A broadcast based in Australia recently highlighted the work of a Ugandan pastor who rehabilitates children who have been attacked by witch doctors in the country, as well as his efforts to bring those who engage in child sacrifice to justice. The SBS Dateline episode “How to Catch a Witch Doctor” features Peter Sewakiryanga […]
(The Christian Institute) — A new report into religious restrictions around the world confirms that Christians are being harassed in dozens of countries worldwide. US think-tank Pew Research Center corroborated similar reports on persecution, finding that Christians face challenges and threats for their beliefs in 143 nations. The suffering covered by “harassment” ranged from verbal […]
South Asia (Mission Network News) — Rescue efforts continue this week as monsoon season kicks off in South Asia. The death toll stands at 670 so far across Nepal, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, but many remain missing. Flooding affected more than 25 million people, the UN reports. Floodwaters are receding now, but they covered entire […]
COPPERAS COVE, Texas (USA Today/Yahoo) — A Texas mom allegedly left her infant in a running car while she took shots at a nightclub, police say. When officers confronted Samantha Grace Vaughan early Sunday, she shouted racist slurs and eventually wound up smiling for a jail booking photo. Copperas Cove police found Vaughan’s baby around […]
HOUSTON, Texas (ABC13 News) — The year Elizabeth Francis was born, the Oval Office was built, the NAACP was formed, Cadillac joined General Motors and the life expectancy for an American woman was shy of 54 years. Francis was born in Louisiana in 1909. The Houstonian celebrated her 110th birthday on Saturday. Francis gets […]
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Persecution of Christians in Bihar state, India, has so intensified in the past two years that Pastor Shelton Viswanathan didn’t dare call police after Hindu extremists broke bones in his hand and foot. “If I force the police to register cases against the assailants, the [Hindu extremist] Bajrang Dal’s […]
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Fox 2 News) – Adam Smith made a shocking discovery inside the freezer of his family’s apartment on the 6000 block of Magnolia late Saturday night. Smith’s mother had just passed away and he decided to open a box that was wrapped and stored in the family freezer. He said the package had […]
(The Telegraph) — An atheist couple is taking their children’s primary school to the High Court, claiming that biblical re-enactments and praying in assemblies are a breach of their children’s human rights. Lee Harris and his wife Lizanne have won permission to bring a judicial review against Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust (ODST) after arguing that […]
(The Times of Israel) — Seven stunning large basalt stairs recently excavated at Tel Hazor give new indication of the ancient grandeur of the Canaanite kingdom 3,500 years ago, that according to biblical text was conquered by the Israelites and razed to the ground. As depicted in Joshua 11:10, Hazor was the “head” of the […]
(Fox News) — A prominent Christian student organization has sued its university, claiming the group was targeted because of its religious beliefs. In 2017, Wayne State University kicked Intervarsity Christian Fellowship off campus because it required its leaders to be Christians. It was only when the student group, which had been on campus for 75 years, threatened to sue in […]