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  Middle East Society & Culture Church & Missions

  Women as agents of transformation in Iran: “They realize their identity in Christ and become fired up for Christ!”

  By CDI Staff

  Home to a diverse population of some 84 million people, Iran has often featured in the media as a politically destabilizing force in the region that feeds its proxies and allies in neighboring countries with weapons and financial support, while suppressing dissent at home. There is, however, another story unfolding among the people in the Islamic Republic who have been coming to faith in Jesus Christ in large numbers in recent years, according to reports by different ministries who are active in

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  Middle East Society & Culture Church & Missions

  [Book review] Covered Glory: The Face of Honor and Shame in the Muslim World

  By Gordon Showell-Rogers

  This disturbing book is extraordinarily inspiring: within all the painful stories (real stories, full of shame), there’s extraordinary life, hope and redemption.

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  Middle East Church & Missions

  “People are living in fear of the future” and “they are thirsty for Jesus”, a conversation about ministering in the Middle East today

  By CDI Staff

  "We've been receiving so many – I can say thousands and thousands – of comments and letters where people express how thirsty and how hungry they are for this Jesus whom we're talking about and for this unconditional love."

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  Global Church & Missions

  [Interview] Missions in the digital age: cyber missionaries, attachment theology and why AI does not bring life

  By CDI Staff

  We are there to build relationships. An issue is that so much of what is taking place online tends to be individualist: individual speakers or presenters as representatives of Christianity. But what if we were to come as a group, as a cluster, as a community online, and create a space within spaces rather than trying to create our own space external to these spaces.

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  Global Society & Culture Religious Freedom

  Forced marriage of Christian women becoming 'concerningly common' worldwide: Open Doors

  By The Christian Post

  In a sobering yet vital recognition ahead of International Women’s Day, persecution watchdog Open Doors has released its annual Gender Report, revealing that forced marriage is becoming a "concerningly common practice" impacting Christian women worldwide.

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  Middle East

  Christian refugee from Iran faces possible expulsion from Turkey

  By Morning Star News

  An Iranian Christian convert faces possible expulsion from Turkey and a three-year prison sentence on a charge of spreading “propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” according to religious freedom advocates.