TURKEY (Mission Network News) — As if believers in Turkey didn’t have enough to deal with, evangelical leaders are now receiving death threats from ISIS. “These threats are against Islamic converts to Christianity,” Rody Rodeheaver of International Needs explains. “ISIS wants to make an example of them, and are threatening to do just that.” This news, along with […]
NEW YORK — The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. has pledged to continue to inplead the case of an American pastor imprisoned in Iran when she appears before the United Nations. Samantha Power met with the wife of Pastor Saeed Abedini on Friday at the U.S. Mission in New York City. As previously reported, Abedini, a […]
Half a million children have fled attacks by the Islamist group Boko Haram over the past five months, the UN children’s agency says. Unicef says this brings the total number of displaced children in Nigeria and neighboring countries to 1.4 million. Tens of thousands are suffering from acute malnutrition and some of their camps have been […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Friday to defund the abortion giant Planned Parenthood for one year and reallocate the funds previously granted to the organization to women’s health groups. H.R. 3134, the “Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015,” was passed 241-187—mainly across party lines. Only two Democrats voted in favor of […]
LUANG PRABANG PROVINCE, Laos (Morning Star News) – A pastor in northern Laos who disregarded officials’ orders to stop preaching Christ has been stabbed to death, sources said. A prison official identified only as Wansai entered the home of pastor Singkeaw Wongkongpheng in Na-ang village, Chomphet District, Luang Prabang Province on the night of Sept. 8, relatives told […]
A video has surfaced of Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina praising Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, stating that she has “great admiration” for her because of her achievements as a woman. In the 2008 video, Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, announces her support for then-Republican presidential candidate John McCain, but simultaneously praises Clinton out […]
TEXAS CITY, Texas — A photo of an ex-convict turned Christian who recently prayed on the street with a police officer who once arrested him has gone viral. Edward “Doc” Amey is no stranger to the police. He’s been arrested on numerous occasions and went to prison three times, mainly because of drug activity. But while […]
TIGER, Ga. — A school district in Georgia has agreed to discontinue its practice of presenting prayers at graduation ceremonies and has removed a sign bearing the name of Jesus following a complaint from a humanist organization. The American Humanist Association (AHA) sent a letter earlier this month to the Rabun County School District after it said that […]
BREMERTON, Wash. — A football coach in Washington is under investigation for praying on the field after games. Joe Kennedy, the assistant head coach for the varsity team at Bremerton High School and the head coach for the junior varsity team, takes time after each game to pray at the 50-yard line. According to reports, Kennedy prays of […]
COOLIDGE, Ariz. — City Council members in Arizona have voted to move forward with a proposal to allow only Christian prayers at city hall meetings. The Coolidge City Council voted 4-2 on Monday with one member absent to have attorney Dennis Fitzgibbons provide draft language and counsel as to how the concept might be carried out. […]