BERLIN (NBC NEWS) — The Trump administration is launching a global campaign to end the criminalization of homosexuality in dozens of nations where it’s still illegal to [engage in homosexual acts or identify as homosexual], U.S. officials tell NBC News, a bid aimed in part at denouncing Iran over its human rights record. U.S. Ambassador […]
(Evangelical Focus) — Although Germany is the birthplace of Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation, since the middle of the 20th century, the country has seen a dramatic shift away from Protestantism. The decline has been bigger than the one that has taken place among Catholics. Over the next 60 years, the share of “self-identified” […]
(World Watch Monitor) — An Ethiopian police officer was arrested, dismissed and forced to move to another part of the country after he told colleagues about his Christian faith. The 25-year-old man, who grew up in Ethiopia’s eastern Somali region as a member of the nearly 100 percent Muslim Somali tribe, became a Christian two […]
PARIS — Disneyland Paris has announced that it plans to host its first official “Magical Pride” event on June 1 in observance of homosexual and transgender Pride Month. “Join us for this celebration of pride at the place where dreams come true,” the site Magical Pride states. “Primarily attracting people from the LGBT community and […]
(Open Doors USA) — Mostafa hoped the rumor wasn’t true. If it was, he knew he was obligated to protect his family’s honor. He knew he would have to kill the cousin he had grown up playing with on the desert lands of Upper Egypt. It was his family’s orders. It was why he had […]
LONDON — A woman in the United Kingdom who identifies as a man has launched a legal challenge against the British government in her quest to be listed on her child’s birth certificate as the infant’s “father” instead of “mother.” The Registrar General, which records births, deaths and marriages, advised the woman, who is only […]
(World Watch Monitor) — A Colombian pastor was killed as he left his church last week in the northwest of the country, in a region that has been plagued by violence from armed groups, local sources told World Watch Monitor. Pastor Leider Molina, 24, had just finished preaching in his church in Caucasia, Antioquia state […]
(BBC) — An unborn baby has had surgery on her spine while she was still in her mother’s womb. Bethan Simpson, 26, from Maldon, Essex, was told her unborn daughter Eloise had spina bifida at her 20-week scan. Mrs. Simpson has become one of the first mothers in the UK to undergo the pioneering “fetal […]
While not necessarily expressing an adherence to biblical creation, more than 1,000 scientists worldwide have signed on to a “Dissent From Darwinism” statement that expresses skepticism over the theory of biological evolution and calls for the “careful examination” of Charles Darwin’s teachings. “We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural […]
China (Mission Network News) – Over the last few months, multiple reports surfaced out of China revealing a crackdown on both unregistered and registered churches. “This is the worst it’s been in 30 years. The pressure from the government is immense right now; everything from putting church members in jails to kicking out vast numbers […]