(Mission Network News) — Over 260 million Christians live in places with high levels of persecution. Every day they face danger and struggles, yet most of the West is ignorant or indifferent. Why? Todd Nettleton with Voice of the Martyrs, USA says the problem is two-fold. There are problems both with the Church and the […]
BERN — Voters in Switzerland have approved a referendum to include so-called sexual orientation in the country’s anti-discrimination statutes, prohibiting public “hate speech” and denigration of homosexuals, as well as inciting hatred through text or images. Violators could face up to three years behind bars. More than 63 percent of voters approved the referendum on […]
(The Christian Institute) — The government should appoint a Minister for Families to support stay-at-home parents, MPs have said. A group of 44 Conservative MPs has written to the Prime Minister urging him to champion the rights of single-earner families, which they say help to meet his manifesto promise to “strengthen families.” They say that […]
(Evangelical Focus) — The Cuban State Security informed young independent journalist Yoé Suárez on Feb. 5 that he was no longer allowed to travel outside of Cuba. Officials also threatened his wife and young son. According to Suarez, the young journalist received a subpoena to go to the Siboney police station, where he met with […]
WUHAN — Videos out of China have been described as “apocalyptic” as they show workers in Wuhan fighting the coronavirus by spraying city streets with disinfectant and authorities seizing for quarantine those who are suspected to have been exposed or infected. Reports also state that the government has required cremation of those who died from […]
(Article18) — US President Donald Trump highlighted Iran’s detention of 21-year-old Christian convert Fatemeh (Mary) Mohammadi as part of a high-profile annual prayer breakfast address on Thursday, as reports claimed she is being held in a prison on the outskirts of Tehran. “Weeks ago, a 21-year-old woman, who goes by the name of Mary, […]
(Bitter Winter) — As elsewhere in China, house churches in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang also suffer severe crackdowns. According to recently-received reports, from March 2019 to January of this year, 60 Protestant churches that don’t belong to the Three-Self Patriotic Movement have been closed down in the prefecture-level city of Daqing. Among them, 32 […]
(International Christian Concern) – On Monday, Feb. 3, the Sindh High Court in Karachi ruled that men in Pakistan can marry underage girls as long as they have had their first period. This ruling, which the two-member bench based on their interpretation of Sharia law, flies directly in the face of the Sindh Child Marriage […]
(The Christian Institute) — No-fault divorce is “fundamentally flawed” and the government has ignored its own consultation on the matter, the House of Lords has been told. Numerous members of the House of Lords raised issues with the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill at its second reading on Wednesday. The Christian Institute has repeatedly warned […]
(Mission Network News) — Bibles For The World is not letting the coronavirus get in the way of bringing scripture to the Chinese people. The coronavirus has caused over 500 deaths around the world since it began in Wuhan, China. It has sickened over 25,000 people, although over 1,000 have already recovered. But John Pudaite, […]