(The Christian Institute) — A video calling on the Church of England to uphold the Bible’s teaching on biological sex, marriage and sexual ethics is being investigated by the police for a “hate crime.” Ben John of Christian Concern was reported to North Yorkshire police over remarks he made about a trailer to the […]
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia police are searching for five teenagers who, they say, beat a woman unconscious and stole the woman’s car in North Philadelphia. The attack happened around 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 25. Police say a 40-year-old woman was getting in her car on the 1700 block of Wylie Street when she was approached […]
WASHINGTON (USA Today) – The Supreme Court ordered California judges Thursday to follow its lead in blocking stringent coronavirus restrictions on houses of worship, as the high court did in a New York case last week. The justices’ unsigned order sending a California church’s challenge back to lower courts likely will stop Gov. Gavin Newsom […]
China (International Christian Concern) – The four Christians in China’s Guangdong province — Fu Xuanjuan, Deng Tianyong, Han Li, and Feng Qunhao — who were arrested on July 2 on charges of “illegal business operations” for selling Bible players are now facing court. According to China Aid, on Oct.23, Shenzhen Bao’an People’s Procuratorate charged the […]
(Evangelical Focus) — Hong Kong Christian activist Joshua Wong has been sentenced to 13 and a half months in prison. He was imprisoned on Nov. 23 after pleading guilty to organising an unauthorized meeting in June 2019. Fellow activists Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam have also been sentenced to 10 months and seven months respectively. […]
(The Christian Institute) — Police in the U.K. have apologised to a pastor after bursting in on his service broadcast and incorrectly telling him that he was breaking coronavirus regulations. On Nov. 20, two officers interrupted Daniel Mateola’s service in Milton Keynes, claiming there were too many people assisting with the broadcast and that they […]
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 […]