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‘Tireless’ missionary kidnapped in Nigeria

Originally published in World Watch Monitor A 70-year-old missionary, active in education, health services and clean-water development, was abducted Monday by unspecified kidnappers in Nigeria. Rev Phyllis Sortor, born in Rwanda to Portuguese and French missionary parents and based in the U.S. state of Washington when not in the field, […]

13 hour Burn at Storehouse, PE

Red hot worshipers are invited to be a part of 13 hours of nonstop worship at BURN this Friday (February 27, 2015) starting at 19h00 at The Storehouse Church at 36 Vitry Ave, Lorraine, Port Elizabeth.  “Unified worship attracts Gods heart, ultimately Jesus is returning for ONE Bride, ” says Pete […]

Combating human trafficking: a new chapter

[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] A round table discussion was facilitated by the Department of Social Development on Friday 20 February 2015 […]

Christian response to IS “Message signed in blood”

[notice]MARK DURIE offers a Christian perspective on the execution of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya and the “IS Meggage Signed in Blood” — Originally published in INcontext Ministries’ “A World In Motion”, Issue 118, February 26, 2015 [/notice] Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has called for a United Nations resolution allowing […]

72 Assyrian Christian families captured, 50 besieged by IS after Syria attack

Originally published in World Watch Monitor Sources from Syria’s embattled Hassaka province confirmed at midnight on Tuesday, February 24, that at least 72 Assyrian Christian families – thought to be around 200 people – from three villages have been captured by the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Reportedly taken to the Arab Sunni […]