LANCASTER, Calif. (KABC) — A father has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two of his children, a 12-year-boy and 13-year-old girl, were found decapitated at a Lancaster home, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Firefighters arrived at the single-story house in the 45000 block of Century Circle shortly after 7:30 […]
International (Mission Network News) — For Christians in developed nations, it’s hard to imagine life without Gospel access. Believers have Scripture literally at their fingertips thanks to smartphone apps and widespread WiFi access. There are more than 400 versions of the Bible available in English. At the same time, millions of people are utterly unaware […]
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Representatives of eight village councils in central India first summoned a new Christian to give him an ultimatum in October. They interrupted a church service on Oct. 18 asking for Sattar Singh Markam. “I was conducting the church service when some men came to call Markam and asked him to […]
(International Christian Concern) – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo released a statement on Monday that “[t]he United States is designating Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, Nigeria, the DPRK, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as Countries of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, as amended, for engaging in or tolerating ‘systematic, ongoing, […]
HOUSTON (Click2 Houston) – A Houston story made international headlines four years ago: an 18-year-old is accused of killing his 16-year-old friend during a satanic ritual. Edward O’Neal, the suspect in the case, admitted to KPRC 2 during a jailhouse interview in 2016 that he worshipped the devil. Fast forward to the present, O’Neal […]
(AL.com) — Years ago, Francesca McCall and her sister, Chantale, made a pact: should either of them die young, one sister would take in the other’s children and raise them as their own. It was a promise Francesca McCall, 40, never hoped she would have to uphold. Already raising seven biological children ranging in age […]
FORT MITCHELL, Ala. (CBS News) — A 5-year-old Alabama boy was hit and killed by traffic after he was forced to exit a car at a church parking lot near a busy highway as punishment for “acting up,” Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor told CBS News. Taylor said the child, Austin Birdseye, was in […]
(Barnabas Aid) — At least 30 Christians were killed, and 10 young women and girls raped, in a string of attacks on five villages in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by jihadi terrorists. Extremist rebel group The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) raided the villages in North Kivu province, northeastern DRC, between Nov. 20 and Dec. […]
BRISTOL, UK — Four street preachers, two from America and two from the United Kingdom, are having their case heard in court today as they challenge what they call a “sustained campaign of harassment” by the U.K. police as they have faced criminal charges and were jailed — and some were prosecuted, in light of […]
(Evangelical Focus) — Korea Future Initiative (KFI), a non-profit charitable organization, has recently released the first phase of the report “Persecuting Faith: Documenting Religious Freedom Violations in North Korea,” which analyzes “the status of religion and belief in North Korea, including its manifestation in theistic, non-theistic, and atheistic forms.” It aims “to provide an accurate […]