India (Mission Network News) — For the second year in a row, Open Doors ranks India 10th on the list of countries where it’s most challenging to be a Christian. “But even [amid] that persecution, God grows and strengthens his Church,” says David Reeves, President and CEO of unfoldingWord. The resourcing ministry is celebrating unexpected […]
(Voice of the Martyrs) — Tensions have deepened in a Khmu village where two families have come to Christ and one lives next door to a high-ranking solider, who despises Christians. Recently, a Christian from another village came to speak with the two families, who had asked him to show them how to accept Christ. […]
(The Christian Institute) — Abortion was the biggest cause of death worldwide in 2020, responsible for more fatalities than cancer, heart disease and coronavirus put together. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), around 73.3 million abortions take place every year, with almost 30 percent of pregnancies ending in abortion. The data group Worldometer estimates […]
(Evangelical Focus) — The government of France will include information about faith and political opinions in the police files of people who could be a threat to national security. The Interior Ministry has issued three decrees that now allow to collect information about the “political opinions,” “philosophical or religious convictions” and “labor union membership” of […]
(Christian Aid Mission) — When throngs of Iraqis began converging on Baghdad’s main square in peaceful protest more than a year ago, a highly educated businessman made sure he was there on the first day, Oct. 1, 2019. … The leader of a ministry based in Iraq also set up a tent in Tahrir Square […]
A RITZ cracker ad that is uploaded to YouTube and ran on HGTV during the holiday season as part of an effort to “rethink what it means to be family” depicts a homosexual man, who dons red lipstick, putting his arms around his significant other. The advertisement has generated opposition from the site One Million […]
(Barnabas Aid) — At least 13 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack in predominantly-Christian Mozogo, Mayo Tsanaga, in the Far North region of Cameroon, after armed militants raided the community. The attack, thought to be perpetrated by Boko Haram, took place in the early hours of Friday, Jan. 8. According to the village […]
MINNEAPOLIS — A male weightlifter in Minnesota has filed suit against USA Powerlifting after it informed him that he was ineligible to compete in the women’s championships because he has a physical advantage. According to a lawsuit filed by the group Gender Justice, JayCee Cooper, 33, registered to compete in the Minnesota Women’s State Bench Press Championship and […]
BISMARCK, N.D. — 10 Republican lawmakers in North Dakota have proposed a bill requiring student athletes to compete as their birth sex in order to protect fairness in sports. “The state, a political subdivision of the state, or an entity that receives public funding from the state or from a political subdivision of the state may not […]
(The Christian Institute) — A taxpayer-funded public body in Northern Ireland has launched legal action against the UK government, accusing it of providing insufficient abortion facilities. A new liberal regime was introduced in the Province at the end of March last year during the pandemic, with abortions permitted up to twelve weeks for any reason, […]