Pakistan (Mission Network News) — A hospital in Quetta, Pakistan was attacked by a suicide bomber yesterday. The latest report from Monday evening says the explosion left at least 74 people dead, and 50 wounded. That death toll is expected to rise. The group of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar has claimed responsibility for the blast. They are a […]
QINGHAI PROVINCE, China – A new report suggests that China’s Great Flood legend is based on a real event, leading others to ponder if similar flood legends around the world are rooted in real history. In an article published last week in the journal “Science,” a team of 16 researchers examine a prominent Chinese flood […]
(Morning Star News) – Two Christians were among four activists convicted under fabricated charges of “subverting state power” in China last week. The Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court sentenced house-church leader Hu Shigen, 61, on Wednesday (Aug. 3) to seven and a half years in prison on charges of “subverting state power” for his […]
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — A Bible camp in Canada is under fire for its stance on homosexuality, and one group is looking for another location to host its leadership event after the camp cancelled a “gay pride” speaker on its grounds. Lake Ness Bible Camp, located in Prince George, is operated by the evangelical organization […]
(Morning Star News) – Eight children from four families have taken refuge with Christians in eastern Uganda after their parents beat and disowned them for leaving Islam or animism, sources said. In another village in eastern Uganda, a high school student is recovering from a serious head injury inflicted by the Muslim father of a […]
(Morning Star News) – Eight children from four families have taken refuge with Christians in eastern Uganda after their parents beat and disowned them for leaving Islam or animism, sources said. In another village in eastern Uganda, a high school student is recovering from a serious head injury inflicted by the Muslim father of a […]
Kenya (Mission Network News) — In some rural areas of Kenya, having a deaf child can be seen as a blight on the family. But that is completely the opposite of how God sees them. “Deaf people are hidden in the rural areas. People think it’s a spiritual representation of their home that they have […]
Middle East (Mission Network News) — In some areas of the world, following Jesus means incurring the wrath of family and community. A still-unfolding situation in the Middle East comes as a critical prayer request. Todd Nettleton of Voice of the Martyrs says, “We received last week an urgent request for prayer from one of […]
ROME — Speaking aboard a plane en route back to Italy from Poland, the Roman Catholic leader Jorge Bergoglio, also known as Pope Francis, defended the Islamic religion and said that it is “not fair” to equate Islam with violence. Bergoglio had been asked by reporters why he doesn’t speak against Islam when decrying terrorism, […]
FOSHAN, Guangdong (China Aid) — Government personnel in China’s southern Guangdong province seized 30 members of a house church in early July and took them to a local station for interrogation. On the morning of July 10, officials from the religious affairs bureau and police department interrupted Olive Tree Church’s weekly worship service and took pictures […]