Originally published in Mission Network News It’s been nearly three months since Japan was torn apart by an earthquake and tsunami. The billions of dollars in damage sent the country into a deeper recession as many jobs were lost, businesses were left crippled, and in some cases–destroyed by the disaster. […]
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Five years jail sentence for giving Christian CD to neighbour
Convicting a Christian convert for insulting the prophet of Islam, a judge in Algeria last week stunned the Christian community by sentencing him beyond what a prosecutor recommended, Compass News Direct reported on Monday (May 30). In Oran, 470 kilometers west of Algiers, a criminal court in the city’s Djamel […]
Angus Buchan expecting “revival” at big Northern Ireland outreach
South African farmer and evangelist Angus Buchan is trusting God to move mightly in the hearts of Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland when he shares the gospel with them at the Odyssey Arena sports and entertainment centre in Belfast this weekend (May 27 and 28). The 15 000-capacity arena, […]
Geopende Deure maak ‘n oproep vir gebed na die dood van Osama bin Laden
Terwyl erkenning gegee word aan die menslike, politieke en militêre betekenis van Osama bin Laden se dood, veral waar dit diegene aangaan wat gely het onder die vreeslike geweld wat hy en sy organisasie wêreldwyd gepleeg het, erken Geopende Deure ook die Bybelse oproep om te bid vir diegene wat […]
Egyptian Christians: We’re under siege
By Michael Carl – Originally published in WorldNetDaily An Egyptian human rights activist says the Coptic Christian community in his country is under siege by the Muslim majority since Barack Obama abandoned President Hosni Mubarak, his regime collapsed and the Muslim Brotherhood’s integration into power began. Reports document attacks by […]
Christians in northern Nigeria live in fear of their lives
Originally published in the Nigerian Tribune The Bishop of Gusau Anglican Diocese, Zamfara State, the Right Reverend John Danbinta, has said that Christians in the northern part of the country live in daily fear of being killed through the brute force of anti-Christian elements. Bishop Danbinta spoke on Thursday in […]
Sunday is Internet Evangelism Day!
Sunday May 15 is Internet Evangelism Day (IE Day) — a worldwide focus day for promoting the potential of the Internet and digital media for sharing the Gospel. With more than 2 billion Internet users and 4 billion mobile phone users around the world — of which more than half […]
Tsunami update: thousands starting again
By Danie MoutonStephan Smithdorff was sent by the Uitenhage-North Dutch Reformed Church to carry out mission work under the banner of Operation Mobilisation. Here is Stephen’s report on the latest relief work in Japan: “Dear friends, “I just returned on Tuesday from a very fulfilling trip to the earthquake-tsunami stricken […]
Obama and Lincoln victory speeches compared
[notice]ChristianView Network Director Philip Rosenthal compares President Barak Obama’s Bin Laden victory speech with the speech made by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 after the American Civil War[/notice] On Monday, President Barak Obama announced to the world that the US military had found and killed Osama Bin Laden. In celebrating […]
Osama Bin Laden killed by US forces in Pakistan
Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was killed by a small team of Americans who attacked his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, the United States, President Barack Obama said in a dramatic late night statement at the White House. “A […]