(The Christian Institute) — The number of people asking to be killed at a euthanasia clinic in the Netherlands rose by 22 percent in 2019. Last year, 3,122 people contacted the Euthanasia Expertise Center, which was significantly higher than the two previous years. In the Netherlands, euthanasia is legal if the person is deemed to […]
(Evangelical Focus) — The Chinese Christian Church has 34 communities throughout Spain, with more than 7,000 members. In this local church alone, more than 350 people gather each week, in the two worship services they celebrate on Sunday mornings and in the afternoon. … Our meeting with some leaders of the Chinese Christian Church in […]
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – It was more than a year ago that Muslims in the disputed area between Sudan and South Sudan noticed that Ahmed Alnour was no longer reciting his Islamic prayers five times a day. The tribesman of the ethnic Misseriya Arabs was helping support his wife and seven children […]
(Evangelical Focus) — Italy has become the epicentre of the Covid-19 crisis in Europe, as the death toll in the country soared to 366 on Monday, with around 7,300 people more infected. In the Northern region of Lombardy, more than 10 million people are under new quarantine rules. The government has announced the closure of […]
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Violence against Christians in India hit a new level on Tuesday when Hindu extremists ran their motorcycles over a key evangelical leader as he lay semi-conscious from their beating, sources said. Armed with bamboo rods and a thick metal chain with a heavy lock on it, the 10 Hindu nationalists […]
(The Weather Channel) — U.S. officials on Sunday warned the elderly and people with underlying health issues to stay off cruises and reconsider air travel just as one cruise ship hit by the coronavirus prepared to dock in Oakland, California, and another waited off Florida’s east coast for test results on two crew members. […]
(Bitter Winter) — Throughout 2019, authorities in the southeastern province of Jiangxi forcibly demolished numerous house churches, looted their property, and arrested clergy members under the pretext of the nationwide campaign to “clean up gang crime and eliminate evil.” Bitter Winter continues to receive more reports about such CCP-organized suppression attacks to force house churches […]
(The Christian Institute) — Writer and broadcaster Melanie Phillips has spoken about the “devastating impact” fatherless families can have on young men. She urged the government to acknowledge “the role played by family upbringing in crime” and to develop appropriate policies. … Phillips said that while there are many factors which contribute to crime, “studies […]
India (International Christian Concern) – On Feb. 20, an Indian evangelist’s mother, wife and 11-month-old son were beaten when he was not found at home as a radical group descended on their house. Podiya Tati, an evangelist in Chhattisgarh, was meant to be the target of the attack but was away working at the time. […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – The families of three Christian schoolteachers killed by Islamic extremists in northeastern Kenya have suffered loss beyond words, but aid from donors in Ireland is helping to compensate for lost income, they said. Somalia-based Al Shabaab militants on Jan. 13 killed Titus Sasaka, a member of the New Testament Church of […]