CHENGDU, Sichuan (ChinaAid) — Jiang Rong, the wife of Early Rain Covenant Church Pastor Wang Yi, has been released on bail, six months after vanishing into China’s prison system. Jiang and Wang were initially seized on the night of Dec. 9 as authorities conducted a mass, overnight arrest of their church members. By the end of […]
(The Christian Institute) — A mother has shared how she refused to have an abortion even though doctors offered it ten times after diagnosing her baby with a disability. Natalie Halson explained that doctors persistently pressured her to have an abortion because of baby Mirabelle’s diagnosis of spina bifida — a condition where the spine […]
(BBC News) — A child abuse inquiry witness has told how he and others were raped by priests drink-fuelled sex parties that he characterized as “Satanic.” Dave Sharp also described a catalogue of sexual, physical and emotional violence at St Ninian’s in Falkland, Fife, between 1971 and 1975. Mr. Sharp, from Glasgow, said the […]
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Christians in various villages of Chhattisgarh state, India are going hungry as members of tribal religions deprive them of work and refuse to sell food to them, sources said. In the southern tip of Chhattisgarh state, villagers who practice tribal religion of ancestor and nature worship attacked the homes […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Baptist Press) — The Southern Baptist Sexual Abuse Advisory Study issued a report Saturday (June 8) after 10 months of work with the hope that God will use it to “spark a movement of healing and reform.” The 52-page report — produced by a fluid study group formed last July by new Southern […]
(The Christian Institute) — Israel Folau has launched legal action against Rugby Australia (RA) after his playing contract was terminated over an Instagram post quoting the Bible. RA claimed the post, which said Hell awaits “drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars” and others, and called them to repent, was a “high-level breach” of its code of conduct. […]
(Evangelical Focus) — North Korea is the most dangerous country in the world for Christians, according to Open Doors World Watch List. “If Christians are discovered, not only are they deported to labor camps as political criminals or even killed on the spot, their families will share their fate as well. Christians do not even […]
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Authorities seized 12 tearful, fatherless children from a Christian ministry in eastern India last month after local officials demolished the ministry’s school and hostel, sources said. After Hindu extremists persuaded the district collector to demolish the hostel and school serving 250 students, child protection personnel and police on May […]
(The Christian Institute) — Pregnant women considering an abortion are being failed, campaigners say, in response to new figures revealing over 13,000 abortions took place in Scotland last year. The statistics showed that women in deprived areas were twice as likely to end the life of their unborn child compared to women in richer areas. […]
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Post-Gazette) — A new type of fetal surgery to repair the most common and severe type of spina bifida has been done for the first time in Pittsburgh and now three months after being born, the little patient is showing almost completely normal leg function. Surgery was done by a team of specialists […]