HUAQUIU, Guizhou (China Aid) — On June 23, a local government office in China’s central Guizhou province delivered an ultimatum to parents who attend a house church: if children do not stop attending church, they will be barred from attending college or entering the military. Additionally, violators of the new regulation will be sued. “This notice […]
China (Mission Network News) — Around the world, millions of Christians are desperate to grow in their faith, but many lack access to God’s word. That’s why Christian Resources International recently shipped a container to Hong Kong full of about $500,000 worth of Bibles, seminary materials, and other Christian books to be distributed for free. […]
(Christian Institute) — The parents of a 27-year-old who took his own life after battling a gambling addiction say his death is a “waste of a talented, lovely boy.” John and Alison Myers shared how their son, Ryan, had sometimes spent all his wages on gambling and was “hemorrhaging money.” Although Ryan sought to “self-exclude” […]
Cuba (Mission Network News) — As relationships between Cuba and the United States change, John Summerville of Trans World Radio says things aren’t the same for the people of Cuba any more. “For many, many years, the Cuban government has been telling them there is no God [and] that the government has all the answers. […]
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Sudanese security personnel in North Khartoum last week jailed 14 Christians after raiding an evangelical school on a church property the government is helping a Muslim business interest to seize, sources said. Leaders of the Khartoum Bahri Evangelical Church were inside the Evangelical School of Khartoum North trying to […]
NICE, France (NBC News) — The death toll continued to climb Friday as forensics teams combed the scene where a truck driver mowed down dozens of revelers after a fireworks display at the French seaside. Police told NBC News that 84 people were now confirmed dead following the attack in the coastal city of Nice. […]
(Christian Institute) — A U.S. church group currently in the U.K. has been compared to neo-Nazis and Islamist terrorists by a newspaper columnist. Shona Craven said The King’s Project singers were a “musical Trojan horse” who were part of a church that “ticks every box on the Ugly Religious Fundamentalism checklist”. Craven pointed to the […]
(Christian Institute) — David Cameron has lifted a ban on women serving in close combat roles in the British military. Women were previously allowed to serve on the front line, but could not “close with and kill the enemy”. The outgoing Prime Minister asked that the change be implemented “as soon as possible.” An ex-army […]
GUANGDONG, China — (China Aid) A house church was forced to move last month after officials in China’s southern Guangdong province closed the building and pressured the landlady to terminate the church’s contract. Paul, an elder from Guangfu Church, said in an interview on June 16 that police came to the church, saying they needed to […]
Dominican Republic (Mission Network News) – In the Dominican Republic, adult prostitution is legal, but it easily opens the door to a world of sex slavery. Actually, out of all the countries in the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic has the highest rate of human trafficking. In fact, a lot of young women and girls are […]