South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
“…I got threatened to be killed for sharing my beliefs and views.” Originally published in The Blaze A Palestinian Christian woman says she fled her hometown of Bethlehem and was granted political asylum in Britain due to threats on her life after she criticized Palestinian terrorism and expressed support […]
Originally published in The Christian Post. His brother was executed by firing squad in Iran when he was only 16 for a minor political offense. But instead of taking revenge, Dr Hormoz Shariat decided to share the Gospel with Muslims and love them into the Kingdom of God. Dr Shariat […]
Originally published in CBN On Wednesday (April 24, 2014), Fatah and Hamas, the two main Palestinian factions, announced a reconciliation deal and pledged to form a unity government within weeks. The announcement shocked Washington, angered Israel and left the U.S.-sponsored talks in limbo after Israel cancelled a meeting with the Palestinian […]
By Open Doors SA A Jesuit Priest, Frans van der Lugt, was killed in Homs on Monday morning. Armed men apparently entered the monastery where he lived and took father Frans. Dutch broadcaster, NOS, reports that he was beaten while inside, but once outside, he was shot with two bullets […]
Prisoner goes on hunger strike Originally published in Christian Today A group of Christians imprisoned after a raid on a prayer meeting in Iran have lost appeals against their sentences. The sentences being served by the six Christians vary in length and were upheld by a court on 29 March […]
Originally published by Barnabas Fund Four people were killed in an Islamist attack on a church in Egypt, while another Egyptian Christian has been murdered in Libya. Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood shot at the church building in Ain Shams, a suburb of Cairo, and set cars parked by it on […]
Originally published in Worthy News An increasing number of Muslim majority nations are strictly enforcing Islamic blasphemy laws in order to penalize Christians and other religious minorities, according to Barnabas Aid. All blasphemy laws are incompatible with international human rights standards, according to a recent report by the US Commission […]
By World Watch Monitor An Armenian* Syrian pastor, whose family is from Kessab, close to Syria’s northern border with Turkey, has reported that they have fled the village after Syrian rebel jihadists took control of the area. The fighting in the predominantly Armenian Christian town started Friday March 21st. World […]
Originally published in allAfrica The leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and nearly 700 members of the group went on trial Tuesday on charges including murder and inciting violence. The trial of Mohamed Badie, the Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual guide during his arrest last year, and the others comes a day after […]
That there was a creation event as described in Genesis is indisputably confirmed by this week’s Big Bang scientific breakthrough, an Israeli physicist who is also an Orthodox Jew claims. A secular Israeli professor, unsurprisingly, insists that the Bible and the Big Bang are “not related.” The announcement on Monday […]