JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed a Pentecostal pastor and abducted a Baptist pastor in a spate of kidnappings this month in Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. “The herdsmen, about 20 of them, shot into our house and broke the doors of the house,” said Emmanuel Noma, who along with his father, 60-year-old […]
(Independent.ie) — Coronation Street star Antony Cotton lept from ITV’s float during Manchester Pride to confront a group of Christians holding Scripture signs. The actor, who plays Sean Tully in the long-running soap, confronted the group on Peter Street during the annual LGBT parade. Cotton was cheered on by crowds as he swung a rainbow […]
(The Christian Institute) — A man forced to live in an Australian drug-taking cult until he was rescued at 15 says Jesus Christ healed the damage he suffered. Ben Shenton was handed over to cult leader Anne Hamilton-Bryce at just 18 months old. In the years that followed, he and other children were abused and […]
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide) — A pastor from the Fraternidad Cristiana church was shot and killed in Oaxaca, south-west Mexico, on Aug. 18. Alfrery Líctor Cruz Canseco was waiting in his car after a church service at the Fraternidad Cristiana church in the municipality of Tlalixtac de Cabrera when he was shot and killed. His attacker […]
(New York Post) — Connecticut residents have turned a wooded conservation area in Fairfield into their own sexual playground — with cops catching multiple people hooking up in the open space, including a pair of 80-somethings. The public escapades went down last week in the Grace Richardson Conservation Area, according to the CTPost. Six […]
KIRKWOOD, Mo. (KMOV) — Students were back in class for the first day of school in the Kirkwood School District on Thursday. At Keysor Elementary School, students welcomed a new teacher who doesn’t go by Mr. or Mrs. but instead uses the non-gender title of Mx. Some people don’t identify as male or female, which is […]
(Mission Network News) — Lebanon may be short on money, but it’s full of problems. An estimated 900,000 to 1.5 million Syrian refugees strain resources and infrastructure. Forced deportations, ongoing since April, send refugees back to Syria whether they want to leave or not. Political leaders blame the refugees for many of Lebanon’s problems, especially […]
(Evangelical Focus) — According to the British charity Christian Action Research and Education (CARE), 445 churches and religious buildings in Northern Ireland have been attacked over the past three years. On average, a crime against religious buildings, churchyards and cemeteries happens almost every other day. The figures also show that attacks have happened in every […]
Kazakhstan (Mission Network News) — Trouble’s brewing in Central Asia. Sources note increasing efforts to restrict religious freedom in Kazakhstan. Forum 18 counted more than 100 cases between January and June this year. In the latest incident, officials began interfering with one church’s attempts to follow the law. “The New Life Pentecostal Church [was] just […]
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — (The Christian Post) — As he gets ready for the fall launch of his unaffiliated The Sanctuary church in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Billy Graham’s grandson, Tullian Tchividjian, who was stripped of his preaching credentials in 2015 due to extramarital relationships with former congregants, says they were all “consensual” and […]