Charges Against Disabled Man Arrested for Praying Outside UK Abortion Facility Dropped

Charges Against Disabled Man Arrested for Praying Outside UK Abortion Facility Dropped

 LONDON (Christian Concern) — A Christian man who was arrested and prosecuted for peacefully praying outside a London abortion clinic has seen the charges against dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service, thanks to support from the Christian Legal Centre. The arrest and case raise the question of whether praying in a public space now […]

Research: Britons No Longer See Euthanasia, Pornography, Drugs as ‘Immoral’

Research: Britons No Longer See Euthanasia, Pornography, Drugs as ‘Immoral’

(Evangelical Focus) — Abortion, pornography, drugs, homosexual relationships — these are some of the issues which most British people no longer consider to be “immoral.” Kings’ College in London compared figures of 1989 with opinion polls conducted this year on a range of moral issues. In the last 30 years later, there has been a […]

Baptists Fined in Eastern Ukraine, Detained and Beaten in Uzbekistan

Baptists Fined in Eastern Ukraine, Detained and Beaten in Uzbekistan

(Evangelical Focus) — Pro-Russian rebels seized parts of Ukraine’s Luhansk Region in March 2014 and the following month proclaimed what they called the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), which currently controls about a third of the region. The unrecognized LPR has banned worship in all Protestant churches and … courts punish individuals who lead worship meetings in […]

Kentucky Supreme Court Dismisses Suit Against Screen Printer Who Declined Order for ‘Gay Pride’ T-Shirts

Kentucky Supreme Court Dismisses Suit Against Screen Printer Who Declined Order for ‘Gay Pride’ T-Shirts

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit against an expressly Christian screen printing business accused of discrimination for declining to print shirts for a “gay pride” parade. While the court did not rule on the merits of the issue, it rather found that the suing organization lacked standing in the case […]

UN Group Calls for US Pastor’s Release From Chinese Prison

UN Group Calls for US Pastor’s Release From Chinese Prison

(ChinaAid) — A United Nations group has urged China to release North Carolina Pastor John Cao. The group, the United Nation’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), has released this statement. In it, the group has said it raised the issue of Cao’s arrest to the Chinese government earlier this year. The piece went on […]

Judge Blocks Alabama Abortion Ban, State Attorney General Says ‘Objective Is to Advance Case to Supreme Court’

Judge Blocks Alabama Abortion Ban, State Attorney General Says ‘Objective Is to Advance Case to Supreme Court’

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge nominated to the bench by then-President Jimmy Carter has blocked Alabama’s abortion ban from taking effect, noting that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a “woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy before viability is a rule of law and component of liberty that we cannot renounce.” The state […]

Sudanese Court Orders Security Services to Return Confiscated Land to Baptist Church

Sudanese Court Orders Security Services to Return Confiscated Land to Baptist Church

(Christian Solidarity Worldwide) — CSW welcomes a ruling by Sudan’s Court of Appeal for land belonging to the Baptist Church, which has been confiscated by the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), to be returned. In 2012, NISS seized the land in Khartoum Bahri, preventing the Baptist Church from using it for any purpose. The […]