Bhutan Pastors Jailed Without Charges

Bhutan Pastors Jailed Without Charges

THIMPHU, Bhutan (Morning Star News) – Two pastors in southern Bhutan have spent more than a month in jail without being formally charged. Police arrested M.B. Thapa (aka Lobzang) and Tandin Wangyal in Khapdani village in Samtse District on March 5. Minister of Home and Cultural Affairs Damcho Dorji said at a recent press conference that […]

Study: Online Porn Seen by 200,000 UK Kids in One Month

Study: Online Porn Seen by 200,000 UK Kids in One Month

At least 200,000 under 16-year-olds saw internet porn in a single month last year, an online video watchdog has said. The Authority for Television on Demand (ATVOD), found that one in twenty UK visitors to adult websites during December 2013 was under 18. ATVOD called for an urgent response from the government, saying children need […]

Calgary Christian School Center of Controversy Over Possible Expulsion of Immoral Students, Staff

Calgary Christian School Center of Controversy Over Possible Expulsion of Immoral Students, Staff

An agreement between a public school board and a faith-based Calgary facility threatens students with expulsion and staff with dismissal if they engage in a ‘lifestyle of sexual immorality.’ The final deal between Palliser Regional Schools and Heritage Christian Academy inked six months ago doesn’t define the term, but earlier versions say premarital relations, viewing […]

Secular Groups Attack Plan to Make Religion Part of Scottish Constitution

Secular Groups Attack Plan to Make Religion Part of Scottish Constitution

A proposal to acknowledge the role of religion in any future constitution for Scotland has provoked a stringent response from secular groups. Both the Humanist Society Scotland (HSS) and the Scottish Secular Society (SSS) have voiced objection to the suggestion that an independent Scotland should formally recognise the prominence of faith groups in its written […]

Canadian Border Agency Overturns Decision to Bar Biblical Marriage Speaker from Country

Canadian Border Agency Overturns Decision to Bar Biblical Marriage Speaker from Country

REGINA — The Canadian Border Services Agency has overturned a decision to deny a Christian speaker entry into the country because of his biblically-based work in opposition of homosexual behavior. As previously reported, Peter LaBarbera, the director of the U.S.-based Christian ministry Americans for Truth about Homosexuality, spent hours responding to questions from authorities with […]

Christian Speaker Detained at Canadian Border Over Opposition to Homosexuality

Christian Speaker Detained at Canadian Border Over Opposition to Homosexuality

American citizen and Christian speaker Peter LaBarbera was detained at the Canadian border and denied entry to the country as a result of his work opposing homosexuality, according to reports. LaBarbera, who is director of the United States-based group Americans for Truth about Homosexuality and was scheduled to speak at the Saskatchewan Pro-Life Association this weekend, stated that […]

Chinese Church Faces Forced Demolition for Refusing to Remove Cross

Chinese Church Faces Forced Demolition for Refusing to Remove Cross

Wenzhou, Zhejiang — A Three-Self Patriotic Movement church in China’s coastal Zhejiang province is facing demolition after refusing to remove the cross that tops the building. “When the Party Secretary Xia Baolong visited the local areas, he found the cross on top of the church very conspicuous. So he ordered that it be demolished. Then, […]

Gunmen Kill Three in Terrorist Attack on Kenyan Church

Gunmen Kill Three in Terrorist Attack on Kenyan Church

MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Two gunmen stormed a packed church near the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Sunday and opened fire on worshippers, killing three people and wounding others, in what police called a terrorist attack. One witness said the gunmen shouted out in a foreign language before shooting indiscriminately at the congregation. Blood-spattered […]

Aborted U.K. Babies Treated as Clinical Waste, Burned to Heat Hospitals

Aborted U.K. Babies Treated as Clinical Waste, Burned to Heat Hospitals

UNITED KINGDOM – The remains of thousands of aborted and miscarried babies in the U.K. were incinerated as clinical waste or burned to heat hospitals, according to findings from a recent investigation. Reporters with Channel 4’s Dispatches television program revealed that numerous hospitals in the U.K. treated aborted and miscarried babies as waste. When the […]

Sharing Christ in South Asia Means Sacrifice

Sharing Christ in South Asia Means Sacrifice

Following Christ can be deadly in South Asia. According to Open Doors USA, “Pastors are frequently beaten up or killed, church buildings destroyed, and converts forced to flee their homes.” However, people in this region desperately need to hear the Gospel. One country in South Asia holds the most unreached people groups in the entire […]