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Televangelist Joel Osteen’s Lakewood mega-church in Houston announced on Monday that $600,000 (R6,5m) in Sunday donations were stolen from its safe last weekend. An off-duty Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy, and church employee, noticed the break in around 8:30 am on Monday morning. Investigators believe the robbery occurred sometime between Sunday […]
Originally published by The Christian Institute A US atheist group is trying to stop two steel beams in the shape of a cross, that emerged amid the rubble at Ground Zero, from being displayed in a 9/11 memorial museum in New York. The two steel beams were found standing upright […]
By Charles Chandler,Decision Magazine — Originally published in Charisma News In the midst of ongoing turmoil that has enormous global significance, God is mightily at work in Ukraine, the nation’s acting president said Wednesday in an exclusive interview for Decision magazine. “Stories of God’s hand abound,” Oleksandr Turchynov, a devout evangelical, said […]
As the situation in the Ukraine shifts from one moment to the next, Christians in the country continue to pray and work for peace. Prominent church leaders and missionaries report that even amid the tensions, many people are turning to Christ. On Thursday, lawmakers in the Crimea region of Ukraine voted […]
By World Watch Monitor Five Turkish murder suspects on trial for torturing and killing three Christians in Malatya nearly seven years ago are expected to be set free on bail within the next few days, before the conclusion of their trial in southeast Turkey. Under a new judicial package passed […]
Originally published in Mission Network News The good news is that a 75-year-old missionary from Australia, John Short, is out of North Korea. The less good news (depending on your point of view) is that on March 3, 2014, he was expelled. Todd Nettleton, a spokesman for the Voice of the […]
By Open Doors With eight Christians killed in one week and one murder attempt on another Egyptian Christian this week in Libya, the violence against Christians is growing at an alarming rate. The killings have caused fear among Christians, especially in the eastern city of Benghazi where all the shootings […]
Originally posted in The Christian Post Out of fear of losing their lives or religion, a tiny group of Christians who still remain in the northern Syrian city of Rakka have agreed to pay off Islamists with a “Tribute Tax” so they won’t be killed. Syriac Christians from Turkey and Syria […]
Originally published in The Christian Post North Korea’s supreme leader, Kim Jong Un has reportedly ordered the execution of 33 people for converting to Christianity and receiving money from a South Korean Baptist missionary to start 500 underground churches. An unidentified source told The Chosunilbo that the 33 converts will be […]
Originally published in Christiannews.net The Obama administration has decided to allow a Christian homeschooling family from Germany to remain in the country after initially battling the family in court as they sought asylum in the United States. Ewe and Hannelore Romeike have been battling the matter in the courts for several […]