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Originally published in Christian Today President Donald Trump has used a White House meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to urge the Turkish leader to expedite the release of jailed Christian pastor Andrew Brunson. Brunson has been detained since October when he and his wife were held on immigration violation […]
Compiled from reports (see below) Indonesia’s highest profile Christian politician is tonight in a prison cell, sentenced to two years for blasphemy, and the country’s reputation for pluralism and religious tolerance is in peril. The district court where the verdict was announced was surrounded by radical Islamist mobs calling for […]
Originally published by Christian Today Franklin Graham has called Christians to stand against the global “Christian genocide”, saying that 100 000 believers are killed every year for their faith. Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse and an outspoken conservative evangelical commentator, was speaking as he opened a four-day conference in Washington […]
Originally published by Christian News The UK Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a Christian family that was ordered to pay damages to a homosexual rights activist for declining to write the words “support gay marriage” on a cake. “The fact that the Supreme Court is willing […]
Originally published in Morning Star News A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Christian to life in prison under the country’s blasphemy laws in spite of scanty evidence, an advocacy official said. Nasir Saeed said a trial court in Rawalpindi sentenced Zafar Bhatti to life imprisonment, even though conviction under Section […]
Originally published in Charisma News Tornadoes in East Texas tore through homes, offices and churches — but didn’t touch the hallway where 45 people were crying out to God. “Praise God because we walked out,” Monica Hughes, a youth pastor, says. Around 45 people were at St John the Evangelist […]
Originally published in God Reports The interior of Malaita in the Solomon Island chain had a long history of opposition to missionaries and other outsiders — sometimes violent resistance by the Kwaio tribal group. In 1927, 13 government officials from the UK were massacred by the Kwaio as they attempted […]
A top army officer was converted after being struck by the reality of the risen Christ during a visit to Jerusalem over Easter. It changed him forever, and his Christian faith is now the driving force of his life. In an interview with New Life Publishing1, Major-General Tim Cross (now […]
Originally published in Christian Concern A Christian student has won the right to challenge his expulsion from University over his views on marriage and sexuality. Felix Ngole was expelled from a social work course at the University of Sheffield after he expressed the Christian view of marriage and sexuality on […]
Originally published in God Reports A female police officer in Argentina delivered a baby while she was in a coma, then woke up and held her three-month-old for the first time. Many are calling it a miracle of God. Amelia Bannan was nearly six months pregnant when she suffered a […]