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More Than 200 Bishops Sign Middle East Peace Declaration

More Than 200 Bishops Sign Middle East Peace Declaration

Issued in Assisi, the declaration warns Christians could all but vanish from the Middle East and asks for diplomacy, aid and equal rights.

Nov 4, 2026

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Summit Church Zoning Dispute Reaches Appeals Panel

Summit Church Zoning Dispute Reaches Appeals Panel

First Liberty and the Justice Department asked the Fourth Circuit to keep an injunction that lets a Southern Baptist church pursue its new building.

Nov 4, 2026

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TODAY’S STUDY

Global Methodists Call Churches to Pray for Persecuted Believers

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Global Methodists Call Churches to Pray for Persecuted Believers

The denomination marked the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church on November 1 and offers simple ways to keep praying all month.

Nov 4, 2026

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Pray for Three Christians Arrested in Afghanistan

Taliban police arrested three believers in July, The Voice of the Martyrs reports, and a front-line worker asks the church to pray.

Nov 4, 2026

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If God Already Knows What I Need, Why Pray?

What Joe Heschmeyer told a seeker about God's foreknowledge, free choices and why the act of praying is itself a good God rewards.

Nov 4, 2026

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750 Solar-Powered Audio Bibles Reach Bunia in Eastern Congo

Two aborted flights and weeks of paperwork stood between Nairobi and families in the Kigonze camp before the devices finally landed.

Nov 2, 2026

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MORE FROM THIS WEEK


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Pew Finds American Religious Life Holding Steady Since 2020

Pew Finds American Religious Life Holding Steady Since 2020

The Oct. 28 report shows the youngest adults attending religious services more than the nation as a whole, while those a few years older attend least.

Two Attacks in Ethiopia Kill at Least 60 Orthodox Christians, Church Says

Two Attacks in Ethiopia Kill at Least 60 Orthodox Christians, Church Says

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Freed After a Year in a Sudanese Prison, Amin Ismail Still Needs a Way Out

Freed After a Year in a Sudanese Prison, Amin Ismail Still Needs a Way Out

ICC says courts cleared Amin Ismail again and again, yet he stayed in Kobar Prison, and Khartoum is still not safe for him.

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Why You Should Never Read a Bible Verse Alone

Why You Should Never Read a Bible Verse Alone

Greg Koukl's paragraph rule and Mel Lawrenz's walk through Hebrews 11 show why context gives a verse its meaning.

Indonesian Congregation Gets Worship Permit After 12 Years

Indonesian Congregation Gets Worship Permit After 12 Years

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Adoptive Families Wait Overseas to Bring Children Home

Adoptive Families Wait Overseas to Bring Children Home

A national-interest exception under the travel ban leaves one parent stranded abroad for weeks, and churches are stepping in.

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Watchdog Reports Growing Pressure on Middle Eastern Christians

Watchdog Reports Growing Pressure on Middle Eastern Christians

Aid to the Church in Need says Syria, Lebanon and Iraq raise fears for Christianity's ancient heartland, with Africa the epicenter.

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Remembering a Designer Who Made Bibles Easier to Read

Remembering a Designer Who Made Bibles Easier to Read

Klaus Krogh of 2K/Denmark spent four decades on Bible typefaces, including one made for readers with dyslexia.

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How Can I Know That I Am Really Saved?

Oct 30, 2026

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How Can I Know That I Am Really Saved?

Pastors and Catholic apologists agree on three practical tests from 1 John for a believer troubled by doubt.

Gateway Seminary reports record enrollment for the fall

Oct 28, 2026

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Gateway Seminary reports record enrollment for the fall

The Southern Baptist school in Ontario, California, grew to 1,095 students and its largest incoming class ever.

Hundreds protest a planned church in West Java, Indonesia

Oct 28, 2026

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Hundreds protest a planned church in West Java, Indonesia

Officials in Purwakarta say the church met its requirements and urge dialogue, while residents ask for a review of the approvals.

Police detain more than 20 Christians at a house church in China

Oct 28, 2026

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Police detain more than 20 Christians at a house church in China

Church leader Mr. Ding and several co-workers were still held on October 19 without any detention notice, church sources say.

Archaeologists find the church St. Jerome wrote about in A.D. 396

Oct 28, 2026

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Archaeologists find the church St. Jerome wrote about in A.D. 396

How to Pray for Your Pastor Beyond 'God Bless Him'

Oct 28, 2026

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How to Pray for Your Pastor Beyond 'God Bless Him'

Peter Orr describes the pressures that are pushing trained ministers out of their posts, and how church members can push back.

Tennessee choir shares its faith on Germany's streets

Oct 26, 2026

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Tennessee choir shares its faith on Germany's streets

How 45 Tennessee Baptists used hymns, tracts and a singing class to open gospel conversations in Cologne, Bonn and Bornheim.

Bishops warn that new technology could widen religious persecution

Oct 26, 2026

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Bishops warn that new technology could widen religious persecution

The two bishops behind the statement, what they say about AI and surveillance, and how they are working with the U.S. religious freedom commission.

Illinois district agrees to equal access for Good News Clubs

Oct 26, 2026

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Illinois district agrees to equal access for Good News Clubs

What the settlement requires of the Moline-Coal Valley district, what Liberty Counsel said, and the 2001 ruling behind it.

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