Originally posted in Christianity Today Several churches held a prayer service outside a government office yesterday, holding up crosses and banners that read, “Can’t remove the cross in our hearts,” reports the Union of Catholic Asian News. The cross dispute is “destined to become one of the ‘pain points’ in […]
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Burma: A Gospel “wildfire” as many take the Gospel to indigenous areas
Originally posted in God Reports The gospel is going forward in an unprecedented fashion — especially in the most restricted countries — driven by prayer, boldness, persecution, and the Holy Spirit, according to a recent report. “What we are seeing around the world is really a gospel wildfire,” says Brother […]
Asia Bibi’s death sentence suspended by Pakistan Supreme Court
Originally published in The Gospel Herald Christian Asia Bibi had been the first woman to be sentenced to death under Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws. Now the country’s Supreme Court has suspended the sentence until a final decision is made on her appeal. According to a report from BBC News, 50-year-old […]
China: Christians replace crosses that were removed under government order
Originally published in Gospel Herald Christians in China’s Zhejiang province have challenged local authorities of the Communist Party by putting back crosses knocked down in the government’s campaign. The cross is considered a traditional symbol of Christianity. In an exclusive report by Robert Marquand of the Christian Science Monitor, police […]
Pakistani Christian erecting 140-foot cross in Muslim nation’s biggest city
Originally published in Fox News.com A Pakistani businessman who is building a 14-story cross in the heart of Pakistan’s largest city claims he got the idea when God came to him in a dream. Parvez Henry Gill, part of the small Christian minority in predominantly Muslim nation, is believes his […]
Embryos genetically modified in controversial world first
Originally published in The Christian Institute Eminent scientists have raised “grave concerns” about a controversial new procedure to genetically modify human embryos. In a world first, a team in China used the technique, called Crispr, to alter an abnormal gene that causes a life-threatening blood disorder. They used abnormal embryos […]
Hundreds of Nepalese Christians die worshipping as quake hits
Originally published in CNN Hundreds of Nepalese Christians died as their churches crashed down upon them when last week’s devastating earthquake hit during their weekly worship services. Overall approximately 500 Christians are feared dead as latest reports indicate that the death toll from the Nepal earthquake has gone above 5 […]
Convicts face Indonesia firing squad praising God, singing hymns
Originally published in Christian Today The eight men executed in Indonesia overnight recited the Lord’s Prayer and worshipped God in the moments before their deaths, witnesses say. Pastor Karina de Vega, who was assigned to counsel Nigerian prisoner Okwudili Oyatanze – dubbed “The Death Row Gospel Singer” and one of […]
Pakistani Christian boy dies after he is set on fire for his faith
Boy forgives Muslim attackers before he dies Originally published in The Christian Post The 15-year-old Pakistani Christian boy who was beaten and set on fire by two Muslim men last Friday after answering truthfully if he was a Christian, died Wednesday morning due to burns inflicted during the attack. According […]
Chinese pastor jailed for protesting church cross removal
Originally published in Christian Today A Chinese pastor has been sentenced to a year in prison for his involvement in a protest against the removal of a cross from a church in Zhejiang province. Huang Yizi, who leads Fengwo Church in Wenzhou, was sentenced by the People’s Court in Pingyang […]