South Sudan (Mission Network News) — It’s been just over two months since the South Sudanese government declared famine conditions in parts of the country, according to Relief Web. Now we’re getting close to what’s called the “lean season” in South Sudan from May to July. The latest UNICEF report says over five million people—almost […]
(Morning Star News) – A pastor in eastern Uganda is without his home, farm and church building after Muslim extremists armed with swords and clubs rampaged through his property on March 27, he said. The band of nine Muslims, who also carried blunt metal objects, were shouting the jihadist slogan “Allahu Akbar [Allah is greater]” […]
(Newsweek) — Russia’s Supreme Court has declared Jehovah’s Witnesses an extremist organization, ordering its assets liquidated and banning all activities in the country, Russian state media reported Thursday. The ban will not come into force until after the group’s appeal is heard. The ruling upholds a claim made by Russia’s Ministry of Justice. Responding to […]
(Morning Star News) – Police and local officials in Sri Lanka declined to recognize Buddhist aggression against churches and in some cases encouraged persecution of Christians in the first four months of the year, a report indicates. Police initially refused to register a case when a mob led by Buddhist monks assaulted the pastor of […]
(Evangelical Focus) — Muslim candidate Anies Baswedan won the governmental election in Jakarta (capital city of Indonesia) on April 19. A rough and tense campaign had led to a blasphemy trial against the Christian candidate and Governor Basuki ‘Ahok’ Tjahaja Purnama. With 100% of the votes counted, Baswedan got 58% of the votes, and Purnama, […]
(Evangelical Focus) — About 30% of Germans believe in the existence of a life after death. Women are more convinced about the existence of some kind of afterlife (35%) than men (26%), shows a survey conducted by opinion institute Inse-Consulere. Those who do not believe in a life after death are 35%. Another 28% is […]
(The Christian Institute) — Traditional marriage vows would be better replaced by a fixed-term contract, an author and academic has claimed. Jeanette Winterson entered a same-sex “marriage” in 2015, despite previously being “unsure about gay marriage.” Writing in The Guardian, Professor Winterson claimed that a lifelong commitment is “too long for most of us” and […]
MARDAN, Pakistan (VOA News) — An angry mob killed a fellow student at a Pakistani university campus Thursday on accusations that he’d posted blasphemous content online. It was the latest in a series of vigilante attacks over the increasingly contentious issue in the predominantly Muslim country. Witnesses and local media reported angry students associated with the ruling […]
(The Christian Institute) — Scotland has become the first part of the UK to approve a controversial gay lifestyle drug. This week, the Scottish Medicines Consortium approved the routine use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a drug mainly intended for men who do not have HIV but are at risk of contracting it through homosexual activity. […]
WENZHOU, Zhejiang (ChinaAid) — Authorities in China’s coastal Zhejiang province carried out violent attacks against churches refusing to install surveillance cameras in late March. Local government departments began carrying out a missive from the Zhejiang provincial government to install cameras within churches that would assist authorities in monitoring religious activities. This command triggered an outpouring […]