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From mission to 'sevā': AICOCIM challenges Indian Church to embrace selfless service
Christian Daily International, Sep 16, 2025
On the opening day of the All India Congress on Church in Mission (AICOCIM), Rev. Dr. Praveen Paul, Principal of Caleb Institute, delivered a plenary address urging the Indian Church to recover the essence of discipleship. He warned that consumer-driven attitudes and shallow models of church growth cannot sustain Christian witness, calling instead for the formation of authentic disciples shaped by integrity, humility, and Spirit-led obedience.
Ibero-American evangelical churches reaffirm commitment to life, family and religious freedom in Cartagena Declaration
Christian Daily International, Sep 16, 2025
The 12th General Assembly of the Latin Evangelical Alliance (AEL) concluded on Sept. 12 in Cartagena with a clear and forceful message: the evangelical churches of Ibero-America are determined to take a leading role in shaping public life. United in purpose, they pledged to defend religious freedom, the family, and the right to life, while deepening their unity and expanding their social engagement.
John McKinzie, Lead Pastor of Hope Fellowship, Resigns over ‘sexual sin and moral failure’
The Christian Post, Sep 16, 2025
John McKinzie, the lead pastor of the multi-campus Hope Fellowship in North Texas, who announced the firing of one of the megachurch s student pastors for inappropriate contact with a minor earlier
Levi Lusko: The Loneliness Epidemic Is the Church’s Wake-Up Call - RELEVANT
RELEVANT, Sep 16, 2025
America is lonelier than ever. The surgeon general has warned that chronic isolation poses the same health risks as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Harvard
John Piper Warns against 'Christian' Mysticism, Seeking 'out-of-body connection' with Supernatural Powers
The Christian Post, Sep 16, 2025
Notable theologian and author John Piper has warned Christians not to pursue mysticism or believe that one can connect with God in a supernatural realm to gain hidden knowledge
Opinions mixed on GCR’s impact with young Baptist leaders | Baptist Press
Baptist Press, Sep 16, 2025
NASHVILLE (BP) – Though none of the seven components of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force (GCRTF) Report delivered in 2010 specifically addressed engaging younger leaders, the subject had hovered over discussions among task force members the previous 10 months.
The Way We Debate Atonement Is a Mess
Christianity Today, Sep 16, 2025
A case study in how Christians talk about theology, featuring a recent dustup over penal substitutionary atonement.
Human error exposes email addresses of Church of England abuse survivors
Christian Daily International, Sep 16, 2025
Human error led to nearly 200 private email addresses linked to a redress scheme for Church of England abuse survivors being publicly disclosed. Kennedys, a global law firm based in the U.S., has worked with the Church of England to develop the Redress Scheme for survivors of church abuse to receive financial redress, therapeutic and spiritual support.
Indian Church urged to proclaim Christ with authenticity, purity, unity, and boldness at AICOCIM 2025
Christian Daily International, Sep 16, 2025
On the opening day of the All India Congress on Church in Mission (AICOCIM), Rev. Dr. Paul Mathews, National Overseer of Filadelfia Fellowship Churches of India and Senior Pastor of Rajasthan Pentecostal Church, delivered a plenary address urging the Church in India to renew its witness through authenticity, purity, unity, and boldness.
'A Church broad but shallow cannot stand': Vijayesh Lal urges leaders at AICOCIM to return to deep discipleship
Christian Daily International, Sep 16, 2025
The opening keynote of the All India Congress on Church in Mission (AICOCIM) became a wide-ranging call to action Monday afternoon (Sept. 15) as Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) General Secretary Vijayesh Lal urged nearly 450 Christian leaders to embrace surrender, courage, and Spirit-guided imagination to meet the challenges of this moment in history.

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