(Open Doors USA) — Pastor Amin* is one of the most gentle people you will ever meet. He diligently serves the Lord in his Central Asian country by planting a church, organizing missionary schools and summer camps for Muslim children and founding a rehab center for drug addicts and alcoholics. Now, he receives the same […]
Continue reading …ALLENTOWN, Pa. (WFMZ-TV) — On this corner of a street downtown, a man named Pastor Tony is making dinner for a special group in Allentown. The homeless, who come here on a cold night, for a warm meal. A man named Kenny who tells us he’s living in a tent right now says, “You can […]
Continue reading …ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Four men detained by police for attacking a church building in the Black Sea region of Turkey last week shouted jihadist slogans when released from jail, a marked departure from past harassment, church leaders said. Shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 25, the four Muslims went to a building rented […]
Continue reading …Nigeria (Mission Network News) — In the last year, killing of Christians has increased in northern Nigeria by 62%, according to Open Doors USA. In 2015, Open Doors recorded 4,028 killings and 198 church attacks. In 2014, there were 2,484 killings and 108 churches attacked. To better show how the violence is affecting the country, […]
Continue reading …Costa Rica (Mission Network News) — Three years ago, the Health Ministry of Costa Rica and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) launched a campaign to curb teen pregnancy. At the time, the Costa Rican Health Ministry and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) were alarmed that teenage mothers represented 15%-20% of all childbirths in […]
Continue reading …Kenya (Mission Network News) — Nearly 70% of people in Kenya are Christians, according to African Studies Center. And in Nairobi, there’s the highest concentration of evangelicals in the world. Yet, even in this country, there are more than 4,000,000 people unreached by the Gospel. In the northern and eastern parts of the country, the […]
Continue reading …(Jerusalem Post) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed his support on the Knesset’s first designated LGBT Rights Day on Tuesday. Netanyahu rarely appears in the legislature on Tuesdays, a day on which it usually does not hold important votes, but he arrived specially to participate in LGBT Rights Day, during which discussions of the topic […]
Continue reading …(China Aid) — Approximately 200 Christians from two churches in China’s southwestern Yunnan province participated in a rule of law training in order to understand how to defend themselves against wrongful persecution in late January and early February. Bo Ai, the founder of the Chinese Christian Faith and Legal Training Camp, told China Aid he […]
Continue reading …(Politico) — Sarah Huckabee Sanders, previously the campaign manager for former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s 2016 presidential effort, has joined Donald Trump’s campaign. Huckabee Sanders, daughter of the former governor, will serve as a senior adviser for the campaign. “I volunteered to join Mr. Trump’s campaign because he is a champion of working families; not Washington-Wall […]
Continue reading …(The Mirror) — Scientists have claimed they have found a way for women to have babies without men by creating artificial sperm. The team from China claim they have created healthy mouse babies by injecting laboratory-made sperm into eggs to produce mouse offspring. The scientists claim their stem cell technique could pave the way for […]
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