(The Christian Institute) — A bill to legalize assisted suicide has been passed by the Australian State of New South Wales (NSW). Under the “Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill,” adult NSW residents deemed to have less than six months to live, or twelve months for neurodegenerative conditions, will be able to get medical help to kill […]
(The Christian Institute) — Evangelicals in Scotland have severely criticized the Church of Scotland’s decision to allow same-sex “weddings” in its buildings. Dr. William Philip, minister of one of the largest churches in Scotland, accused the Kirk of kowtowing to the spirit of the age rather than upholding Christian truth. The Covenant Fellowship Scotland, a […]
Libya (Mission Network News) — All across the Middle East and North Africa, people are turning away from Islam and following the risen Jesus. But in Libya, new believers often face hostility both from authorities and from their families. Why would they risk persecution to follow Jesus? Sammy works with a ministry that operates […]
(International Christian Concern) — On July 22, 2019, in China’s Guangdong province, seven employees at Shenzhen Cedar Electronics, a company that sells audio Bibles, were arrested for “illegal business operations.” Human rights lawyer Wen Yu shared that he met with one of the employees with the last name Hu at a police station after they were […]
OMDURMAN, Sudan (Christian Solidiarity Worldwide) — A court in Sudan has approved the demolition of a 2000 square metre block of properties owned by the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) in Omdurman, Sudan’s second city. The properties adjacent to the church comprise three homes that are rented to private tenants, three medical clinics, two laboratories, […]
(Mission Network News) — While normally focused on South Asia and Africa, Bibles For The World (BFTW) has begun outreach to Ukraine. John Pudaite says, “We have historically done a fair amount of distribution in Europe, especially in Russia, even during the time it was behind the Iron Curtain. We also worked in other former […]
BAUCHI STATE, Nigeria (Barnabas Aid) — Several Christians were injured and homes destroyed by a mob of Muslims in Katanga village, Bauchi State, Nigeria, after a Christian woman was accused of committing blasphemy in a WhatsApp message. The woman, Rhoda Jatau, was said to have shared a video in which a Ghanaian convert from Islam […]
(Barnabas Aid) — The Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) burned down almost all residential buildings in the predominantly Christian village of Chaung Yoe in the Sagaing Region in a raid on May 20. Hundreds of villagers were forced to flee their homes as Tatmadaw troops began torching the village and two other neighboring communities. At least 320 of the […]
(International Christian Concern) – As the 2022 Winter Olympics helped to demonstrate, China is notorious for its extreme censorship of online content, particularly any information that criticizes the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In fact, all content on the internet must pass through China’s Great Firewall, which filters out banned or censored material before it […]
(Barnabas Aid) — The terrorist group Islamic State (IS – also known as ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) has released a video that claims to show the murders of about 20 Nigerian Christians. The video was published on an IS-linked news outlet and shows masked and armed militants standing behind three groups of kneeling captives. The arms […]