ZHEZIANG, China (China Aid)— Authorities detained two church deacons in Wenzhou on Sunday and Monday after churches re-erected crosses that had been demolished. Wenzhou police detained Huang Xiaoyuan, a deacon of Shangzhou Church in the Tengqiao religious district, and Zhang Zhi, a deacon of Xianqiao Church, last week. Police have provided no information about Huang […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — A state district judge has ordered that a Ten Commandments monument on the Oklahoma state capitol grounds must be removed within 30 days. Seventh District Court Judge Thomas Prince issued the order on Friday after he denied a motion by Attorney General Scott Pruitt, which asserted that a June order by the Oklahoma […]
MOREHEAD, Ky. — An armed group of current former military and police officials offered protection from further arrest to Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis from earlier this week, but was declined by her legal counsel. Oath Keepers, whose motto is “Not On Our Watch,” is a coalition founded to provide education about, and defense of, […]
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — A pastor and author who supports Kentucky clerk Kim Davis’ decision to disobey a court order rather than violate the law of God says that Davis has a duty to continue to interpose as a civil magistrate and refuse to issue marriage licenses to homosexuals—and the responsibility has nothing to do with […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (New York Post)— A towering construction crane toppled over on Friday during a violent rainstorm in the Saudi city of Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, crashing into the Grand Mosque and killing at least 107 people ahead of the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage later this month. Images posted by social media […]
CHIAPAS STATE, Mexico (Christian Solidarity Worldwide) — Three Protestant members from Unión Juárez village, La Trinitaria municipality in Chiapas State were physically prevented from entering the village on 31 August and one was arbitrarily detained for 24 hours. Village leaders blocked the three men from entering the village, citing a curfew, and other travel restrictions […]
WASHINGTON — A baby who survived an abortion as his heart continued beating, but was soon murdered alive as his face was cut through with scissors to harvest his brain, was mourned by an Arizona Congressman during a hearing on Wednesday regarding Planned Parenthood’s alleged harvesting and sale of the organs of aborted babies. During his […]
WASHINGTON — A 38-year-old woman who survived a saline abortion in 1977 shared her story before Congress on Wednesday, speaking out against abortion and Planned Parenthood’s continued slaughter of unborn children. Gianna Jessen was miraculously born alive at a Los Angeles hospital after her mother sought an abortion while seven months pregnant. Her mother had been […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A decorated former Navy SEAL who has served as a chaplain for 15 of the 19 years of his military career has been exonerated of wrongdoing after being threatened with discharge when superiors called his Christian counseling against premarital sex and homosexuality a “recipe for disaster.” As previously reported, last December, several sailors allegedly filed complaints […]
MOREHEAD, Ky. — In an exclusive interview with Christian News Network, the pastor of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who has not spoken to the media since Davis became the subject of national headlines and subsequently disabled the church phone and website, stressed his belief that Americans are being stripped of their Constitutional right to freedom […]