India (Mission Network News) — Malati gaped at the balance in her bank account and was shocked to find that the 2,500 rupees she went to deposit just three days ago were not there. In fact, it was like they never even made it into her bank account. Three days earlier, Malati had gone to […]
(The Christian Institute) — Two-hundred and fifty years since his birth, one of the men who fought to end slavery has been honoured with a memorial plaque in St. George’s Gardens in London. Zachary Macaulay was born in Inveraray in 1768, but after getting a job in a merchant’s office in Glasgow, he spent much […]
DUBLIN — A liberal politician in Ireland recently asserted that a proposed bill to legalize abortion in the country is problematic as it refers only to “women” being able to obtain an abortion, and suggested that the legislation should rather read “pregnant person” so as not to leave out women who identify as men or […]
(The Telegraph) — Students at the University of Oxford have voted to ban a controversial Christian group from one of their colleges because it would threaten their “physical and mental safety.” The JCR at Lady Margaret Hall voted overwhelmingly in favour of banning Christian Concern from hosting a residential summer camp on the premises because […]
(The Christian Institute) — A majority of people oppose children being allowed to “self-define” their gender, a new poll has found. But some respondents say they back choosing your own species. In the new poll for the Coalition for Marriage, 51 percent say under 18-year-olds should not be able to self-define their gender. Among the […]
TORONTO — Pro-life groups are expressing concern after employees with Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children recently penned an essay outlining that they had been asked to develop a policy on how to respond to Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) requests at the hospital, and noting that the policy—although applying to those 18 and older—was also […]
(Coalition for Marriage) — A quarter of young people back temporary marriages, while almost one in three back “fluid arrangements,” according to a major new poll for the Coalition for Marriage. The survey of over 2,000 members of the public found that young people were more likely to support polygamy, further changes to civil partnerships […]
(Fox News) — A unique 2,000-year-old stone inscription unearthed in Israel has thrilled archaeologists. The find is the first full spelling of “Jerusalem” on a stone inscription, archaeologists recently confirmed. The artifact was found last winter during an excavation in the area of Jerusalem’s International Convention Center, known as Binyanei Ha’Uma. Part of a stone […]
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – When Pastor Mathai Varghese was beaten and abducted by Hindu extremists in Rajasthan state, India, police gave chase and arrested the kidnappers – as well as the pastor. His car ruined and his body bloodied, he spent a night and the next day in jail with serious injuries unattended before […]
(International Christian Concern) — Mading Zai Dan Bawm Ying is one of two Kachin youth pastors beaten by members of the Myanmar army-based Border Guard Force (BGF) last July while trying to protect Christian homes from being destroyed. International Christian Concern (ICC) recently visited Pastor Zai Dan Bawm Ying in Kachin State to discuss what […]