(The Christian Institute) — Plans to allow doctors to end the lives of patients with severe dementia or other degenerative diseases have been proposed by the British Medical Association (BMA). A recent court ruling allowed doctors to remove “clinically-assisted artificial nutrition and hydration” from some patients with the family’s agreement. These proposals go much further. […]
GUANGZHOU, Guangdong (China Aid) — A repeatedly persecuted house church in China’s southern Guangdong province was holding a service Sunday morning when more than 10 law enforcement officers broke into it without permission and ordered the pastor, Huang Xiaoning, to stop preaching. In reply, Huang asked that they show respect rather than cut off his […]
(Standard Digital) — “We want a day to clearly illustrate to you that there is no God, or any Supreme Being worth honouring and worshipping.” That is a plea that has been made by Atheists In Kenya to the government as they seek to have a national holiday that will be devoted to them. Atheists […]
(Yahoo News) — The city of Lausanne in Switzerland has blocked a Muslim couple from becoming Swiss nationals over their refusal to shake hands with members of the opposite sex. The municipality said it refused to grant the couple’s citizenship application over their lack of respect for gender equality, Lausanne mayor Gregoire Junod said, according […]
(World Watch Monitor) — A Mexican pastor who survived an assassination attempt in the notorious border city of Juarez in June says he was targeted because his church’s work is seen to negatively impact upon the efforts of drug cartels. A hitman entered the pastor’s home on 12 June, making him kneel down on the […]
TAJIKISTAN — A couple who had quit their jobs and set off on a biking expedition last July, concluding from their travels that “humans are kind” and “[e]vil is a make-believe concept,” were killed by Islamic terrorists while traveling through Tajikistan last month. Lauren Geoghegan and Jay Austin, both 29, operated a blog entitled “Simply […]
LANGLEY, B.C. — Trinity Western University, the Christian-identified institution that has been at the center of three lawsuits in which various provincial legal societies that have denied approval for the university to open an accredited law school due to its stance on sexuality and marriage, has decided to no longer require students to sign a lifestyle […]
Nepal (Mission Network News) — Anti-conversion laws are going into effect this month in Nepal. According to David Curry of Open Doors USA, it’s part of a bigger push by India to “Hinduize” their neighbors. “[India is] trying to ‘Hinduize’ their country, and Nepal has been under great pressure from India to strengthen their Hindu […]
VALENCIA (Evangelical Focus) — A woman was injured as dozens of passengers tried to escape a subway train in Valencia, Spain when they confused a group of Christian preachers with Islamic terrorists. The group of nine German evangelists, members of the Christian group “Werde-Licht” (in German: “Become a light”) visited the city of Valencia […]
PERTH, Scotland — The apostate leader of St. Matthew’s Church in Perth, Scotland issued an apology on Saturday at the Perthshire Pride event, claiming that the Church of Scotland has been wrong in its treatment of homosexuals, as he believes that those who identify as “LGBT” are “the people that God has created them to be.” […]