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Christian mother, daughter killed in Gaza strike; Israel says it targeted Hamas leader
Two Palestinian Christian women, a mother and her daughter, were killed early Saturday when an Israeli airstrike hit the apartment building in Gaza City where they were living, church leaders said.

Senate honors Prison Fellowship’s 50 years of pointing prisoners to Christ, restoring families
The U.S. Senate has passed a resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of Prison Fellowship, honoring the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit serving current and formerly incarcerated people and their families.

War, surveillance changing how Christians defend religious freedom, advocates say
Religious freedom advocates told a gathering in Texas that armed conflict and state surveillance are undermining the methods Christians have used to defend persecuted believers. They said a divided global church is poorly placed to respond.

Christian radio network marks 70 years of broadcasting the Gospel into North Korea and beyond
Far East Broadcasting Company-Korea, a Christian radio network whose signals have reached listeners in North Korea, China and Russia for decades, is marking its 70th anniversary with a series of events running through December.

At least one Christian killed every 86 minutes in Nigeria: report
Christians in Nigeria were killed at a rate of one every 86 minutes between Jan. 1 and Sept. 8, most of them in a region that receives low priority in Nigerian and U.S. security policy, a new report by a U.S.-based aid agency shows.

Evangelical body presses Israel at UN to stop settler violence
The World Evangelical Alliance urged Israel on Tuesday to rein in settler violence and halt settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, telling the United Nations Human Rights Council it was particularly concerned about Taybeh, which the group described as the territory's last predominantly Christian village.

New ministry tool will make it easier to share the Gospel with Deaf people
A new resource designed to reach Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities around the world with the Gospel has been launched by biblical media company RevelationMedia in partnership with the International Mission Board (IMB).

Evangelical Press Association begins voting on bid to remove 'Evangelical' from name
Members of the Evangelical Press Association began voting Tuesday on a board proposal to rename the organization Christian Communicators Network, after a virtual meeting in which board members explained their reasoning and fielded questions ranging from the loss of the word "Evangelical" to the process itself.

Killer of missionary Graham Staines and 2 sons seeks early release from prison
More than 25 years after her husband and two sons were burned alive by a Hindu nationalist mob in India, Gladys Staines is again speaking of forgiveness even as the Odisha state government is being pressured to release the primary convict in the case.

Zanzibari Christians persist in worship amid rising threats, attacks
The doors of some small churches in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous archipelago of Tanzania, have been broken, Bibles scattered and congregations left shaken. Yet Christians in several Muslim-majority communities continue to gather for worship despite fears of further attacks and growing social pressure.

























