Originally published in Ecumenical News Citing tensions and disasters in Northeast Asia, the World Council of Churches has called on its churches to deepen ethical and theological debates about civilian and military uses of nuclear energy. It main governing body called on the churches to examine “the witness inherent in […]
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Christian Life Award given to courageous parents who refused to abort baby
Originally published in the Gospel Herald What should have been a joyous time for Kristi and Dave Eskelund was instead one of fear and confusion. Doctors told the young parents that their unborn twin girls were conjoined at the abdomen, and possibly shared a heart. The pregnancy, they were told, […]
Billy Graham to release new message about Heaven
Article originally posted in God Reports A new video message from Billy Graham is in production and is set to release on Nov 7, 2014, in honor of his 96th birthday. The programme, called “Heaven,” is being released to churches as an evangelistic tool, in conjunction with the Billy Graham […]
Global Christian leaders call on G20 to tackle tax evasion
Christian leaders representing over 1 billion people from 170 nations have sent an Open Letter to heads of the G20, calling for urgent action on corruption and tax evasion, reports Micah Challenge International in a media statement released yesterday (June 26, 2014). This historic anti-corruption initiative by the global Church […]
Cannabis black market sales increase after legalisation
Regardless of pro-pot activists’ claims in the USA that legalisation of dagga (cannabis) will reduce the underground sale of the drug, it is actually increasing, says Doctors For Life (DFL) in a media release dated June 20. In the state of Colorado, the black market cannabis, which many expected to disappear […]
Toddler saw Jesus before angels carried her home
Originally posted in God Reports No one guessed little Giselle had a heart problem until a routine doctor’s check-up at seven months old. But her short, joy-filled life ended with visions of Jesus and heaven, a comfort to those who loved her most. “I don’t know why Giselle was born […]
Nigeria tops Christian persecution violence list: new Open Doors report
By Open Doors The World Watch List (WWL) Research team of Open Doors International has released a Top 10 Violence List of countries in which Christians have experienced the most violent incidents for their faith in Jesus Christ. The World Watch Top 10 Violence List, which is based on persecution […]
WEA urges churches to celebrate World Refugee Sunday
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) encourages Christians and churches around the world to remember and pray for refugees and forcibly displaced people on World Refugee Sunday, designated this year to fall on June 15 and 22. The WEA and the Refugee Highway Partnership (RHP) have prepared useful resources for local […]
Christians to protest outside Sudanese Embassy in Pretoria on Tuesday
Christians plan to picket in front of the Sudanese Embassy in Pretoria on Tuesday (June 3) afternoon in protest against a death sentence ruling by a Sudanese court against a young Christian mother and medical doctor, Meriam Ibrahim, 27, for refusing to convert to Islam. Ibrahim who gave birth to […]
Second woman in jail for ‘apostasy’ as Meriam Ibrahim gives birth in Sudanese prison
Originally published in Morning Star News As Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, sentenced to death for leaving Islam, gave birth early yesterday morning (Tuesday, May 27, 2014) in prison, another Christian woman in Sudan has been jailed for “apostasy,” sources said. Ibrahim’s second child was born at about 3:30 a.m. in the […]