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It was an eventful weekend for Christian singer and songwriter K-Anthony.

The Jamaican-Canadian, who lives in Regina, Saskatchewan, won the top prize in the Christian music category.

When it comes to Canadian Christian music, there is just one category, a Juno award for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year.

"Dreams do come true with God, faith and perseverance!" said K-Anthony in a post on social media. "With humility and deep gratitude, I share this recognition with all those who have supported me along the way. To God be the glory today and always."

Work is in progress to provide translations of the Bible to Christians in 35 language groups across Indonesia and Southeast Asia with Bible Translation Acceleration Kits (BTAKs)—and the training to use them.

Wycliffe Associates is an international organization that empowers mother-tongue Bible translators and partners with local churches.

Lauren Daigle changed things up during her recent tour, stopping to sing and speak to incarcerated women in Oklahoma.

"People always say 'Where's your favourite place to go?' and I say, 'places you'd never know. Prison,'" says Daigle in a recent video on social media. 

Over 300 women inmates at Eddie Warrior Correctional Center in Oklahoma danced, sang, and cried as Daigle sang a few songs of hers and shared a message of hope. 

With 100,000 Ukrainian refugees left in Moldova, Mission Eurasia is working to bring the gospel and necessities to people in need. 

When the war first broke out roughly two years ago when Russia invaded Ukraine, a million Ukrainians fled to the small neighbouring country of Moldova. Many have since relocated however roughly 100,000 remain. 

The JESUS Film Project celebrates its 2,100th translation of the JESUS Film. This historic translation brings the gospel to life in the Waorani tribe’s language from Ecuador.

You may recognize the Waorani tribe; their spearing party killed five American Christian missionaries back in 1956.

"We were requested about a year ago to do the Waorani language," says Chris Deckert, JFP’s Language Studios Director. “They’ve been in the spotlight of missions for many, many years after what happened with Jim Elliot and Nate Saint."

After a successful conference in Saskatchewan, which saw 1,200 youth hear about Jesus, the Inspire Our Nation Conference is coming to Winnipeg. 

Starting in 2018, it was as an opportunity for youth to overcome struggle and influence their world for Jesus by coming together, and filling the hole for youth conferences.

A worship leader and professional backup singer recently took centre stage while auditioning for The Voice.

The powerhouse singer sang Deborah Cox's 'Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here' and had all the judges asking her to join their team. 

“It’s very difficult doing this audition, but you just handled it with such poise and grace," said John Legend. "I don’t know if you noticed, but I was the first one who turned for you. Your tone is so elegant. Do you sing in church? You sound like you do.”

A young girl from Saskatchewan who was rushed to hospital a week ago is recovering. 

Last Thursday, Kyla Thomson reached out for prayer after being awoken by her husband calling out for help from her 10-year-old daughter's room. 

"Her body was limp. She couldn’t open her eyes. We called 911," said Kyla. "We’ve never had to do that before. The four previous times Bella had gone septic or dealt with anything scary, she was already in a hospital or stable enough for us to drive her there before things went downhill."

One of the CAIN sibling's children is making it clear that music runs in the family. 

On Thursday, the band posted a video of Madison's son, Calloway, copying his mother as she sang him different notes. 

The result was that her almost two-year-old son could match the pitch perfectly. 

Tim Tebow's wife, Demi-Leigh, is officially an author.

On Monday, Tebow announced that she will release her first book, A Crown that Lasts: You Are Not Your Label, later this year. 

"When I sat down to begin writing it a few years ago, I realized I had so much internal work I still needed to do in order to write the message I felt God was calling me to write," said Tebow in a post on social media. "I realized that writing this book was just as much for myself as it was for you all, and it’s something I’m still learning too!"