JEJU ISLAND, South Korea (ChinaAid) — In the last several months, options dwindled for the Mayflower Church and Pastor Yonggang. The South Korean government refused to grant them asylum due to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) influence. Church members sought resettlement options, and American partners visited the Chinese church to protect them from potential kidnapping. […]
(CNBC) — Walmart on Friday told employees that it will expand abortion and related travel coverage, according to an internal memo. The change comes about two months after the Supreme Court struck down the federal right to access the procedure. Effective immediately, Walmart’s health-care plans will cover abortion “when there is a health risk to […]
(The Christian Institute) — Distraught parents in the Australian state of Victoria fear prosecution if they do not encourage their children’s gender confusion. Six months after the state’s conversion therapy ban came into effect, parents say they feel powerless to step in while their children are subjected to radical transgender ideology encouraged by elected officials. […]
Haiti (Mission Network News) — Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, has descended into war. Gangs control the port, along with several neighborhoods. Police cautiously travel the streets in armored vehicles. In one neighborhood, ten days of violence left 470 people dead, injured, or missing. Many Haitians have desperately fled to the Florida Keys. The U.S. […]
GERMANY (The Christian Institute) — Children as young as 14 will be allowed to change their first name and legal sex through self-declaration in Germany. The German government’s proposed Self-Determination Act would remove the current requirements of two doctors’ reports and a court order. Minors between the ages of 14 and 18 will require approval […]
A secular court rules that Sharia court has the power to sentence and execute. Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Nigeria’s Kano State High Court doubled down on a ruling that the Sharia court system has the power to hand down death sentences in blasphemy cases. The decision blurs the line between what can be tried in Sharia […]
(Radio Free Asia) — Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan have once more raided a gathering of Early Rain Covenant Church members in the the provincial capital, Chengdu, detaining one of them, RFA has learned. Christian writer and translator Xing Hongwei was detained in Chengdu on Sunday after a teahouse gathering of church […]
(The Christian Institute) — The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced it will be updating guidance to say that “sex is not limited to male or female.” The Gender Mainstreaming manual, first published in 2011, is used by medics worldwide for advice and planning purposes. WHO claims the guidance is being revised in light of […]
(The Christian Institute) — NHS England’s gender identity clinic for children is expected to face legal action from at least 1,000 families after their children were rushed onto a medical pathway with “life-changing effects.” Law firm Pogust Goodhead is pursuing group legal action against the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust’s Gender Identity Development Service […]
(Release International) — August the 15th is a year to the day since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. And the persecution of Christians is continuing unabated. The violence and despair that has followed the Taliban resurgence are causing many young Afghans to ask searching questions about their culture and their convictions. And there are early […]