(CBS News) — Two Florida teenagers are counting their blessings after they were rescued from a strong ocean current last month. After going out for a swim, high school seniors Tyler Smith and Heather Brown were stranded at sea for more than an hour when they cried out to God for help. Their prayers were […]
(The Christian Institute) — The UK’s smallest baby since 2003 has returned home after defying medical expectations. Isabella Evans was born at only 24 weeks – the legal limit for abortion – when doctors warned parents Kym and Ryan that they only gave her a five percent chance of survival. Grateful dad Ryan said medics […]
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A convert from Islam in Algeria whose Muslim wife charged him with inciting her to change her religion won a final court battle in April — after losing her to divorce in March. A court on April 17 upheld Rachid Ouali’s acquittal following a final appeal of the Dec. 25 verdict. […]
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of family members and sympathizers on Saturday (April 27) attended a funeral in northeastern Nigeria for eight young Christians, six of them minors, who were killed when an off-duty security officer drove his vehicle into their Easter procession on April 21, sources said. The officer, identified as Adamu […]
(Evangelical Focus) — Unidentified gunmen killed at least six people at a Protestant church in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday, authorities said. According to local witnesses, the attackers arrived on seven motorbikes at the end of Sunday’s service and killed the pastor, two of his sons and three other worshipers. “It is the first attack […]
(Morning Star News) – More than a month after men claiming to be Maoists in Nepal assaulted Dhurba Kumar Pariyar, the 40-year-old pastor is still physically and mentally traumatized. “I still have headache and chest pain, though I am under strong medication,” Pastor Pariyar told Morning Star News. He later quoted Matthew 5:10, Christ saying […]
(Evangelical Focus) — At least 12 native evangelicals were held illegally last Sunday in the municipality of Zinacantán (Chiapas, south Mexico). They were attending a local district assembly to discuss issues of common interest. But the agenda of the gathering was changed as the leaders of the municipality addressed the organization of the Catholic festival […]
(New York Post) — The man who mowed down pedestrians with his car in Sunnyvale, Calif., this week was targeting a family he believed was Muslim, according to a report. Police announced the motivation in a Friday news conference, without discussing the evidence, CNN reported. Cops have not ruled out the possibility of charging the […]
(International Christian Concern) – Hong Kong is planning to amend its extradition laws to allow suspects to be sent to mainland China, a move that comes widely criticized by rights groups and Western countries. On April 3, Hong Kong’s leaders launched the laws to grant the chief executive the right to order the extradition of […]
(International Christian Concern) — Under India’s constitution, people’s right to religious freedom is broadly protected by Article 25. In practice, however, this right has become overshadowed by conflicting laws and the actions local governments. This fact of life in India was recently demonstrated by unconstitutional actions taken by village leaders in the village of Penkodo, […]