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Mike Huckabee Stands by Holocaust Remark to Describe US-Iran Nuclear Deal: ‘I Will Stand With Our Ally, Israel’
Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has refused to apologize for drawing references from the World War II atrocities of the Holocaust to describe the Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration as a bad one for Israel. His comments have led others within the GOP to keep their distance from him.
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President Obama Makes Case for Gay Rights in Socially Conservative Kenya; 700 Kenyan Pastors Object to Message
In his historic visit to East Africa over the weekend, President Barack Obama went to his father’s ancestral homeland and made the case for gay rights there. However, some pastors in socially conservative Kenya, along with the country’s president, have voiced their objection to Obama’s remarks.
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U.S. Boy Scouts Vote on Resolution to Scrap Ban on Openly Gay Scout Adult Leaders; Church-Led Groups Can Still Enforce It For Now
In a move from long-held tradition, the Boy Scouts of America has plans to eliminate the ban on openly gay scout leaders. However, this move would not apply to church-led scout groups, which can still choose scout leaders “whose beliefs are consistent with their own.”
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Teenage 'Mentally Handicapped' Girl Suicide Bombers in Cameroon, Nigeria Unleash New Attacks, Killing 34; Boko Haram Blamed
A 12-year-old female suicide bomber blew up a bar in the African country of Cameroon, killing 20 people. Another bomber described as “mentally handicapped” killed 14 people in Nigeria.
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Bobbi Kristina Brown Dies at 22 in Hospice: ‘She's in God’s Hands Now’
Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of legendary singer Whitney Houston, died Sunday in hospice. She was 22 years old.
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10th CCOWE: Rev. Dr. Joshua Ting Asks 'What Has Gone Wrong with the Chinese Church?' and Calls for Renewal Through Repentance
At the 10th CCOWE, Rev. Dr. Joshua Ting called Chinese church leaders to spiritual repentance, warning that institutional success masks deep crises—such as youth attrition, co-worker burnout, and internal power struggles—and urging renewal that begins with inner transformation, not external methods.
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[10th CCOWE] Edmund Chan: The Greatest Crisis Facing the Church Is Putting 'Mission Ahead of the Mandate'
Rev. Edmund Chan urged the global Church to prioritize inner spiritual formation ("Mandate") over external ministry ("Mission") to faithfully fulfill the Great Commission.
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10th CCOWE Opens in Malaysia as Nearly 2,000 Leaders Gather Under 'Open Our EAR, Understand Our ERA, Here We ARE'
The 10th CCOWE opening ceremony gathered 1,800 global Chinese Christian leaders in Malaysia, with keynote speakers—Rev. David Doong, Rev. Joshua Ting, Dr. Cheung Teng, and Rev. Edmund Chan—unanimously calling for church renewal through inner repentance, a return to the Gospel’s core, intentional disciple-making, and cross-generational collaboration, rather than relying on institutional success or numerical growth.
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[10th CCOWE] Rev. Wayne Chen: When Everything Is 'Mission,' the Church Loses Its Way
Rev. Wayne Chen calls on the Chinese church to move beyond the false dichotomy between "evangelism" and "social concern," urging a return to the cross-centered Gospel as the core—trusting that the Gospel is inherently holistic and that it alone drives the church into the world without losing its focal direction.
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[10th CCOWE] Clement Chia and Chuang Yu-ming Dialogue: 'What Kind of Christian Does the World Need?'
Revs. Chia and Chuang called the Church to return to the full, embodied Gospel of Christ the King—beyond moralism—so that believers' transformed lives visibly demonstrate God's Kingdom.