Originally published in Charisma News Bishop Edwin Dela Pena was sipping coffee after dinner in a southern Philippines coastal town last Tuesday when he received a phone call: It was from one of his diocese priests, who sounded panicky and distressed. Father Teresito “Chito” Soganub, the vicar general of Marawi […]
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Billy Graham chaplains respond to Manchester bombing
Originally published in Christian Today Among the Christian responders to Monday’s Manchester bombing are trained chaplains from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. The attack that took place at the end of an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena on Monday took 22 lives and injured 59 people. Nigel Fawcett-Jones, […]
UK mother refuses cancer therapy to give birth to twins
Originally published in The Gospel Herald This is the story of a mother’s love. A love that ultimately surpassed regard for her own life. When Becky Anderson learned May of last year that she was carrying twins, she was overjoyed. In a cruel turn of events, however, she also discovered […]
Christian mother, two children miraculously escape communist China
Originally published in The Gospel Herald A Christian mother and her two daughters escaped China earlier this year with the help of an activist who has called the ordeal nothing short of miraculous. Chen Guiqiu fled China with her two children, ages 15 and 4, after authorities imprisoned her husband, […]
Donald Trump prays for wisdom at Western Wall
Originally published in Christian Today President Donald Trump prayed to have God’s wisdom as he touched the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem Monday. “Yesterday, I visited the Western Wall, and marvelled at the monument to God’s presence and man’s perseverance — I was humbled to place my […]
Israel marks 50 years of reunited capital on Jerusalem day
Originally published in CBN News The day after US President Donald Trump ended his 30-hour visit to Israel, the nation began its annual Jerusalem Day celebration, this year marking 50 years since the capital was reunited under Israeli sovereignty. “Hundreds of police officers, border police and special patrol units were […]
‘Lord Jesus, help us get her out’
WATCH dramatic video footage below Originally published by CBN News Stunning video is emerging of American missionaries dodging ISIS gunfire in the heart of enemy territory in order to save the life of a trapped teenaged girl. Faithwire has been documenting the efforts of the Free Burma Rangers, a Christian […]
Trump urges Turkey’s President Erdogan to release jailed Christian pastor
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 […]
Jailing of Christian governor for ‘blasphemy’ pushes Indonesia towards radical Islam
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 […]
100 000 killed annually for their faith, Franklin Graham tells world persecution summit
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 […]

