Originally published in Christian Today Burkina Faso could be on the way to becoming the next Nigeria — a battleground for competing jihadist groups cutting a swathe across Africa. So fears a partner of Release International, which supports persecuted Christians around the world, writes Andrew Boyd. Picture a jihad, and […]
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Awakening the silent majority — Alain Walljee
Martin Luther King Jr is credited for saying: “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends”. Anyone who has ever lived for anything in any environment would have experienced the brutal betrayal of friends or supporters who fail to stand […]
As ISIS attacks Nigerians, Christians step up to bring healing
By Christine D. Johnson — Originally published in Charisma News Burned homes and churches, contaminated food supplies and secret killings left Nigerians in Kaduna state desperate and displaced over the weekend. With attacks by Boko Haram, now known as Isis West Africa, on the increase, an organisation called Equipping the […]
Déjà vu for Messianic Jews — Charles Gardner
It is an undisputed fact that the early followers of Jesus — who were mostly Jewish — came under fiery persecution, often from their own people. Jesus Himself was crucified and many of His disciples suffered similar fates, though more generally at the hands of the Romans. However, the great […]
Global forced displacement hits record high
Originally published in UNHCR Wars and persecution have driven more people from their homes than at any time since UNHCR records began, according to a new report released today by the UN Refugee Agency. The report, entitled Global Trends, noted that on average 24 people were forced to flee each […]
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 […]
Parliamentarians from nearly 50 nations take action on religious freedom
In the face of rising religious persecution of people on the grounds of faith or belief, 67 parliamentarians from almost 50 countries attended an unprecedented summit in New York to discuss ways to advance freedom of religion or belief. South African delegates were ACDP Member of Parliament, Cheryllyn Dudley, who has been a […]
“Urgency of the hour” felt at Jerusalem Feast of Tabernacles, says Buchan
“I experienced something different this year. I experienced an urgency of the hour,” said South African farmer evangelist Angus Buchan following his return this week from the Christian Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem. “I experienced believers from all over the world having an urgent desire to preach the Gospel and to […]
ACDP calls for action on ISIS beheading of children in Iraq
SA churches speak out: Obama says militant siege broken but Iraq mission not over yet African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) Member of Parliament, Cheryllyn Dudley, on Monday (August 11, 2014) responded to shocking news reports saying that ISIS militants are carrying out the beheading of children in Iraq, says the […]
ISIS: The World’s Newest Holocaust
By Mary Ann Mueller — Originally published in Virtue Online Adolph Hitler and the Third Reich had a goal in mind: destroy Judaism … stamp out the Jews as a “Final Solution to the Jewish Question.” The wholesale slaughter of European Jews is remembered in 20th century history as The […]