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Empowered21, a Spirit-filled international organization dedicated to uniting Christian believers and leaders, announced last week it is changing the location of its upcoming 2019 Latin America Congress. The event was originally scheduled to take place in Guatemala City at Casa de Dios, but after recent developments between the church and the Guatemalan government, the organization has moved the conference to Bogota, Colombia. Hear more about these developments when you click play to listen.

Mass shootings have sadly become an unfortunate reality of life in many North American and European countries. On Tuesday, December 11, a middle-aged gunman named Euler Fernando Gandolfo shot and killed four people in a Catholic church in Campinas, Brazil. Listen to this story to find out what happened.

In recent years, the Church of England has moved toward accepting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and now their ceremonies will affirm transgender people’s new identities. Listen to this story to find out more.

Chinese police recently detained prominent house church leaders and churchgoers. Reuters says this is the latest government action against unregistered religious groups. Listen to find out more on this story and how you can support these believers through prayer.

Grammy-winning music star Chance the Rapper, who self-describes as a “Christian rapper,” recently announced he was temporarily stepping away from the spotlight so he could focus on studying the Bible. Listen to this story to find out the reason why.

This is a story about a new movie that shows a boy rising from the dead through the power of God. And the coolest part is that the film is based on a true story! Find out more about the movie and the prominent stars playing when you play this story.

A megachurch in Alabama recently decided to allow people to reserve their seats online for the Christmas service. Within five minutes, 31,000 people had reserved seats and several services had entirely sold out. Find out who the church is when you listen to this story.

After a week of festivities, an auditorium believed to be the world’s largest sanctuary has opened in Nigeria.

This is a story about MMA fighter Rene Martinez, also known as “Level." Listen to how he had a supernatural experience. That experience led him to exchange his gang for Jesus.

Two pastors were among the seven Christians murdered in Congo during an Islamic raid. The Allied Democratic Forces attacked two villages near Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Nov. 10 and 11. Listen to find out what happened.