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Navigating Canada's adoption system is complicated, Christian think tank's new resource offers help

US & Canada Family & Children

2 Sep, 2024 06:09 EDT

More than 30,000 children are currently waiting to be adopted in Canada, according to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption-Canada. Yet, public misconceptions, financial hurdles and a complex legal landscape are posing challenges for potential adoptive parents. A new resource seeks to offer help navigating the various systems and access government support, such as tax credits and parental leave, while the efforts to correct common misunderstandings continues.
Leaked documents show how Iran targets Christian converts

Middle East Asia

30 Aug, 2024 14:02 EDT

Leaked cases of more than 300 Christians in Iran charged with crimes related to their faith show how the vast majority, converts from Islam, are targeted, a rights watchdog reports.
Korean conference discusses missionary approach to suicide prevention, as country wrestles with highest suicide rate among OECD

Asia Society & Culture Church & Missions

30 Aug, 2024 11:08 EDT

A recent mission conference in South Korea highlighted the issue of suicide prevention as a missiological concern amid a suicide rate more than twice the average among OECD countries. A missiologist professor argued that suicide should no longer be regarded solely as an individualized issue but something that affects society as a whole. And he believes that the Christian perspective of building God’s kingdom could help overcome the prevalent "culture of death".
President of evangelical network of Veracruz laments Mexico's failure to address violence, 'ask God for new government to do better'

Latin America Society & Culture

30 Aug, 2024 11:08 EDT

“We were told that insecurity would end in two years. Official data, hard data from the government itself, speak of almost two thousand murders throughout the country with an average of 80 to 90 daily. High-impact crimes. So I think it is a failure. The daily cases of kidnapping, of extortion, do not end. Criminal groups have become empowered and this should worry us all. And even more so the incoming government,” said Guillermo Trujillo Álvarez, president of the evangelical network of Veracruz
'Christian nationalism' label emerges from ignorance and intimidation, panelists warn

US & Canada Society & Culture

30 Aug, 2024 11:08 EDT

How should American Christians respond as accusations of "Christian nationalism" increasingly fly toward people of faith who try to participate in politics? During a multi-panel event this week moderated by Christian Post reporter and podcaster Ian Giatti as an extension of CP's "Politics in the Pews" podcast and article series, Lt. Col. Allen West (Ret.), Christians Engaged founder Bunni Pounds and theologian James Spencer, Ph.D., weighed in on the hot-button issue, which they believe to be

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30 Aug, 2024 09:08 EDT

Asia Society & Culture

Christians among thousands of freelancers hit by installation of Pakistan's China-inspired internet firewall

By A. S. John

Shumayle Falak makes a living for his family by freelancing on online marketplaces but a nationwide internet slowdown due to the installation of a firewall by the government has rendered him and hundreds of thousands of other Pakistani youths jobless, exacerbating their financial woes in the inflation-hit economy.
29 Aug, 2024 11:53 EDT

Asia Religious Freedom

Officials in Pakistan attempt to ban rights march organizers

By Christian Daily International / Morning Star News

Sindh Province officials are trying to impose a ban on organizers of a minority rights march under pressure from an extremist Islamist party opposed to any changes in Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws, sources said.
29 Aug, 2024 07:08 EDT

Europe Society & Culture

Innovative ideas raised awareness on human trafficking at Paris Olympics 2024, time is 'now' to look ahead at LA 2028

By Chris Eyte

As the memories of the Paris Olympics 2024 begin to fade, a Christian anti-trafficking network is evaluating the impact of creative efforts to raise awareness on the risk of exploitation during the sporting event that drew thousands of people to the French capital. And they're already looking ahead at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028: the time to start preparing is now.
28 Aug, 2024 18:08 EDT

US & Canada Latin America Society & Culture Church & Missions

Outsize number of migrants globally are Christians, with Mexico top country of origin

By Chris Eyte

The largest share of migrants worldwide are Christians, the country of origin for the highest number of Christian migrants is Mexico (11.3 Million or 9%), and Christian migrants' destination country of choice is the USA followed by Germany and Russia, according to latest Pew Research Center data, published on August 19. The findings reinforce the importance of migration and diaspora ministry, an issue that will likely get attention at the upcoming Lausanne Congress in Seoul next month.
28 Aug, 2024 13:19 EDT

Asia Religious Freedom

Christian girl, 12, forcibly converted/married in Pakistan

By Christian Daily International / Morning Star News

A Muslim in Pakistan has abducted and forcibly converted and married a 12-year-old Christian girl after police delayed efforts to recover her, family members said.
28 Aug, 2024 11:56 EDT

Asia Religious Freedom

Poor Christian brothers charged with blasphemy in Pakistan

By Christian Daily International / Morning Star News

Two Christian brothers in Pakistan were arrested and charged with blasphemy on Tuesday (Aug. 27) after they were accused of desecrating pages of the Quran, sources said.
28 Aug, 2024 05:08 EDT

Africa Family & Children

Amid ongoing internal conflict in the DR Congo, Christian conference aims to restore families, empower life in Christ

By Ken Kagicha

Pastors, apostles and over 1,000 delegates gathered for the Family Impact Conference in Bukavu, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to “reaffirm the sovereignty of God in the family unit”. The three-day conference held in mid-July 2024 saw delegates travel from other DRC cities of Kinshasa and Goma but also from as far as Nairobi, Kampala and Bujumbura.

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