Originally published in CBN News Calvary Temple is India’s largest church with more than 300 000 members. Now, it’s on a mission to build 40 more megachurches in the next 10 years. Most roads in Hyderabad on Sundays lead to Calvary Temple. Shortly after 4 am, side streets around the […]
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Mauritania arrests Christians in response to Muslim outrage
Originally published in Morning Star News Authorities in Mauritania have arrested 15 Christian leaders since late November following calls for punishment by Muslims outraged over a video showing a baptism ceremony, sources said. The families of 14 of the Christian leaders were also arrested, according to aid and advocacy group […]
Mike Bickle confesses to ‘inappropriate behavior’ over 20 years ago
Originally published in The Christian Post More than a month after leaders of International House of Prayer Kansas City announced that at least one allegation of abuse including “sexual immorality” made against the ministry’s founder Mike Bickle has “some credibility”, the embattled minister confessed on Tuesday to sinful misconduct he […]
75 years on, stop viewing religious freedon as second-class human right
By Samuel Brownback and Katrina Lantos Swett — Originally published in The Hill This week marks 75 years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) — the document that has become the blueprint for our international architecture of rights. The UDHR references “the […]
Hollywood insiders to launch studio dedicated to faith-oriented film, TV content
Originally published in The Christian Post Nearly R1.4 billion ($75 million) has been raised by entertainment industry insiders to launch a new studio to create movie, television and streaming content tailored for a “faith and values-oriented audience”. Following up on the success of popular faith-based productions in recent years, The […]
‘Prayer event showed that many Cape Town Christians stand with Israel’
Just over 500 people participated in a “SA Stands With Israel” prayer rally at the AGS Church in Goodwood Cape Town last Sunday, said Vivienne Myburgh national director of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) South Africa, one of the organisers of the event. Sunday’s rally was arranged after an […]
Thousands come to Christ in ‘dream crusade’ in Ethiopia
South African evangelism ministry In His Name Ministries ended 2023 with what was literally a “dream crusade” in the town of Metu in south western Ethiopia. The four-day evangelism outreach from November 30 to December 3, during which thousands of people turned to Jesus, came about after In His Name […]
Al-Shabaab jihadists continue slaughter of Christians in Kenya’s Lamu West County
Originally published in Worthy News Less than two weeks after suspected al-Shabaab jihadists beheaded a 72-year-old Christian man in Kenya’s Lamu West County, terrorists kidnapped and murdered a 60-year-old Christian man in the same area on December 5, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. During the December 5 attack, the terrorists […]
Nearly 8 000 choose to follow Jesus during historic Egyptian outreach
Originally published 1n CBN News It’s been called the largest Christian event in Egypt’s history as more than 17 000 attended a Gospel crusade and more than 7 800 people made a decision to put their faith in Jesus Christ. Dr Michael Youssef’s Leading The Way ministry held the evangelistic event in […]
MYSTERIOUS WAYS: What is a Prophet anyway?
A quarterly column in which Simon Kumm unpacks the mysterious ways of God, to connect believers with their Father and His incredible living inheritance! Ever been in a church service when that peculiar person visits the church from another town? They stand on the stage and seem to know things […]