South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in God Stories Pastors of the Three-Self Church have understood for several years what a “Sinicized” religion is. “Sinicization” does not mean adopting a Chinese style, language, and aesthetics (in fact, the CCP is “Sinicizing” even a quintessential Chinese religion such as Taoism). It means adopting the style, language, and ideology of the CCP. […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News A man believed by his attackers to have been ‘killed’ in India’s troubled Manipur state has emerged from a hospital morgue and says he forgives his Meitei Hindu attackers. Thangboi Singsit, 25, is a tribal Christian from Kangchup Geljang village in Kangpokpi district in […]
Originally published in Worthy Christian News Amid the ongoing deadly and destructive tribal conflict in India’s Manipur state, a local Christian leader has pleaded for help saying Hindu extremist members of the Meitei tribe are committing “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide” against Christians from the Kuki and Zo tribes, International Christian […]
Originally published in Catholic Herald A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Christian to death after he received cartoons of Mohammad, the founder of Islam, in a WhatsApp chat message to his phone. Nouman Asghar, 24, of Bahawalpur in Punjab, was convicted of blasphemy under 295-c of the country’s Penal […]
Originally published in The Christian Post A crowd of about 70 000 people overflowed the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Saturday as Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, gave a passionate sermon on the 50th anniversary of his father Billy Graham’s historic outreach in Seoul. […]
Originally published in Metro A young child was sentenced to life in a prison camp in North Korea because their parents owned a Bible. The two-year-old, whose entire family was also jailed, will never see life outside of the prison walls after the ruling was made. It’s one of many extreme cases […]
Originally published in Christian Today Christians in India are urging the government to speak out after dozens were killed in ethno-religious violence and thousands more forced to flee their homes. Most of the victims of the violence in Manipur are reported to come from minority tribes, including the largely Christian […]
Originally published in Christian News Christians in India facing a wave of violence from Hindu extremists have appealed to the nation’s Supreme Court for justice. A public petition submitted today demands that the government in Delhi prevents what it calls the “sinister phenomena of violence” and “targeted hate speech” against […]
Originally published in CBN News Papua New Guinea’s foreign minister Justin Tkachenko confirmed to Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen last Sunday that his nation will open an embassy in Jerusalem. That would make the South Sea island nation only the fifth to establish an embassy in Israel’s capital since President […]
Originally published in Christian Today A Catholic who spent more than three years in jail on a baseless blasphemy charge had to pay an exorbitant amount of bail for release this month, just one example of gross injustices against him and other Christians, his attorney said. The maximum amount for […]
