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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reconverted another historic Byzantine church into a mosque on Friday just weeks after opening the iconic Hagia Sophia to Muslim worship. The 4th century Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora was built near ancient Constantinople as part of a monastery. The church’s current form […]
Mother of shot man asks everyone to examine their hearts at press conference Originally published in CBN News As outrage and protests continue to shake Kenosha, Wisconsin after the police shooting of another young Black man, the mother and the pastor of Jacob Blake are calling America to prayer. Before […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute Almost nine in 10 Scots believe that freedom of speech is important and a significant number oppose major elements of the Scottish government’s controversial hate crime legislation, a new poll has revealed. Conducted for the Free to Disagree campaign by Savanta ComRes, the poll […]
By Michael Foust — Originally published in Christian Headlines A Chinese government agency last week fined a Christian man R49 400 ($2,870) for holding an online Bible study it says violated a new anti-religion law. The man, Zhang Wenli, lives in Yunnan province and was contacted August 11 by the […]
Originally published in Fox News He’s not a third-party presidential candidate up for election in November, but thousands across the country are putting up “Jesus 2020” yard signs. More than 5 000 signs have shipped out to California, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and other states from a campaign that […]
Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached a peace agreement on Thursday to begin the process of normalising relations between the two Middle Eastern countries, in part brokered by US President Donald Trump and his administration. The deal between the two nations was brokered largely by President Trump and is […]
Originally published in Fox News Hundreds of Christians in Seattle in the US Pacific Northwest turned out on Monday in the area formerly dubbed Capitol Hill Organised Protest, or CHOP, and were confronted by “violent protesters” who flashed knives, shouted obscenities at local Black pastors and hailed Satan, according to […]
News summary by Mindy Belz, senior editor of World France is taking a lead among Western nations, with the United States making tentative (my take) offers of help in the wake of Tuesday’s catastrophic explosion in Beirut. The official death toll stands at 137, with more than 5,000 injured and at least […]
Originally published in CBN News The American Journal of Psychiatry says it got it wrong when it came to analysing the numbers in a large study of transgender patients undergoing sex-reassignment surgery. Last fall, the journal published the results of the study and found the surgeries improved patients’ mental health. […]
Originally published in CBN News A life-size statue of the late evangelist Billy Graham is scheduled to replace a statue of a white supremacist in the US Capitol’s Statuary Hall next year. Religion News Service (RNS) reports a North Carolina legislative committee endorsed a 2 foot model of the statue […]