American Pastor Saeed Abedini’s case in Iran has taken a turn for the worse as a result of continual beatings in the country’s Rajai Shahr prison. Saeed has been imprisoned in Iran for his faith since September 2012. More than a week ago he was moved from his jail cell […]
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R6,5m in offerings stolen from Joel Osteen’s church
Televangelist Joel Osteen’s Lakewood mega-church in Houston announced on Monday that $600,000 (R6,5m) in Sunday donations were stolen from its safe last weekend. An off-duty Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy, and church employee, noticed the break in around 8:30 am on Monday morning. Investigators believe the robbery occurred sometime between Sunday […]
Atheists want 9/11 cross removed from memorial
Originally published by The Christian Institute A US atheist group is trying to stop two steel beams in the shape of a cross, that emerged amid the rubble at Ground Zero, from being displayed in a 9/11 memorial museum in New York. The two steel beams were found standing upright […]
Christian homeschooling family granted asylum in USA
Originally published in Christiannews.net The Obama administration has decided to allow a Christian homeschooling family from Germany to remain in the country after initially battling the family in court as they sought asylum in the United States. Ewe and Hannelore Romeike have been battling the matter in the courts for several […]
Yonggi Cho guilty of embezzlement; US megachurch pastor defends him
Originally published in The Christian Post American megachurch pastor, Bob Rodgers, has defended Pastor David Yonggi Cho after the pastor of Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea, was convicted last week of embezzling $12 million of the church’s funds. Cho, 78, was sentenced to three years in prison […]
Bible stops bullets, saves bus driver’s life
Originally published in All Christian News.com A bus driver in Dayton, Ohio, is crediting the fact that he is still alive, to a miraculous intervention from God. The man was attacked, on his bus, by three teenagers last Monday. Reportedly, the 49-year-old Christian bus driver, Rickey Wagoner, was experiencing electrical […]
Prophet Bob Jones passes away
Originally published in Charisma News Bob Jones, who operated in prophetic ministry for more than four decades, wen home to be with the Lord on Valentine’s Day (Friday, February 14, 2014). “Bob passed away at 6:22 this morning, peacefully and smiling,” says Rick Joyner, founder and executive director of MorningStar […]
After fears, Carman tells fans he’s cancer free
Originally published in CBN News Christian musician Carman Domenic Licciardello, known to fans simply as Carman, says he’s cancer free. He shared the news recently on his Facebook page, telling friends and fans that it appears the rare form of cancer he was diagnosed with last year, Multiple Myeloma, is […]
Darlene Zschech: ‘Grace, grace’ as chemo starts
Originally published in CBN News Christian singer-songwriter Darlene Zschech says she has started to lose her hair as she begins chemo treatments for breast cancer but she hasn’t lost her desire to worship. Zschech, who announced on her blog in December that she has breast cancer, recently finished round one […]
Jesus bigger than Olympic bronze or gold for Kelly Clark, US snowboarder
By Tim Ellsworth — Originally published in BCN “It’s very easy in the world of competitive sports to be defined by what you do. I found that God’s really into what’s in your heart. He just wants your heart. It’s been a great privilege to pursue my dreams and pursue […]