South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]By Elizabeth Kendal, an international religious liberty analyst and advocate. She is Adjunctnct Research Fellow in the Centre for the Study of Islam and Other Faiths at the Melbourne School of Theology. She is Director of Advocacy for Christian Faith and Freedom based in Canberra, Australia. [/notice] On the night of 24 April 1915 the […]
Originally published in God Reports “I tell you the truth,” Jesus said, “corrupt tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the Kingdom of God before you do.” (Matthew 21:31, NLB) And so he angered the religious people of his time by associating with sinners, with liars, thieves and prostitutes, accepting […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute Several US states have backed pro-life laws recently, including banning a controversial procedure for late-term abortions. Last week, Oklahoma’s senate voted 37–4 in favour of a Bill that prohibits a method involving using instruments to remove the baby from the womb during a second […]
Originally published in CNN.com Muslims who were among migrants trying to get from Libya to Italy in a boat this week threw 12 fellow passengers overboard — killing them — because the 12 were Christians, Italian police said Thursday. Italian authorities have arrested 15 people on suspicion of murdering the […]
Boy forgives Muslim attackers before he dies Originally published in The Christian Post The 15-year-old Pakistani Christian boy who was beaten and set on fire by two Muslim men last Friday after answering truthfully if he was a Christian, died Wednesday morning due to burns inflicted during the attack. According […]
Originally published in Christian Today Houthi forces fought street-by-street battles with local militia in the old centre of Aden on Wednesday, as the first boatloads of emergency medical aid reached the south Yemeni port city, which relief workers say faces a humanitarian catastrophe. Residents saw a dozen bodies strewn on […]
Political correctness is driving people apart, not bringing them together — Christian Legal Centre An Employment Tribunal has ruled that the employer of a senior occupational therapist in London was justified in disciplining her for giving a Christian book to a Muslim colleague. Victoria Wasteney has worked as an occupational […]
Originally published in Christian Today Leaders across the Arab world announced on Sunday (March 29, 2015) that they will form a military coalition in opposition of extremist forces such as the Islamic State (IS). The representatives agreed to study the creation of a joint military force, and present their analyses […]
Originally published in God Reports Molested a few times when he was a child, Paul Gualtieri dabbled with homosexuality as a largely unsupervised 13-year-old in Palm Springs. It wasn’t long before he found himself in his bedroom proclaiming his destiny: “I’m gay. I’m a homosexual,” he said out loud with […]
Originally published in Christian Today A Chinese pastor has been sentenced to a year in prison for his involvement in a protest against the removal of a cross from a church in Zhejiang province. Huang Yizi, who leads Fengwo Church in Wenzhou, was sentenced by the People’s Court in Pingyang […]