KENT, U.K. — A magistrate in the United Kingdom was removed from office on Thursday over comments he made last year expressing that it is best for adoptive children to be placed with a mother and father. Richard Page, who identifies as a Christian, had been a judge for 15 years and sat on the Family Panel […]
Greece (Mission Network News) — Christian Aid Mission reports that while the European Union reached an agreement with Turkey this week to stem the tide of Syrian and other refugees to Greece and other EU countries, refugees continued to pour onto the Greek islands–or die trying. At least 25 refugees perished when their Greece-bound dinghy […]
UGANDA (Morning Star News) – After Mohammed Nsera graduated from high school last year, his Muslim family built a small house for him on their homestead in eastern Uganda. They burned it down this year after he put his faith in Christ. Nsera’s family lives in the predominantly Christian village of Katende near Busede, Jinja District, […]
LONDON (Christian Concern) — The number of children being given medical treatment for ‘gender confusion’ has risen 1,000 percent over the past five years. The NHS’s Gender Identity Disorder Service treated 1,013 children, between April and December last year, a freedom of information request by The Sun revealed. In 2010, just 97 cases were recorded. […]
JERUSALEM — An archaeological dig in Jerusalem has uncovered two rare seals that date back to the era of the first temple, built by the biblical King Solomon. The Israeli Antiquities Authority announced the finds on Monday, which were discovered in the Givati Brigade parking lot, a major archaeological site. The two seals, inscribed in semi-precious […]
(Voice of America) — Two suicide bombings in Pakistan and Iraq have killed at least 70 people and injured 100. South of Baghdad, a suicide truck bombing killed 61 people on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. In northwest Pakistan, a suicide bomber attacked an entrance to a court on Monday. The AP reported 11 […]
(Open Doors USA) — Pastor Amin* is one of the most gentle people you will ever meet. He diligently serves the Lord in his Central Asian country by planting a church, organizing missionary schools and summer camps for Muslim children and founding a rehab center for drug addicts and alcoholics. Now, he receives the same […]
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Four men detained by police for attacking a church building in the Black Sea region of Turkey last week shouted jihadist slogans when released from jail, a marked departure from past harassment, church leaders said. Shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 25, the four Muslims went to a building rented […]
MOSCOW — An Uzbek woman who served as a nanny to a four-year-old girl declared prior her arraignment in court on Wednesday that Allah “ordered” her to cut off the girl’s head, which she then carried through the street. Gyulchekhra Bobokulova, 38, had been taken into custody by police on Monday after she was seen waving around […]
Nigeria (Mission Network News) — In the last year, killing of Christians has increased in northern Nigeria by 62%, according to Open Doors USA. In 2015, Open Doors recorded 4,028 killings and 198 church attacks. In 2014, there were 2,484 killings and 108 churches attacked. To better show how the violence is affecting the country, […]