(International Christian Concern) – Responding to a February letter from International Christian Concern, Sam Brownback — U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom — wrote this week to express his alarm over the October 2019 abduction of Huma Younus, a 14-year old girl from Pakistan who was kidnapped, forced to convert from Christianity to […]
(The Christian Institute) — A baby in England who underwent pioneering in-womb spina bifida surgery has celebrated her first birthday at home in lockdown. Kieron and Bethan Simpson from Essex refused to have an abortion after their daughter was diagnosed with the condition. Bethan described Elouise as “happy and smiley” and said her future is […]
BARCELONA (Evangelical Focus) — Nursing homes have become one of the most vulnerable places in this coronavirus crisis. In Spain, the residences for the elderly have registered high mortality rates. Noemí Bello is an occupational therapist at the Betania evangelical nursing home in Santa Coloma de Gramanet, Barcelona. She describes what they are experiencing as […]
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A young mother and her two children were staring at her husband as he lay unconscious after a mob of 60 villagers in eastern India had stormed their home and beaten him with wooden sticks. “The children and I tried to wake him up – we thought he had fainted – […]
SYDNEY (The Christian Institute) — The Australian Prime Minister has committed his country to God in prayer as he seeks to lead the nation through the COVID-19 crisis. Scott Morrison, who attends an evangelical church in Sydney, said his faith gives him “enormous encouragement” when making difficult decisions. … Following a short statement and […]
(International Christian Concern) – Since the beginning of 2020, there has been a dramatic escalation in Christian persecution in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Reports of violent attacks on the state’s Christians, often justified by false accusations of forced religious conversions, have become a regular part of the news. Many Christians in Karnataka are […]
(Morning Star News) – Police arrested two pastors in Nepal on Saturday (March 28), falsely charging them with holding worship services amid the Himalayan country’s lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19, sources said. Police jumped over a locked gate and intruded into the Nissi Church building in Surkhet District, Karnali Province as 69-year-old pastor […]
(Evangelical Focus) — The NGO Remar, linked to the Body of Christ Evangelical Church in Spain, distributed in one day more than 300 lunches to healthcare workers, military personnel, and authorities who work at the IFEMA building in Madrid where a field hospital has been set up due to Covid-19. As a part of their […]
(The Christian Institute) — John J. Murray, a well-known minister and author, has passed away at the age of 85 after contracting coronavirus. Murray went to be with the Lord yesterday after a rapid deterioration in his health. He is survived by his wife Cynthia, son Andrew and five grandsons. … Born and raised in Dornoch, […]
(Evangelical Focus) — The Christian Alliance of Evangelical Churches of Argentina (ACIERA) sent a letter on March 24 to President Alberto Fernández, saying that its “places of worship, multiple facilities, resources and volunteers are at the service of the country for anything it needs.” … In Colombia, the pastor of the Ríos de Vida Church, […]