Brazilian Evangelicals Are Split on Lausanne’s Legacy

Posted on Sep 20, 2024 in brazil, International, Latin America, missions, South America

For years, integral mission—a theological vision that saw evangelism and social justice as inseparable components of Christian life, or as “two wings of an airplane,” as Ecuadorian theologian René Padilla once wrote—has been a legacy of the Lausanne Movement in Brazil. The concept was developed in the 1970s by members of the Latin American Theological Read more…

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19 Christian Para Athletes to Root For at the Paris 2024 Paralympics

Posted on Aug 26, 2024 in brazil, Canada, Church Life, Disability, Ideas, International, Oceania, sports, United Kingdom, United States

Around 4,400 Para athletes will vie for victory in 22 sports at the summer Paralympics, which run from August 28 to September 8 in Paris. The Paralympics use a system of classification to ensure that Para athletes competing in the same category have “similar functional abilities in terms of movement, coordination and balance.” Each class Read more…

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Brazil Supreme Court Justice Opens Investigation of Elon Musk Over Fake News

Posted on Apr 9, 2024 in brazil, ElonMusk, FreeSpeech, World News, X

A Brazilian Supreme Court Justice has launched a probe into Elon Musk’s company, X, for spreading fake news and initiated a separate investigation targeting Musk for potential obstruction.

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Brazil, China Ditch US Dollar

Posted on Mar 31, 2023 in brazil, China, Dollar, World News

Brazil and China have ditched the U.S. dollar and agreed to trade in their currencies as the greenback rapidly loses its status as the world’s reserve currency.

Brazil Court Orders Arrests Over Congress Attacks

Posted on Jan 11, 2023 in Bolsonaro, brazil, Christian

Two top Brazilian security officials faced detention Tuesday after a senior judge on Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered their arrests over attacks on key government buildings.

Brazil’s Ex-President Condemns Brasilia Attack

Posted on Jan 11, 2023 in Bolsonaro, brazil, World News

Brazil’s former president and conservative rightwing leader Jair Bolsonaro has condemned supporters who invaded and ransacked the government’s top institutions on Sunday.