, Poland about their desire to seek collaboration between Korean missionaries and European churches, it was just the most recent development in a new movement toward unity and partnership between the Global South and the Global North that began to emerge last year. CDI invited Lindsay Brown to comment on what is taking place from a Western perspective.

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  Middle East Europe Religious Freedom

  Protestant Christians in Türkiye face opposition, violence

  By Chris Eyte

  Protestant Christians in Türkiye continued to face opposition for practicing their faith in 2023, according to a rights report.

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  Europe Society & Culture

  Employment Tribunal in UK: ‘independent’ LGBT activist ruled against Bible college lecturer

  By Chris Eyte

  A Christian lecturer fired by a Bible college in England for tweeting about human sexuality had his sacking upheld by a LGBT activist purporting to be “independent”, an employment tribunal heard. Dr Aaron Edwards, supported by the Christian Legal Centre, has taken legal action against Cliff College, publicized to be an evangelical Methodist Bible college in Derbyshire, after his sacking last March. The college claims to be “an evangelical learning community which is rooted in God’s Word and

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  Global Church & Missions

  Newly formed Majority World mission coalition invites global Church to discuss new paradigm focused on unity and partnership

  By Timothy Goropevsek

  In recognition of a new era in global missions with greater participation by the Global South, a recently formed group of mission, church and market-place leaders from Asia and Latin America issued a communique with recommendations for mission practice for the Majority World. Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, from May 1-3, 2024, the group emphasizes the importance of unity and partnership in missions and hopes the recommendations would start off conversations in the global Church.

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  Europe Society & Culture Family & Children

  Sex gender education videos for kids as young as 3 years old castigated by Spanish lawyers

  By Chris Eyte

  Attorneys from the Spanish Foundation of Christian Lawyers have filed a legal challenge against the local government in Catalonia for showing inappropriate gender sex education videos to children as young as three years old. The lawyers presented the case before the Administrative Litigation Court of Barcelona today (June 5). The appeal asks for the Generalitat of Catalonia to withdraw the video stories made by three LGBT+ associations for the Department of Equality.