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Originally published in CBN News This may come as a surprise to many of our readers: Christianity is growing faster in Iran than in any other country in the world. The population there is overwhelmingly Muslim, yet tens of thousands are abandoning the faith. On a recent Friday afternoon, some […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Six days after a Pakistani Christian was sentenced to death for blasphemy, the young man’s lawyer says there was insufficient evidence against his client and that the police failed to investigate the matter properly. Nadeem Masih, 24, from the Yaqoobabad area of the religiously […]
Originally published by CBN News Ex-Muslim turned Christian apologist, Nabeel Qureshi, passed away last Saturday after a year-long battle with stomach cancer. The 34-year-old left behind a wife and two-year-old daughter. The very man who led Nabeel to Christ, David Wood, announced his death on Twitter saying: “My beloved brother […]
Originally published in Assist News Service Pakistan’s most famous Christian prisoner, Asia Bibi, has been nominated for the European Union’s high-status award, the Sakharov Prize. Bibi, a mother-of-five, who is currently behind the bars waiting for a hearing of her appeal against capital punishment, was nominated by a group of […]
Originally published in Fox News Everyone is pitching in to clean up Florida after Hurricane Irma. That now includes a chainsaw-wielding nun. Sister Margaret Ann of Archbishop Coleman F Carroll High School in southwest Miami-Dade County decided to help out by cutting down a fallen tree in a full habit and […]
Originally published in Breaking Israel News A collection of dozens of sealing’s, mentioning the names of officials dated to the days of the Judean kingdom prior to the Babylonian destruction, was unearthed during excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the City of David National Park in the area of […]
Originally published in The Christian Times Bishop Anba Angaelos, the head of the Coptic Church in Britain, has recently told Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) militants who killed 100 Christians in Egypt in the past year that they are “loved by God” despite their horrible crimes. “You are […]
Originally published by CBN News A team of ministers in Conroe, Texas, are offering shelter evacuees impacted by Hurricane Harvey hope and encouragement through song. Some 13 000 people have been rescued in the Houston area, and more than 17 000 have sought refuge in Texas shelters. Marquist Taylor and […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald A North Korean woman who suffered unspeakable horrors while imprisoned for her faith has shared how God’s faithfulness — and one desperate prayer — sustained her through the darkest of days. Growing up war-torn North Korea, Hannah Cho often heard her mother pray, “Hananim! […]
Originally published in Fox News A prominent evangelical ministry has filed a federal lawsuit against the left-leaning Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), saying it defamed the Christian organisation as an “active hate group” because it endorses the biblical view of homosexuality. The clash marks the latest chapter in a growing […]