South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By Chuck Colson — Originally published in LifesiteNews I’ve been talking a lot lately about the Obama Administration’s relentless attempts to restrict religious freedom. You know by now that the Catholic bishops have strongly rejected the president’s so-called “accommodation” to exempt religious organizations from paying for abortion-inducing drugs, contraception, and […]
Originally published in Christian Post Legendary pop artist Whitney Houston died suddenly aged 48, her publicist Kristen Foster told a stunned music world on Saturday. She was found dead in the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angleles. There was no immediate word on the cause of her death, but authorities said […]
Originally published in Charisma News Christian guesthouse owners on Friday lost an appeal on a 2011 ruling that fined them £3,600 (about $5,670) for refusing to let same-sex couples rent double rooms. Last year, Peter and Hazelmary Bull were found guilty of discrimination after denying a double room to a […]
Originally published in LifeSiteNews.com Rick Warren, perhaps the most influential evangelical pastor in America, has tweeted he would “go to jail” rather than cave in to a government mandate that violates God’s commandments. Pastor Rick Warren, pastor of the 20 000-member Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, tweeted his defiance […]
By Dan Wooding – Originally published in Assist News Service The British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has told a group of Christians in the city of Bath, located in Somerset, south west England, not to make any claims which state or imply that, by receiving their prayer, people could be […]
Originally published in Worthy Christian News A Christian convert has been sentenced to two years in prison by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran. Leila Mohammadi received the sentence after spending five months in the infamous Evin prison, according to Mohabat News service. Mohammadi was convicted of “broad anti-Islamic propaganda, deceiving […]
Originally published in Assist News Service The case of Asia Bibi, the Pakistan Christian mother-of-five who was sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy, has taken an extraordinary turn. According to a story monitored by the ASSIST News Service, Qari Salam, who accused Bibi of blasphemy charges, which resulted in a […]
Originally published in The Telegraph On Monday night the Paris Senate approved the bill, which acknowledges that some 1.5 million Armenian Christians were slaughtered by Ottoman Turks during the First World War. Anybody who says otherwise will face a year in prison or a fine of up to 45,000 euros […]
[notice]Five young men training at OM South Africa and ready to serve the Lord. One crazy, creative idea: What if we get a train pass for Europe and travel to share the Gospel? This was the birth of the Rebirth Experience. This is their story of faith and faithfulness.[/notice] The […]
By Michael Ireland — Originally published in ASSIST News Service RASHT, IRAN — Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani recently refused an offer to secure his own release by agreeing to state that the Muslim prophet Mohammed was a messenger sent by God. Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) says lawyers for Pastor Nadarkhani […]