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China Lausanne Delegation Expound Their Position and Approach
BEIJING - On October 15, 2010, China Lausanne Delegation issued an open letter on events pertaining to Chinese government barring the the vast majority of the Chinese delegation from attending Lausanne Congress.
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Five Beijing Pastors Barred From Lausanne, Shouwang Church Explains
On Oct. 10, five house church pastors and volunteers from Beijing who have been invited to join an international Christian conference held in South Africa were barred from leaving the country. Four passports were confiscated. That day, Beijing Shouwang Church held a prayer meeting for those who will try to participate and released on their website a detailed explanation on why China church leaders were barred. California-based Rev. Liu Tong-su expressed through The Gospel Herald to overseas Chin
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China's House Church Reps Blocked from Attending Lausanne Congress
Lausanne III, the heavily-recognized global evangelical leadership conference, will begin later this week on the 16th. Just as the world’s regional church leaders are making their ways to the Cape Town, South Africa, numerous representatives of China’s house churches were blocked from leaving the country to attend the congress by authorities.
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Logos Evangelical Seminary Offers Thanksgiving on 21st Anniversary
Logos Evangelical Seminary held this year’s Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday (October 3) in the First Church of Nazarene of Pasadena. More than 650 guests gathered to witness the amazing guidance and abundant grace of God towards the seminary.
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Chinese Presenters of Lausanne III Release 'Advance Papers'
Next month, some 4,000 Christian leaders from 200 countries will gather in South Africa for Cape Town 2010, The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization. The presenters at Cape Town 2010 have prepared “Advance Papers” as previews of the material they plan to address in their presentations in October.
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A church in South Korea’s Guri City suffers fire damage, no injuries reported
A church in Guri City, near Seoul, South Korea, experienced a fire on July 3 that caused damage to parts of its main sanctuary building
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Bible scholar suggests ‘Mark of the Beast’ may not be 666 after all
Canadian Bible scholar Wes Huff is encouraging Christians to reexamine a widely held assumption about Revelation 13:18—that the number of the beast is definitively 666. According to Huff, some of the earliest and most respected manuscripts suggest a different number altogether: 616.
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‘Squid Game’ Season 3 raises spiritual questions about trust, despair, and redemption
In a recent column for Christianity Today, Michelle Park explores Squid Game: Season 3 through a biblical lens, arguing that the show’s narrative highlights not only societal decay but also a deeper, often unspoken, yearning for redemption and trust.
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“Sinners”: Gospel distorted by ethnicity and regionalism
In the latest installment of his Bricolage in the Movie series, Dr. Ukjoo Park offers a cultural-theological reading of Sinners, a supernatural drama directed by Ryan Coogler. Set in the racially segregated 1930s Mississippi Delta, the film follows two Black brothers who operate a juke joint while battling vampires—and racism.
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27 girls and 1 counselor missing after flash flood hits Texas Christian Camp
A sudden flash flood swept through a Christian summer camp in Texas early Friday morning, leaving 27 girls and one adult counselor initially unaccounted for, with 12 still missing as of Sunday.