(The Christian Institute) — More than 6,600 abortions were carried out in the Republic of Ireland last year, following the vote to repeal its pro-life laws in 2018. Abortion is now available on demand up to twelve weeks, once a three-day reflection period has passed. Prior to the law change, abortion was only permissible if […]
(Evangelical Focus) — The annual statistics of the Evangelical Church of Germany (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, EKD, the mainline Protestant church) show that 221,338 members announced their departure in 2018, 12.2% more than in the previous year. The EKD had already mentioned the provisional number of around 220,000 withdrawals, and it now confirms that the […]
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide) — The Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) has reported that Boko Haram terrorists carried out over “fifty different attacks on different communities between the end of 2019 to June 2020,” most of which were “unreported or under reported by both the print and electronic media.” In […]
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – When Kande Munda heard a knock on his door one night last month, the Christian father of two knew it was likely the same thugs and their colleagues in his area of Jharkhand, India who had harassed him for nearly four years. They were particularly upset that Munda had reported them […]
(Article18) — At least 12 Christians have been arrested by intelligence agents belonging to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in a coordinated operation across three cities. The arrests took place on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning in Tehran, its sister city Karaj, and Malayer, 400km southwest of Tehran. Dozens more Christians were ordered to provide their contact […]
Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – According to local reports, Nadeem Joseph, a Christian from the TV Colony of Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s Khybar Pakhtunkhawa province, died yesterday as a result of gunshot wounds he received on June 4. Twenty-six days ago, Joseph and his family were attacked by Muslim neighbors because they purchased a […]
(The Christian Institute) — A prominent surgeon specializing in gender reassignment surgery has said that men should be allowed to have wombs implanted if they want to give birth to children. Christopher Inglefield, who founded the London Transgender Clinic, said that because uterus implants are possible for women born without a womb, men who are […]
(Evangelical Focus) — Lazarus Chakwera, former head of the Malawi Assemblies of God, one of the largest Christian denominations in the country, won the election with 58% of the votes, according to the Malawi Electoral Commission on Saturday night. He beat the incumbent president Peter Mutharika, who came second with 1.7 million votes. Voter turnout […]
(The Christian Institute) — Parents have successfully persuaded a library to cancel a Drag Queen Story Hour event aimed at children as young as two. The event, where drag queen Sab Samuel would read to children, was planned to take place online via Leeds Libraries’ Facebook page but was cancelled following a campaign by parents […]
(Morning Star News) – Legislation passed by parliament in Iran could make it easier to arrest and imprison Christians and other religious minorities, rights advocates said. Under amendments to articles 499 and 500 of the Islamic Penal Code, those found guilty of “deviant psychological manipulation” or “propaganda contrary to Islam,” whether in the “real or […]