NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – An imam who threatened a convert from Islam in eastern Uganda has been arrested in connection with the killing of the 28-year-old Christian, sources said. Laurence Maiso’s body was found at his house, his head in a pool of blood, on Jan. 27 at around 5 p.m. in Numuseru village, […]
India (Mission Network News) — There’s a saying that goes, “Good, better, best. Never let it rest, until your good is better and your better best.” It’s possible that this quote might just be Audio Scripture Ministries’ (ASM) motto when it comes to audio Bibles. Last year was a pretty good one in India for […]
(Washington Post) — Noela Rukundo sat in a car outside her home in Melbourne, Australia, watching as the last few mourners filed out. They were leaving a funeral — her funeral. Finally, she spotted the man she’d been waiting for. She stepped out of her car, and her husband put his hands on his head […]
LONDON — Scientists in the United Kingdom were granted approval this week to genetically modify human embryos in studying what causes miscarriages during pregnancy. The Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA) gave the green light to the technique known as Crispr-Cas9 on Monday, but added the condition that researchers first also obtain approval from an ethics […]
BEIJING, China (China Aid) — Beijing authorities placed a house church member under strict watch in his home after his November-release from a 20-month confinement in a mental hospital, during which time he was forcibly dosed with psychiatric medication. On Jan. 24, 2014, authorities placed 15 members of Holy Love Fellowship Church, a house church […]
(Mission Network News) — In the digital age, new ways of sharing the gospel keep cropping up, but one that seems consistent is social media. Open Doors USA is initiating the social media project, “I Share Life – Young Christians Online,” in the Middle East. The goal is to facilitate Christian youth from Iraq, Syria […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – In a pre-dawn raid on a predominantly Christian area in coastal Kenya on Sunday (Jan. 31), Islamic extremist Al Shabaab rebels killed at least four Christians, beheading one of them, area sources said. In the Kaisari area of Maporomoko village, near Pandanguo about 25 miles inland from the Indian Ocean […]
MANCHESTER, U.K. — A Unitarian congregation in the U.K. has announced that it is now offering baptisms for “transgender” members after a couple began attending services with their son, who identifies as a girl. Jean Clements, the worship leader at New Chapel Unitarian and Free Christian Church in Tameside near Manchester, told the BBC that she proposed […]
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — A homosexual rights activist states that he has changed his mind and now supports the rights of a Christian bakery that was fined last year for declining to print the phrase “support gay marriage” on a cake. He says that while discrimination against people is wrong, rejecting ideas is indeed lawful. […]
(RT) — A series of blasts have struck the outskirts of Syria’s capital, Damascus. At least 45 people were killed in the mainly Shiite neighbourhood, Syria’s Interior Ministry reported. The Islamic State terrorist group has taken responsibility for the attacks. According to the ministry, “more than 45 people were killed and dozens were injured.” Police […]