Originally published in Assist News Supporters appeal for Asia Bibi and her family to be given asylum PAKISTAN (ANS – Nov. 23, 2018) — The family of Asia Bibi, the Christian woman who spent eight years on death row in Pakistan for blasphemy before being acquitted three weeks ago, claim […]
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Iran: ‘staggering’ number of Christians arrested – 114 in a week
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Over 100 Christians have been arrested in Iran in the past week and nearly 150 in the past month, as part of the government’s attempt to “warn” Christians against proselytising over Christmas, according to the advocacy director of religious freedom charity Article 18. Mansour […]
George HW Bush: ‘I don’t believe an atheist could be president’
Originally published in Charisma News The 41st president of the United States, George HW Bush who died on Friday at the age of 94, was not one to regularly talk about his faith, but he understood its importance, especially in the Oval Office. In 1992, during an interview with CBN’s […]
All Nations defends missionary killed by remote islanders
Originally published in CBN News The search for the body of missionary John Chau on India’s North Sentinel Island is on hold, for now. The BBC reports that an unnamed Indian official says the government has called off the effort over concerns about safety and objections raised by tribal and […]
Asia Bibi’s daughter ‘thankful’ and ‘fearful’ after mother acquitted of blasphemy
Originally published in Sky News The daughter of a Pakistani woman freed after eight years on death row has thanked supporters and spoken of fears for her family’s safety. Eisham Ashiq has spoken publicly for the first time since her mother Asia Bibi was acquitted of blasphemy. The mother-of-five was […]
US missionary killed by world’s most isolated tribe
Originally published in Christianity Today A 27-year-old American missionary was killed on a remote island off the coast of India, where he attempted to share the gospel with the most isolated tribe in the world. All Nations, a Christian missions agency based in the US, confirmed that John Allen Chau […]
Pakistan Christians wary as asylum offers flood in for Asia Bibi
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Several countries have offered asylum to the Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, after she was acquitted by the country’s highest court last month of a blasphemy charge carrying the capital punishment. However, local Christians are fearful of repercussions, as the West is perceived as Christian to […]
California church survives flames after most of town burns down
Originally published in Christian Today A church in Paradise, northern California, is still standing after most of the town was devastated by the horrific Camp Fire. The fire — the most destructive in the state’s history — has burned down 8 800 structures and according to Fox News has killed […]
99-year-old man in communist country finds Christ
Originally published in The Christian Post A 99-year-old man living in a communist country where some have no conceptions of the gospel of any kind has said he wants to follow Jesus, a pastor and missionary revealed. Jordan Standridge, pastor of evangelism at Immanuel Bible Church in Springfield, Virginia, wrote […]
Archaeologists discover 1 500-year-old painting of Jesus being baptised
Originally published in Christian Headlines Archaeologists have discovered a 1 500-year-old painting of Jesus they say is the oldest known depiction in Israel of Christ being baptised. The painting was found inside a church in the Negev Desert of southern Israel and dates to the Byzantine empire. The church was […]