(The Christian Institute) — A midwifery student who was banned from her hospital placement over her pro-life views has won an apology and settlement from her university. Julia Rynkiewicz was suspended from her placement after a lecturer at the University of Nottingham reported her involvement with the university’s Students for Life society. She was subject […]
(Article 18) — Two Iranian Christian converts have overturned on appeal a combined 10-year prison sentence for their leadership of a house-church. Aziz Majidzadeh, known as Andreas, and another convert who cannot be named, were sentenced to four and six years in prison respectively in July — a ruling that was not made public at […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A pastor in North Carolina is thankful to be alive after fighting a severe reaction to the novel coronavirus and spending 87 days in the hospital, followed by a number of complications even after returning home. Rory Baker, who leads Fruit of the Spirit Ministries in Greensboro, contracted COVID-19 in April and […]
This past summer, the Hallmark Channel had promised to include “LGBT storylines” in its “Countdown to Christmas” and “Miracles of Christmas” programming. Now, it has rolled out a film in which one of the main characters is adopting a child with his homosexual lover. “I can only imagine what younger me would have thought seeing a […]
(BBC) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for a “global mechanism” that would use QR codes to open up international travel. “We need to further harmonize policies and standards and establish ‘fast tracks’ to facilitate the orderly flow of people,” he said. The codes will be used to help establish a traveler’s health status. […]
(CBS News) — Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said the airline is planning to require passengers traveling internationally to prove they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 after the vaccinations become available to the public. In an interview with Australian broadcaster 9 Network, Joyce said Monday that the company is looking to change its terms and conditions […]
(Evangelical Focus) — The Lausanne movement in Spain has just published the report “The Missionality of the Evangelical Churches in Spain,” authored by five members of its steering committee: Ron Anderson, Eliseo Casal, Jaume Llenas, Jim Memory and Francisco Mira. Memory pointed out that the national Lausanne network “has taken on the purpose of promoting […]
DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — Within 24 hours on Saturday, three people were shot in three different incidents. … “There are so many young men that are hurting,” said Sylvester Williams, pastor of the Assembly at Durham Christian Center. Williams said he is encouraging other churches in Durham to reach out to the young folks […]
BERLIN (Insider) — A 41-year-old high school teacher was arrested on Thursday after the discovery earlier this month of a set of bones in a field in north Berlin, according to Deutsche Welle. The remains turned out to be those of a 44-year-old electrical engineer who had disappeared in early September, the BBC reports. A police officer told […]
JERUSALEM — A fortification dating to the time of King David has been discovered in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, along with an engraving of two horned figures on a stone tablet. The find is believed to be that of the Geshurites, a people group mentioned in the Old Testament who did not follow Yahweh but […]