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	<title>Comments on: Global Gathering</title>
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	<description>A thriving church community in Glasgow city centre</description>
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		<title>By: John</title>
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		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description>Thanks to both Reuben and Imran for their insights into Tanzania and Pakistan.

One of the common threads through both their presentations was the effect of education* and literacy. In Tanzania, education means that the next generation of children can learn effective ways of getting out of poverty. In Pakistan, where the &lt;a href="http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pk.html#People" rel="nofollow"&gt;literacy rate is only 48.7%&lt;/a&gt;, the population is susceptible to being manipulated through misinformation (for example in confusing Christianity with the behaviour of the secular or political West, with dangerous consequences for Christians in Pakistan).

*Achieving Universal Primary Education is a key part of the &lt;a href="http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Millennium Development Goals&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks to both Reuben and Imran for their insights into Tanzania and Pakistan.</p>
<p>One of the common threads through both their presentations was the effect of education* and literacy. In Tanzania, education means that the next generation of children can learn effective ways of getting out of poverty. In Pakistan, where the <a href="http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pk.html#People" rel="nofollow">literacy rate is only 48.7%</a>, the population is susceptible to being manipulated through misinformation (for example in confusing Christianity with the behaviour of the secular or political West, with dangerous consequences for Christians in Pakistan).</p>
<p>*Achieving Universal Primary Education is a key part of the <a href="http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/" rel="nofollow">Millennium Development Goals</a>.</p>
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