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Originally published in Persecution.org Pastor Matthias Hagnejad found that his five-year prison sentence was upheld after Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamanei, gave the judges reviewing his verdict special permission to bypass court procedures. The sentence was issued after he had been convicted for “acting against national security”. Pastor Matthias was […]
Originally published in Religion News Service As anxious families in the troubled Middle East and North Africa — and especially Iran — face the coronavirus epidemic, Christian broadcaster SAT-7 (www.sat7usa.org) this week launched a new campaign to “calm the wave of fear with God’s peace”. With coronavirus — known as […]
Originally published in Christianity Today MPs in Westminster are to hear an urgent call to rethink sex education ahead of the roll-out this September of the Government’s new Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) curriculum. The Rev Lynda Rose, chief executive of Voice for Justice, is leading a briefing in the Houses […]
Originally published in Yahoo News Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman who spent years on death row after a 2010 conviction of blasphemy, said Monday that she was seeking political asylum from the French government. “My great desire is to live in France,” Bibi said in an interview with RTL […]
Originally published in CBN News Almost 70% of Finns are still members of the national Lutheran church. But that doesn’t mean they’re believers. Less than a third of Finns now say they believe in God. This historically Christian nation has not only left the faith but has begun criminal investigations […]
Originally published in Charisma News Ravi Zacharias asks for prayer as he prepares to undergo emergency spinal repair surgery this Thursday, Feb. 20. “Dear Friends, Many of you know that I have struggled with serious back issues for years,” Zacharias tweeted. “Recently the pain has intensified and I have battled […]
Originally published in The Christian Post A historic desert locust infestation in East Africa could cause the next major famine as people in the region are already struggling with hunger after droughts were followed by cyclone flooding, one of the world’s leading evangelical charities has warned. A growing spread of […]
Originally published in Christian Headlines A 99-year-old Tennessee church member who has read through the Bible 60 times recently embarked on her 61st journey through Scripture because, she says: “God shows me something new every time.” The woman, known as “Miss Helen” to members of her congregation at The Church […]
Originally published in Lifesite News To the delight of the 3 500 people at the 68th National Prayer Breakfast in the United States capital, President Donald Trump strode into the cavernous Washington Hilton ballroom on Thursday and flashed a newspaper with a giant headline blaring, “ACQUITTED!” It was less than […]
Originally published in God Reports Lisa Hartman had successful ablation surgery 17 years ago for a distressing heart arrhythmia known as supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). SVT is an abnormally fast heart rhythm stemming from improper electrical activity in the upper part of the heart. But recently she was surprised when her […]