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Originally published in CBN News North Carolina officials are pushing back on PayPal’s recent cancellation of plans to bring more than 400 jobs and a $3.6 million investment into Charlotte with its new operation centre. The PayPal decision comes after Gov Pat McCrory signed a bill repealing the transgender bathroom […]
Originally published in Christian Today Is this a sign of how the academic world is giving less and less value to Christian teachings? The University of Oxford, the oldest such institution in the English-speaking world dating back to 1096, will no longer require its undergraduate theology students to enrol in […]
Originally published in Christian Today A Norwegian judge has ruled that the baby son of the Bodnariu family should be reunited with his parents. Ezekiel Bodnariu was removed from their custody with his four older siblings by Norway’s controversial Barnevernet or child welfare service last November. The judge also ruled […]
Originally published in The Christian Post The Chinese government has reportedly released from prison the Rev Gu Yuese, the former leader of Hangzhou’s Chongyi Church, the largest government sanctioned church in the country, ahead of President Xi Jinping’s scheduled meeting with President Barack Obama. Herald Malaysia Online reported that Gu, […]
Originally published in Christian Today Christianity in Britain is seeing a “seismic shift” as more aging churches are closing down and giving way to new and vibrant Pentecostal and charismatic churches that are drawing more and more people of various ages and races. Assessing the state of Christianity in Britain, […]
Originally published in Christian Today Pakistan’s infamous blasphemy laws will not be changed after a deal between government and hardline Islamists on Wednesday afternoon. The settlement promised that prisoners convicted of blasphemy, which carries the death penalty in Pakistan, will be shown no leniency. The negotiation marked the end of […]
Originally published in Christian News Network ‘Our policy will not be changing,’ say owners The owners of a bed and breakfast in Illinois have been ordered to pay $80 000 (R1 178 500) after they declined to host a civil union ceremony for two homosexual men on the premises, and […]
Originally published in Breaking Israel News Virginia has become the seventh state to take a legal stand against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, reported Israel National News, passing identical bills this week in both its lower house and Senate. In the resolution, lawmakers “condemn the international Boycott, Divestment, […]
Originally published in Christian Today Just 50 Jews remain in Yemen after 19 were airlifted to Israel in a final covert rescue mission on Sunday, marking the end of a Jewish community dating back 2 000 years. The secret operation was announced some time after the plane landed at Tel […]
Originally published in Fox News Pope Francis will wash the feet of young refugees during an Easter Week ritual in a gesture high in symbolism inside the Catholic Church and beyond. The Vatican didn’t say Tuesday if non-Catholics would be among the 12 refugees participating in the Holy Thursday rite […]