(Christian Aid Mission) — An elderly woman at a refugee camp in the Middle East was pleading and crying — not for food or shoes, but for a tablet device for her grandson. The mobile devices with touchscreen displays are used to teach children to read, and local missionaries had managed to acquire and distribute […]
WASHINGTON — Florida Sen. Rick Scott recently presented a resolution supporting the rights of houses of worship and the free exercise of religion during the COVID pandemic, but his effort was blocked by a Democratic senator who objected to the language of the statement, asserting that it is “replete with inaccuracies.” Scott’s resolution had been […]
China (International Christian Concern) – A pastor from a Beijing house church who has been put under house arrest since 2011, finally regained his freedom. According to the information from Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC), in October, the authorities lifted the surveillance on Pastor Jin Tianming, who founded Shouwang Church in Beijing, which became one […]
(e3 Partners) — If you met Kami* two months ago, he would’ve introduced himself as a Muslim who practices witchcraft, but that was two months ago. Everything has changed now. He’s a completely different person. Kami’s transformation didn’t happen overnight, though. His story was two years in the making. It started in the summer of […]
(Mission Network News) — This has been a discouraging year for many, and sometimes the darkness and negativity can seem to overshadow God’s peace and hope. In light of this, e3 Partners launched Field Stories of Hope, a series of short, encouraging articles from those serving God around the world. Jeff Johnston of e3 Partners […]
(Open Doors UK) — For many of you, your Sunday services have taken on an unusual feel this year. The locations, routines and form you’ve grown familiar with were changed in an instant. It’s been hard, and we’re not sure when church life will return to normal. But this time can give us a […]
(The Times of Israel) — A first ever First Temple-era gold granule bead was discovered during wet sifting of earth from the Temple Mount by a nine-year-old. Jerusalemite Binyamin Milt uncovered the perfectly preserved minute cylinder, created by four layers of tiny gold balls. The bead was in such outstanding condition that it was initially dismissed […]
(The Christian Institute) — Judges have emphatically defended free speech and the “right to offend” in their ruling on a case involving “misgendering.” Mother-of-two Kate Scottow was arrested at her home in front of her children after she was reported to the police by Stephanie Hayden, a man who now lives as a woman, who complained Scottow […]
JERUSALEM — The Israel Antiquities Authority has announced the discovery of a Second Temple-era ritual bath near what has been believed to be the site of the Mount of Olives, appearing to confirm that the location is indeed where Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. Up until now, there had not been any archaeological […]
BEERSHEBA, Israel — A clay seal that was purchased from an antiquities dealer in the 1980’s and was tested for its authenticity is believed to have belonged to a servant of the biblical king Jeroboam II. “This bulla is one of the earliest, if not the earliest, inscribed bulla in the Land of Israel,” Ben-Gurion […]