(International Christian Concern) – On Nov. 4, a mob of armed Muslims stopped Christians from constructing a church building in the village of Chak 211/EB, located near Arifwala, in the Pakpattan district of Pakistan’s Punjab province. According to local Christians, they are being denied their basic constitutional rights by village leaders. The incident started when […]
(Fox News) — A pastor believed to have been abducted because he shared his Christian faith with Muslims in a country enforcing a strict Islamic code — and whose 2017 kidnapping was caught in chilling footage — is the subject of a new petition urging the Malaysian government to send Raymond Koh back to […]
(Mission Network News) — Calls for better suicide awareness and prevention often accompany Veteran’s Day in the U.S., and rightfully so. More than 6,000 veterans commit suicide each year and it’s been that way for more than 10 years, according to the latest VA statistics. There’s no immediate solution in sight, yet hope remains. Warriors […]
(Bitter Winter) — Religious groups in China are forced to submit to the CCP and organize activities following the Party’s policies; otherwise, they will be identified as unlawful and targeted for eradication. On Oct. 16, more than 20 government officials from the Cangshan district in Fuzhou, the capital of the southeastern province of Fujian, force-entered […]
(The Scottish Sun) — BARMY officials have drawn up a “baffling” list of 21 sexualities for Scots to choose from in the 2021 census. Civil servants said terms including skoliosexual, gynephilic and demi-romantic will be understood. But Edinburgh University’s Dr. Kath Murray said the huge list could “blur” data. And census chiefs faced ridicule tonight […]
(Evangelical Focus) — The historic Protestant Church of Switzerland has voted to allow same-sex “marriages” in its churches. The Federation of Swiss Evangelical Churches (SEK) unites 26 regional Protestant churches in the central European country. After what was described as a “lively” but respectful debate during the SEK autumn assembly, 45 delegates voted in favor, […]
(CTV News) — A Montreal couple is calling for disciplinary measures against a psychologist they say counseled one of them to kill the terminally ill other. When Miranda Edwards was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, she said she was determined to fight it. “I want to live. I want every medical intervention possible,” […]
(The Christian Institute) — A woman says she felt forced to resign from Doula UK after being labeled “transphobic” for saying only women can give birth. Lynsey McCarthy-Calvert was working for the charity — which provides women with “birth coaches” to assist them during pregnancy and childbirth — when she criticized Cancer Research UK for […]
Pakistan (Mission Network News) — The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom is taking notice of attacks on places of worship. In countries like Pakistan, worship sites of minority religions are frequently targeted with violence. Forgotten Missionaries International (FMI) Executive Director Bruce Allen often hears reports from the field of attacks on Pakistani churches. […]
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide) — There have been no developments in the case of a protestant pastor and a co-worker who forcibly disappeared on Aug. 3 in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Pastor Aarón Méndez Ruiz and Alfredo Castillo de Luna were kidnapped from the AMAR migrant shelter, in Nuevo Laredo on the US-Mexico border, after Méndez Ruiz […]