DANVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) — A pastor who spent weeks in the hospital fighting for his life after contracting COVID-19 was greeted by a parade of cars outside his home to celebrate his recovery. The Miller family says they were so grateful for the outpouring of support. Nearly 100 cars drove by to welcome Thomas […]
(Morning Star News) – The government of Vietnam has denied the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (South) permission to hold its scheduled bi-annual Clergy Assembly, according to the Bureau of Religious Affairs. After the ECVN(S) announced on Nov. 25 that it was “postponing” the assembly scheduled for Feb. 1-3, 2021 because the government had denied permission, […]
LONDON (The Christian Institute) — Children will be protected from being given puberty blocking drugs following a major ruling at the High Court. Detransitioner Keira Bell, 23, brought the case against the NHS Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) after she was given hormone blockers and cross-sex hormones as a teenager. Judges said it was “highly […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Courier Journal) — One day after a three-judge panel sided against him in his lawsuit to keep classrooms at religious schools open during the pandemic, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stymie Gov. Andy Beshear’s ban on in-person classes. He said Monday he filed an emergency application asking […]
Pakistan (Mission Network News) — A recent street encounter radically changed the lives of a truck driver and his wife in Pakistan. And now they are powerful witnesses for the Gospel. FMI-supported Christian leaders recently distributed 500 Bibles to Muslims in Pakistan’s bazaars and streets. Nehemiah* with FMI says they gave one Bible to a […]
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen attacks on predominantly Christian communities in Kaduna state on Saturday night and Sunday morning (Nov. 28-29) killed seven Christians, two days after a pastor was slain in southwestern Nigeria, sources said. The “Fulani terrorists” in Kaduna state also kidnapped two children and wounded four people in the attacks on […]
(Barnabas Fund) — At least three people were killed and another abducted in a Boko Haram militant raid on the mainly Christian village of Gabass, Koza department, Far North Cameroon. The heavily-armed militants struck the community as the villagers slept in the early hours of Nov. 26. At the time of writing, security forces are […]
(Open Doors USA) — The road leading to Daniela’s temporary home is long. If you’re driving, you’ll need to progress slowly because of all the dirt and potholes. The floor of her simple house is elevated, because it regularly floods in Caucasia, the city in northern Colombia where Daniela and her family live. The roof […]
LOVES PARK, Ill. (Missions Box) — Courageous churches on the edge of an active war zone are in a race against time to save the lives of children as bitter winter weather looms. Members of evangelical churches near the disputed mountainous enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh — straddling Armenia and Azerbaijan — are acting as frontline responders as […]
(The Christian Institute) — Four-year-olds in Scotland are to be given a picture book promoting transgender ideology and encouraging children to be unafraid of strangers. Written and illustrated by LGBT writer Morag Hood, “Brenda Is a Sheep” tells children that a wolf dressed in sheep’s clothing really “is a sheep.” The book is being distributed […]