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Originally published in Christianity Daily Judge Neil Gorsuch was sworn in as the 113th Supreme Court Justice on Monday, filling a seat that has been vacant since the passing of the late Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016. “I am humbled by the trust placed in me today,” Gorsuch, 49, […]
Originally published in Christian Today Authorities in China’s coastal Zhejiang province carried out violent attacks against churches refusing to install surveillance cameras in late March, according to persecution watchdog China Aid. The Zhejiang provincial government had instructed local authorities to install security cameras in churches with the aim of helping […]
Originally published in Christian Today Egyptians have been paying their respects to a female police officer who was killed when she stopped an Islamic extremist suicide bomber from entering a Coptic church in Alexandria on Sunday. At least 44 people died in two bombings targeting Egypt’s Christian minority on Palm […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute The words of Jesus will be seen by millions of people this Easter, thanks to a new evangelistic campaign. The ‘Quote Jesus’ campaign will see Bible verses quoting Jesus emblazoned on the sides of 75 London buses until April 24. Among the quotes are: […]
Originally published in WTOP Undeterred by the arrest of hard-line protest leaders, thousands of Muslims marched in Indonesia’s capital on Friday, calling for the jailing of the city’s minority Christian governor. Following Friday prayers, the protesters marched from Istiqlal Mosque in central Jakarta to the nearby presidential palace, which was […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute Conservative Peer Lord Shinkwin has hit out at Britain’s abortion laws, which he describes as a “licence to kill for the crime of being disabled”. In an article for The House magazine, Lord Shinkwin warned that the number of disabled babies being aborted increased […]
Originally published in The Christian Times More than 100 000 Christians are now living as refugees in Malaysia after fleeing from their homes in Myanmar (Burma) because of rising religious persecution. Myanmar’s civilian government, under the leadership of Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, has been accused of covering […]
Originally published in CBN News The founder of a satanic church in Texas has converted to Christianity. Jacob McKelvy, formerly known as Jacob No, was instrumental in bringing together a group of “Luciferians” to form a Luciferian church. But on February 5 2017, McKelvy and his wife renounced their ties […]
Originally published in Christian Today Iranian government agents have arrested two newly baptised Christians — a mother and her son –seizing their Bibles and other Christian books. Anousheh Reza-bakhsh and her son Soheil Zagarzadeh Sani — also known as “Veronika” and “Augustine,” respectively — were arrested by Iran’s elite Revolutionary […]
Originally published in Christian Today Christianity is making such significant gains in one Muslim-majority nation in South Asia that local evangelists are now envisioning the day when their country would become a Christian nation. The country is Bangladesh, the fourth largest Muslim nation in the world with a population of […]