EAST PRICE HILL, Ohio (WKRC) — Cincinnati Christian University students are heartbroken Monday night. They heard rumors about their school shutting down but were hopeful they could at least finish out this academic year. “People were bawling their eyes out. People were out — like they were in the cafeteria and they just left […]
(International Christian Concern) – Pastor Bryan Nerren, a Christian pastor from Tennessee, has been arrested and detained in India after being accused of violating the country’s Foreign Exchange Management Act. According to the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), Pastor Nerren and two other pastors from Tennessee arrived in India on October 5 to […]
(The Christian Institute) — Kellogg’s has launched limited edition variety pack cereal as part of an anti-bullying campaign, and pledges to donate $50,000 to a US LGBT lobby group. Its “All Together” cereal effort combines six varieties of cereal in one box, and features the mascots of each on the packaging. The company said the […]
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A pastor in western India suffered severe injuries to his head and back on Tuesday (Oct. 22) after Hindu extremists beat him unconscious for visiting a Christian in a neighboring village, sources said. The eight assailants left pastor Ramesh Pargi in a pool of blood after surrounding and assaulting […]
(The Christian Institute) — The largest Christian denominations in Northern Ireland have said they will not conduct same-sex weddings in their churches. The Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI), The Church of Ireland, and the Methodist Church of Ireland have all confirmed that they will uphold the biblical definition of marriage. It comes as the DUP […]
(International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on October 22, Gou Zhongcan from Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) in Sichuan was released and returned home to Bazhou city. Gou was detained in March and spent the last seven months in prison. Gou is currently recovering since his vision deteriorated in prison. […]
(International Christian Concern) – On October 11, a group of 35 Christians distributing Christian literature in India’s Chhattisgarh state were harassed by radical Hindu nationalists and handed over to local police. The Christians were then told that they were no longer allowed to distributed their literature, despite the fact that they had received prior permission […]
(The Christian Institute) — Northern Ireland’s protections for women and unborn children have been repealed. The Christian Institute — which has consistently defended the protections — described the move as “desperately bad news.” Northern Ireland’s law on marriage is also set to change, with the first same-sex “marriages” expected to take place in February next […]
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide) — Iranian church leader Matthias Haghnejad and eight members of the Church of Iran denomination who were on trial with him have each been sentenced to five years in prison following a short trial on Sept. 23. Pastor Haghnejad was arrested by members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard after a church service […]
(The Christian Institute) — A 23-year-old woman is being assessed to determine whether she can be killed by doctors because of her mental health problems. Kelly, from Belgium, has applied to be killed by lethal injection after suffering for years with anxiety and eating disorders. The UK’s Lives Worth Living campaign said the “shocking example” […]