(The Christian Institute) — More than 6,600 abortions were carried out in the Republic of Ireland last year, following the vote to repeal its pro-life laws in 2018. Abortion is now available on demand up to twelve weeks, once a three-day reflection period has passed. Prior to the law change, abortion was only permissible if […]
(Evangelical Focus) — The annual statistics of the Evangelical Church of Germany (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, EKD, the mainline Protestant church) show that 221,338 members announced their departure in 2018, 12.2% more than in the previous year. The EKD had already mentioned the provisional number of around 220,000 withdrawals, and it now confirms that the […]
NEW YORK — Controversy is stirring over a humanistic comment CNN anchor Chris Cuomo recently made at the end of his “Cuomo Prime Time” broadcast, as he told viewers that “you don’t need help from above” in making the U.S. a better place as the ability to “do the right thing” lies “within us.” Cuomo […]
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide) — The Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN, Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) has reported that Boko Haram terrorists carried out over “fifty different attacks on different communities between the end of 2019 to June 2020,” most of which were “unreported or under reported by both the print and electronic media.” In […]
HAVANA — A pastor in Cuba who has spent a year incarcerated and in labor camps for homeschooling his children has been released on probation, a U.S.-based homeschooling organization reports. “[T]hank you and all of you who have been praying for us and who supported us. Your prayers were answered, because I am with my […]
(The Christian Institute) — A prominent surgeon specializing in gender reassignment surgery has said that men should be allowed to have wombs implanted if they want to give birth to children. Christopher Inglefield, who founded the London Transgender Clinic, said that because uterus implants are possible for women born without a womb, men who are […]
WASHINGTON — President Trump has signed an executive order on “Strengthening the Child Welfare System for America’s Children”, which includes text ensuring that faith-based foster and adoption agencies are treated equally in respect to working with local governments to place children with loving forever families. “Several factors have contributed to the number of children who […]
(Evangelical Focus) — Lazarus Chakwera, former head of the Malawi Assemblies of God, one of the largest Christian denominations in the country, won the election with 58% of the votes, according to the Malawi Electoral Commission on Saturday night. He beat the incumbent president Peter Mutharika, who came second with 1.7 million votes. Voter turnout […]
(The Christian Institute) — Parents have successfully persuaded a library to cancel a Drag Queen Story Hour event aimed at children as young as two. The event, where drag queen Sab Samuel would read to children, was planned to take place online via Leeds Libraries’ Facebook page but was cancelled following a campaign by parents […]
In a new video released by the same organization that conducted an undercover investigation into Planned Parenthood’s sale of aborted baby parts, the procurement manager for Advanced Bioscience Resources (ABR), which services Planned Parenthood locations in southern California, acknowledged under oath that about every couple of months, an aborted baby “falls out” of his or her […]