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Originally published in Charisma News Revival is breaking out in a Georgia faith community, and a woman bound to a wheelchair with multiple sclerosis for 15 years is the most recent participant in this great move of God. The woman attended Courageous Community Church‘s Sunday service this past weekend, but not […]
Originally published in CBN News A court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, upheld the life sentence of a Christian man who was accused of sending blasphemous text messages to an Islamic cleric in 2012. Zafar Bhatti was charged with committing blasphemy under Pakistan’s 295-C law and convicted in 2017. Bhatti, 56, still maintains […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News The Methodist Church in the UK has voted to approve of cohabitation and same sex marriage. The Methodist Conference, taking place this week, has voted to allow same sex weddings on Methodist premises by Methodist ministers and affirm couples who are not married, living […]
Churchgoers and Christian ministers gathered outside the Calgary Remand Centre in Alberta, Canada, in support of a pastor arrested for breaking coronavirus rules. Pastor Tim Stephens, from Fairview Baptist Church, was detained for the second time on 15th June after authorities discovered his church had been holding in-person services outdoors […]
Origianlly published in Faithwire Kaya Jones, a former member of the girl band Pussycat Dolls, says she’s “all in” for “serving the Lord” after experiencing what she called a “life-changing” baptism in late May. “I’ve sung with Jagger, Britney, Fergie, Katy Perry, [and] many others,” she wrote in a Facebook post. […]
Originally published in CBN News When Richard Scott William Hutchinson was born nearly four months early, he was given a 0% chance of survival. He was so small, could fit into the palm of one of his parents’ hands. Not only did he beat those extreme odds, but he’s […]
Originally published in Christian Today The beach was shrouded in darkness. The eerie silence was occasionally broke by the sound of waves gently lapping the seashore. Hundreds of Christians were silently clustered on the coast of Southern China. They were waiting to take part in what is now considered a […]
Originally published in Christian Today Iran goes to the polls on June 18 to elect its new president. The election has been described as fraudulent and rigged and is likely to be spurned in record numbers by Iranian voters, who consider the outcome a fait accompli. Most of the candidates […]
Originally published in Morning Star News A Christian couple acquitted by a high court in Pakistan fear for their lives as Islamic extremists have started a campaign calling for their murders ahead of their yet unconfirmed release from jail, sources said. The Lahore High Court on June 3 overturned the 2014 conviction […]
A veteran lobster diver didn’t get the big catch he wanted last Friday, but he did return to shore with a Bible-like story that is drawing worldwide attention. Michael Packard, a 56-year-old commercial lobster diver, was swallowed by a humpback whale off Cape Cod, Mass. – and lived to tell […]