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June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day, a special day for Pastor Marty McLean of Encounter Life Ministries. 

The downtown church has been around for almost six years and McLean says, "We've been doing outreaches for our Indigenous peoples in the City of Winnipeg."

McLean states that the primary focus is on the 77,000-plus Indigenous people that call Winnipeg home, to show them the love of God and help in any way. "Not only spiritually but in other ways that we can help them transition to have a better life."

A local ministry leader is encouraging Christians to take time to understand and build relationships with Indigenous communities and individuals. 

Roger Armbruster from Niverville, Man., is the Director of Canada Awakening Ministries. He's worked closely with Indigenous people since the 1980s throughout his ministry. 

"I love visiting in those communities and not only sharing but learning from them the things they have to teach us as well," says Armbruster.

Today is World Refugee Day, a day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. 

"There are 120 million people in our world today who are displaced from their homes," said Stefan Epp-Koop, senior manager of humanitarian programming at Canadian Foodgrains Bank. "They are displaced because of conflict, because of natural disasters, because of economic crises, and have been forced to leave their homes." 

According to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, there are more refugees and displaced people in the world in 2024 than there have ever been before. 

Many Christian songwriters and music publishers were celebrated on Wednesday night at the 2024 BMI Christian Awards. 

The 25 most-performed Christian songs included, 'Fear is Not My Future,' 'God is in This Story,' 'Heart of God,' 'Hymn of Heaven,' 'Love Me Like I Am,' 'Rest on Us,' 'Who I Am' among others. 

Brandon Lake's 'Gratitude' was named the 2024 Song of the Year. The track features raw honesty written by Dante Bowe and Ben Hastings. It received nominations from the 2023 GMA Dove Awards for Song of the Year and Worship Recorded Song of the Year. 

Chris Tomlin is gearing up to release a new version of his critically acclaimed song, 'Holy Forever' on Friday, June 21.

The new version features the sibling trio, Cain alongside Tomlin. The release comes two years after its original release which was featured on Tomlin's Grammy-nominated album, Always. 

On Sunday, a local filmmaker will be hosting the Canadian Premier for his new documentary called Things Unseen. 

Alex Reimer grew up here in Manitoba's Southeast but has spent the last seven years working as a missionary in Germany and Northern Ireland. He and his wife recently decided to move to Steinbach, but not before filming something special. 

According to Open Doors, there are more than 365 million Christians being persecuted today. The ministry is inviting Canadian Christians to stand with them in prayer for their One with Them event. 

Reverend Gary Stagg is the Executive Director of Open Doors Canada. The Ministry of Open Doors, which was started in 1955, is worldwide and helps Christians who are being persecuted.

Haiti’s gang violence in Port-au-Prince has disrupted more than tourism to the island nation.

The coach of the NBA 2024 World Champion, Boston Celtics ensured God was front and centre in their recent win. 

While his players were celebrating their win, head coach Joe Mazzulla donned a t-shirt that read, 'But First Let Me Thank God.'

"It's a blessing," said Mazzulla in an interview following the game. "I don't deserve it, but because of grace, I'm here. God has put us in control of this responsibility, this ownership this organization and it's our job to move it along. I'm just really grateful for everyone who helped us get here."

A Brooklyn church leader has been sentenced to nine years in prison.

45-year-old Lamor Whitehead a.k.a. the Bling Bishop, pastor at Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries was convicted on charges of wire fraud, attempted wire fraud, attempted extortion and making false statements to federal law enforcement agents. 

"Lamor Whitehead is a con man who stole millions of dollars in a string of financial frauds and even stole from one of his own parishioners," said U.S attorney, Damian Williams.