(The Christian Insitute) — The Supreme Court has vindicated a judicial review of the Scottish Government’s controversial Named Person scheme, ruling the plans unlawful. In a historic decision the five judges, including two from Scotland, unanimously struck down the central provisions of the scheme this morning. Under the proposals, from 31 August every child in […]
TOKYO (USA Today) — An apparently disturbed man arrested in a stabbing rampage at a care facility for mentally disabled people near Tokyo on Tuesday had earlier warned authorities that he might carry out the attack, according to police and local news media. At least 19 are dead and 26 injured after the man, a […]
GUIYANG, Guizhou— (China Aid) A pastor imprisoned in China’s central Guizhou province on a falsified “divulging state secrets” charge penned a letter to his wife on June 30, thanking God for the chance to rest after serving as a pastor for 23 years. “This is a good place to rest, where I am cut off […]
(BBC News) — In some remote southern regions of Malawi, it’s traditional for girls to be made to have sex with a paid sex worker known as a “hyena” once they reach puberty. The act is not seen by village elders as rape, but as a form of ritual “cleansing”. However, as Ed Butler reports, […]
KEFFI, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Two days after a slain pastor in one part of Nasarawa state, Nigeria was buried, a Muslim Fulani herder in another part of the state cut off part of the hand of another pastor working on his farm. The Rev. Hamza Alkali, 66, had to have the rest of his […]
(Morning Star News) – A 53-year-old man in eastern Uganda sits alone in a small shanty after losing his family, house and business because he left Islam for Christianity. Muslim relatives drove Kuluseni Iguru Tenywa, a former imam, from his ancestral home the night of June 27 in Budhagali village, Jinja District. Led by his […]
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. […]