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 […]
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 […]
BRITISH COLUMBIA — Canadian author and false teacher Sarah Bessey, known for her books “Jesus Feminist” and “Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith,” has announced that she has parted ways with the local church her family attends — and the Vineyard Canada movement altogether — as she has realized that those who […]
LONDON — The Metropolitan Police Service in London has agreed to pay the equivalent of $3,000 U.S. dollars to a street preacher who was arrested in February as he refused to leave after an offended man called police to claim that the preacher was being “Islamophobic.” After being freed, the preacher was driven out of […]
(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 […]
WASHINGTON — Christians were among those who were recently represented before President Trump in the Oval Office as he heard stories from those around the world who have experienced persecution personally or in their family life due to their faith. “As Christians in Myanmar, we are being oppressed and tortured by the Myanmar military government,” […]
PU’ER — A court in China has upheld a sentence against an American pastor who is currently serving seven years behind bars on a charge of “organizing illegal border crossings,” which some believe is a clever way to prosecute the pastor for his faith. The Pu’er Intermediate People’s Court in Yunnan Province reaffirmed the sentence […]
Palestine (Mission Network News) — In Gaza, who your neighbors are might determine whether or not your house will stay standing. When political enemies are targeted by rocket strikes, bystanders are often caught in the crossfire. That’s what happened to one Christian family in Gaza during recent attacks. Although strikes are not uncommon in Gaza, […]
(Morning Star News) – Authorities in China have added “illegal business activities” to the subversion charge against pastor Wang Yi and have coerced congregation members to falsely accuse him, according to advocacy and media reports. Pastor Wang, of Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC) in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, was detained in a Dec. 9 raid along with […]