‘If You Continue to Preach Jesus, We Will Not Spare You’: Nepali Pastor Filled With Fear – and Faith – Following Attack

‘If You Continue to Preach Jesus, We Will Not Spare You’: Nepali Pastor Filled With Fear – and Faith – Following Attack

(Morning Star News) – More than a month after men claiming to be Maoists in Nepal assaulted Dhurba Kumar Pariyar, the 40-year-old pastor is still physically and mentally traumatized. “I still have headache and chest pain, though I am under strong medication,” Pastor Pariyar told Morning Star News. He later quoted Matthew 5:10, Christ saying […]

Wife of Missionary Killed in Cameroon Thanks Supporters for Prayers After Learning Masses on Liver Not Cancerous

Wife of Missionary Killed in Cameroon Thanks Supporters for Prayers After Learning Masses on Liver Not Cancerous

MISHAWAKA, Ind. — The wife of an American missionary killed in Cameroon in October is expressing gratitude to God and those who have prayed for her as she has now learned that the masses on her liver are not cancerous. “[W]e met the liver specialist to go over everything, and he finally informed me that all […]

Evangelicals in Chiapas Held After Refusing to Contribute to Catholic Festival

Evangelicals in Chiapas Held After Refusing to Contribute to Catholic Festival

(Evangelical Focus) — At least 12 native evangelicals were held illegally last Sunday in the municipality of Zinacantán (Chiapas, south Mexico). They were attending a local district assembly to discuss issues of common interest. But the agenda of the gathering was changed as the leaders of the municipality addressed the organization of the Catholic festival […]

Freedom From Religion Foundation Wants Ten Commandments Plaque Removed From Ohio Middle School

Freedom From Religion Foundation Wants Ten Commandments Plaque Removed From Ohio Middle School

NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio — One of the nation’s most conspicuous Church-State separation groups has sent a letter to an Ohio school district to request that it remove a plaque at an area middle school that features the Ten Commandments. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) says that it was contacted by a parent who […]

Man on Way to Bible Study Plowed Into Pedestrians Because He Thought They Were Muslim: Police

Man on Way to Bible Study Plowed Into Pedestrians Because He Thought They Were Muslim: Police

(New York Post) — The man who mowed down pedestrians with his car in Sunnyvale, Calif., this week was targeting a family he believed was Muslim, according to a report. Police announced the motivation in a Friday news conference, without discussing the evidence, CNN reported. Cops have not ruled out the possibility of charging the […]

Openly Homosexual US Ambassador: VP Mike Pence Is ‘on Board’ With Decriminalizing Homosexuality Worldwide

Openly Homosexual US Ambassador: VP Mike Pence Is ‘on Board’ With Decriminalizing Homosexuality Worldwide

BERLIN — U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, who is openly homosexual, told reporters this past week that Vice President Mike Pence is “on board” with his plan to urge nations worldwide to decriminalize homosexuality. Grenell spoke with Fox & Friends on Tuesday in regard to his remarks about Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, also […]

Kansas Supreme Court Rules Rights to ‘Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness’ Include ‘Right’ to Abortion

Kansas Supreme Court Rules Rights to ‘Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness’ Include ‘Right’ to Abortion

TOPEKA, Kan. — The Supreme Court of Kansas has ruled that the rights to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” in the state Constitution’s Bill of Rights encompass a woman’s “right” to an abortion. “We conclude that, through the language in section 1, the state’s founders acknowledged that the people had rights that pre-existed […]

Judge Blocks HHS Rule Barring Abortion Facilities and Referral Sites From Federal Family Planning Funding

Judge Blocks HHS Rule Barring Abortion Facilities and Referral Sites From Federal Family Planning Funding

YAKIMA, Wash. — A federal judge in Washington State has blocked new Title X family planning funding rules that would disqualify abortion facilities, such as those run by Planned Parenthood, from receiving federal funds, as well as any locations that promote, support or refer for abortions. According to reports, U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian, nominated to […]

Pastor of the Bombed Evangelical Church in Sri Lanka Forgives Attacker

Pastor of the Bombed Evangelical Church in Sri Lanka Forgives Attacker

(Evangelical Focus) — On Sunday, suicide bombers killed and injured hundreds during Easter services and at luxury hotels across Sri Lanka. Although the official death toll had reached 359 by Thursday, the Sri Lankan government later revised that figure down to 253. One of the locations attacked was the evangelical Zion Church of Batticaloa, where […]

Cameroon Civilians Continue to Be Slaughtered in Midst of Clash Between Government Soldiers, Separatist Forces

Cameroon Civilians Continue to Be Slaughtered in Midst of Clash Between Government Soldiers, Separatist Forces

YAOUNDE — Civilians in the African nation of Cameroon continue to be killed in the crosshairs of ongoing violent clashes between French-speaking government soldiers and English-speaking separatist forces seeking to form their own country. The violence has been unceasing for the past three years in the midst of grievances that boil down to the alleged […]