(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 […]
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. […]
DAVENPORT, Iowa — Jerry Falwell, Jr., the president of what heralds itself as the world’s largest Christian university, joined Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on stage Saturday and Sunday during campaign rallies in Iowa to help garner support from evangelical voters days before the Iowa caucuses. “We need someone other than a career politician,” said Falwell, […]
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – A Turkish court ruled on Tuesday (Jan. 26) that the government was negligent in its duty to protect three Christians who were tortured and killed in 2007 and ordered it to pay damages to the victims’ families. The Malatya Administrative Court ruled that, nearly nine years ago, the Interior Ministry […]
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — In his characteristic braggadocio form, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday told students at Dordt College, a school that identifies itself as an institution for those “who are interested in a biblical, Christ-centered education,” that he’s so liked, that even if he shot someone in the street, it still wouldn’t effect […]
TALLAHASSEE – A Florida circuit court has defended two faith-based prison ministries from a secular group’s attempts to cut off their state funding. For eight years, the Center for Inquiry—a secular group that promotes humanist values and antagonizes religion—has been seeking to cut off public funding of two prison ministries in Florida. The Center for […]
(The Independent) — A Kenyan man who was shot while shielding Christians from an attack by al-Shabaab militants has died of his injuries in hospital. Salah Farah was among a group of Muslim bus passengers who refused to be separated by the al-Qaeda linked terrorists last month. Knowing that the Christians would be massacred as […]
LYNCHBURG, Va. — In what has been called a “hero’s welcome,” the thrice-married, unbridled-tongued professing Christian Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addressed an enormous crowd at what many consider the world’s largest Christian university on Monday, being lauded by the school’s president as a man who has “borne fruit” and “lives a life of loving and […]
SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. — A Tennessee woman has launched an effort to encourage local Christians to pray for members of their police department. Amanda Doss of Sullivan County has been connecting with those in her community who are willing to commit to praying to a member of the police force each day. “I like the fact […]