HONOLULU (Baptist Press) — As Americans commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, some Christians also are remembering a series of evangelistic harvests that emerged from the death and destruction. Among those to find a saving relationship with Jesus in the aftermath of Dec. 7, 1941, were the commander of the […]
Nigeria (Mission Network News) — The Nigerian government says the U.N. is making a mountain out of a molehill when they describe the severity of the hunger crisis in northeast Nigeria. Last Friday, the U.N. launched a $1 billion funding appeal for the food shortage in three Nigerian states. Just over five million Nigerians face […]
(The Christian Institute) — An Australian couple who chose life for their unborn child, after she was diagnosed with Down syndrome, have criticized doctors who repeatedly urged them to have an abortion. Mr. and Mrs. Simpkins spoke out on an Australian TV show, which included several mothers sharing how they were pressurized to abort their […]
(The Christian Institute) — Around 450,000 children between the ages of 11 and 15 in England and Wales gambled in a week, according to a Gambling Commission report. Of those, it is thought that 9,000 are problem gamblers. The “Young People and Gambling” report, published last week, found that 16 percent of children of this […]
(World Watch Monitor) — Mexico has a “policy of denial” about the thousands of evangelical Christians forced out of their homes because of their beliefs, according to a Mexican human rights activist. Pedro Faro Navarro, director of the Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Centre, accused the government of “making up the figures” of […]
(Evangelical Focus) — Douglas Petrovich, archaeologist and epigrapher of the Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo (Canada), is proposing an innovative reading of several inscriptions on Egyptian slabs from the 18th to 14th centuries BC. These slabs could be the first “alphabet” in the world, an early form of Hebrew with data that coincides with some […]
(Evangelical Focus) — Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has died at age 90. Fidel Castro was the last survivor of the Cold War, and probably one of the most important political personalities of the 20th century. He started his political career on January 1, 1959 after overthrowing the Batista regime. His influence on the Caribbean […]
U.K. (The Christian Institute) — Proposals for Ofsted to inspect Sunday Schools illustrate that government ministers see religious faith as “a problem,” a former Cabinet minister has said. Labor MP Stephen Timms, a former chief secretary to the Treasury, made the comments while speaking at the release of a new report about faith-based charities. The government […]
(Evangelical Focus) — Three football (soccer) players, a stewardess, an airplane technician and a journalist have survived the airplane crash in Colombia, in which other 75 people lost their lives. “The situation is complicated, difficult. Only God can give us strength now. Thank you God,” wrote Amanda, the wife of Alan Ruschel on Instagram after […]
(The Christian Institute) — Parents are up in arms after being told their children will have to use gender-neutral toilets in a new school building. A new building at Buxton School in Leytonstone, East London, has been fitted with the toilets, for use by children aged eight and above. Headteacher Kath Wheeler says the facilities […]