South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Londoner Brian Greenaway grew up in a loving family very much aware of his Jewish identity, but from a political Zionist, rather than a religious point of view. He was prejudiced against Arabs as he felt they were trying to destroy his people, and he hated Christians because of the […]
Originally published in CBN News On Monday Sudan abolished a decades-old law on boycotting Israel, part of efforts to establish normal ties with the Jewish state. A bill was approved at a joint meeting of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council and Cabinet that annuls the 1958 law. The law had forbidden […]
In the letter below to supporters International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) president Dr Juergen Beuhler calls for action in response to an outrageous bid in the International Criminal Court to equate Israel’s defence of its homeland with Nazi crimes against Jewish people in the Holocaust Dear friends, Scholars call it […]
Originally published in CBN News A Christian’s five-year prison sentence for reposting a cartoon of the Islamic prophet Muhammad to his Facebook page three years ago has been upheld by an Algerian court. Morning Star News (MSN) reports Farid Khemisti, the man’s attorney, said his client received the stiff sentence because […]
By Julie Stahl — Originally published in CBN News The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced on Tuesday that it has recovered dozens of fragments of a biblical scroll for the first time in about 60 years in what was described as a “complex and challenging national archaeological operation.” The “new” […]
Originally published in CBN News The Balkan nation of Kosovo has become the latest country to open its embassy in Jerusalem. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora announces that the Kosovo Embassy in the State of Israel, with headquarters in Jerusalem, officially has been opened,” Kosovo’s Foreign Ministry said […]
By David Parsons — originally published by the ICEJ Although Ben-Gurion Airport is currently shut down for the first time since Israel’s founding in 1948, a specially chartered flight sponsored by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) was allowed to bring 302 Ethiopian Jewish immigrants home to Israel early this […]
Originally published in CBN News Israeli authorities excavating in the Jezreel Valley have unearthed a 1 500-year-old inscription dedicated to Jesus. Excavators found the Greek inscription while digging in the village of et-Taiyiba. The inscription was engraved in stone in what is believed by researchers to be the remains of […]
A remarkable pilgrimage road dating back to Jesus’ time was recently discovered in Jerusalem. Along the road, a podium was unveiled, where Peter addressed the crowds at Pentecost, introducing Jesus as the Messiah. The latest excavations done at the City of David site unearthed an ancient street referred to as […]
Originally published in The Christian Post An Iranian Christian convert, who is serving a six-year prison sentence, has received 80 lashes for drinking communion wine. He is the second convert to receive such a punishment in just over a month. Article 18, a London-based nonprofit that exposes abuses against Christians […]