By Talia Wise — Originally published in CBN News A couple from Michigan, USA, is celebrating a huge milestone: 80 years of marriage. Donald and Vivian Hart, both 99-years-old, married in 1937. They met in church and have been in love ever since. Their chance meeting happened after a Sunday […]
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Christian families in India cut off from water, beaten for not denying faith
Rising persecution sparks protest during Indian leader’s White House visit Originally published in Persecution.org Christian families were beaten by villagers, forced to take part in Hindu rituals and had the water for their crops cut off in one of a growing number of incidents of persecution being reported from India […]
Canadians could be jailed for using wrong gender pronouns
Originally published in Charisma News Canada passed a law on Thursday making it illegal to use the wrong gender pronouns. Critics say Canadians who do not subscribe to progressive gender theory could be accused of hate crimes, jailed, fined and made to take anti-bias training. Canada’s Senate passed Bill C-16, which […]
Limbless evangelist Nick Vujicic announces wife is pregnant with twins
Originally published in The Gospel Herald Famous evangelist Nick Vujicic, who was born without arms and legs, has hinted that he and his wife, Kanae Miyahara, are expecting twins. “Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there! Today was an exceptionally extra special Father’s Day for me, after we […]
UK teens give church a wake-up call
By Heather Sells — Originally published in CBN News The head of youth evangelism for the Church of England says he and his team are “shocked” by new survey results that show a growing number of UK youth say they’re practising Christians. That’s according to a recent story in The […]
Scottish teachers’ union demands mandatory LGBT education for children
Originally published in Charisma News Scotland’s largest teaching union has voted for children across the country to be taught about same-sex families and LGBT history. At its annual general meeting in Perth, the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) resolved to “affiliate to the Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) campaign”. TIE calls […]
Iraqi government leader says Christians must ‘convert, pay tax or be killed’
Originally published in World Watch Monitor A video showing a call for jihad from a senior Iraqi Shi’ite cleric has caused anger among Iraqi Christians. The undated footage shows Sheikh Alaa Al-Mousawi, head of the Shia Endowment, a government body that looks after Iraq’s Shia holy sites, describing Christians as […]
Woman saved by God’s strength during shark attack
Originally published in Charisma News. A North Carolina woman is crediting God for saving her during a horrifying shark attack while on vacation in the Bahamas. Tiffany Johnson, of Charlotte, says it’s a miracle that she is alive. “I had this supernatural, God-given strength that just rose up within me,” […]
Fearless Messianic Jewish evangelist dies in Northern Iraq — A tribute
The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few. The Kingdom lost one of its most fearless labourers in the Middle East last week, Antony Simon. Many South Africans who have visited Israel may have had a bible handed to them by the evangelist or even served on his team. […]
Judge dismisses Ugandan gay activists’ suit against US pastor
Originally published by Christian News A federal judge has dismissed an international lawsuit filed by an African homosexual activist group, which accused an American pastor of committing “crimes against humanity” for speaking out against homosexual behavior in the country. US District Judge Michael Ponsor, appointed to the bench by then-President […]