(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(The Christian Institute) — Northern Ireland’s protections for women and unborn children have been repealed.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 […]
Researchers are warning that neuroscientists may have crossed ethical boundaries by growing lumps of human brain in a lab — and in some cases transplanting the tissue into animals — which may be sentient and able to feel pain. The small pea-sized “mini-brains” or brain “organoids” created by scientists are masses of tissue made from […]
(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” […]
BERLIN (Fox News) – A 93-year-old former SS private, who as a teenager stood guard in a watchtower in a Nazi Germany concentration camp, began trial Thursday in Hamburg state court where he’s accused of being an accessory to 5,230 murders in the finals months of World War II. Bruno Dey was in his late teens […]
Authorities in China demolished a megachurch building in the Funan, Anhui region of the country with a seating capacity of over 3,000 and detained its pastors, according to a new report by ChinaAid. According to the report, “no legal papers ordering the church’s demolition were provided, but the officials tore it down on Friday. It […]
Come fly the gender-free skies? Air Canada has announced that it will no longer greet passengers as “ladies and gentlemen” when making any kind of announcements, but will instead refer to passengers as “everybody” — or “tout le monde” when addressing residents of French-speaking Quebec — in order to cater to the sexually immoral. Though […]
(BBC News) – A US fast-food chain will cease trading at its first UK outlet amid a row over donations to [so-called] anti-LGBT groups. Gay rights campaigners called for a boycott of Chick-fil-A, which opened its first branch at The Oracle shopping centre in Reading on 10 October. A spokeswoman for the centre said “the […]