Family speak about their pain and their joy after escape to safe country Originally published in World Watch Monitor Although the tiny East African nation of Eritrea has a population of just 6 million, Eritrea is one of the leading sources of refugees in Europe. There are many reasons for […]
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Just 50 Jews left in Yemen after covert airlift operation
Originally published in Christian Today Just 50 Jews remain in Yemen after 19 were airlifted to Israel in a final covert rescue mission on Sunday, marking the end of a Jewish community dating back 2 000 years. The secret operation was announced some time after the plane landed at Tel […]
Ex-Muslim baptises new Christians on notorious Libyan beach
Originally published in Charisma News Shahid is proof that God is moving powerfully across parts of Muslim-majority Middle East and North Africa. Shahid (not his real name for security purposes), is from Libya and grew up a devout Muslim. “As every Libyan, when I was a little boy, I used […]
Pakistan hangs bodyguard who killed ex-governor
Originally published in Fox News Pakistan on Monday (February 29, 2016) hanged the convicted killer of a former governor, shot in 2011 by his bodyguard who accused him of blasphemy, officials said. The execution triggered protests in several cities denouncing the hanging after some religious and political leaders, as well […]
76 starving Boko Haram members surrender to Nigerian military
Originally published in Fox News Dozens of emaciated-looking Boko Haram members begging for food have surrendered in northeast Nigeria, the military and a civilian self-defence fighter said on Wednesday (March 2, 2016). Seventy-six people including children and women gave themselves up to soldiers last Saturday in Gwoza, about 96km southeast […]
Nigeria churches unite for first time to address violence in north
Originally published in World Watch Monitor The world’s deadliest terrorist group is not in the Middle East. It’s in Nigeria, where the Islamist insurgency Boko Haram and other forces killed more than 4 000 Christians in 2015. That tally was a 62 per cent increase from the previous year, according […]
Only Christianity can save Europe from radical extremists, not secularism, Bishop says
Originally published in The Gospel Herald While state leaders and ordinary citizens scramble and struggle to know how to keep Europe safe from radical Islamists threatening it, a retired Anglican bishop believes he has the answer. As many start to claim that promoting secular values is the key to avoid […]
ISIS video shows Christians standing firm in faith before beheadings
Originally published in The Gospel Herald ISIS recently posted a video where members of the terror group beheaded 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians on the shore of a beach in Libya. However, that video also showed the victims’ refusal to recant their faith and convert to Islam. According to Stefan J […]
2014 world overview; 2015 world outlook
[notice]A Special Edition of A World in Motion (Issue 14, December 2014) by INcontext Ministires compiled to present an overview of the year gone by and encouraging believers to seek God’s Kingdom and hope in Him in the midst of current events.[/notice] 2014 AT A GLANCE As predicted, Russia annexed […]
Bold Christian woman interrupts Muslim prayer service led by SA Ambassador in historic US cathedral
A lone Christian woman protester was evicted from a controversial Muslim prayer service led by South African Ambassador to the United States Ebrahim Rasool in the Washington National Cathedral on Friday (November 14). The woman, Christine Weick, 50, who slipped through tight security at the by-invitation-only service organised by Rasool […]