(World Watch Monitor) — Three churches were closed in an Indonesian village last week amidst rumors Muslims were planning to protest against the churches’ presence because they did not have the required permits. But a pastor from one of the affected churches in West Kenali village, Alam Barajo district, in Sumatra’s central Jambi province, told […]
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — A Florida man has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder after allegedly killing his pregnant mistress. Jose Escalera, 41, was arrested after investigators connected him to the death of Tonia Wise, 23, whose body was found in a ditch in August. Wise, who was scheduled to have a […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina man who had claimed that cold medicine had caused him to stab his wife to death while sleeping has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, admitting that he had been involved in drugs and alcohol, and that the “darkness consumed” him until it made him “blind” to the path he […]
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. — A Mississippi police chief boldly declared the word of God on Thursday and referred to those in law enforcement as the army of God against evil as he spoke at the funeral of a fallen police officer. “How awesome is God,” Brookhaven Police Chief Kenneth Collins declared at Easthaven Baptist Church, as […]
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – In a surprise move, Sudan has released shipments of Bibles long held in port, including one detained nearly six years ago, according to the head of the Bible Society in Sudan. Ismail Abdurahman Kenani, Khartoum-based director of the Bible Society in Sudan, said port authorities had been delaying several shipments […]
CANTON, Mass. — A Massachusetts school district has decided to no longer allow prayers at graduation ceremonies or other school-sponsored events following receipt of a complaint from one of the nation’s most conspicuous professing atheist groups. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently sent a letter to the superintendent of Canton Public Schools after […]
FLORENCE, S.C. — A South Carolina sheriff and police chief are requesting prayer after seven officers were shot in the line of duty on Wednesday when several deputies attempted to serve a search warrant in Florence. One officer lost his life after being struck by the suspect. “I would ask that you please put the […]
WARRINGTON — A primary school teacher was featured in a recent BBC video as she gave an assignment to six-year-old children to write a love letter from a prince to his male servant, convincing him to “marry” him. The controversial assignment has received mixed reaction from viewers, as some support the idea and others find […]
(Evangelical Focus) — The bodies of 34 children attending a Bible camp in a remote northern region of the island of Sulawesi (Indonesia) have been found, the Red Cross confirmed. A mudslide engulfed the Christian church, rescuers said. “A total of 34 bodies were found by the team,” Indonesia Red Cross spokeswoman Aulia Arriani told […]
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A federal judge appointed to the bench by then-President Bill Clinton has ruled that the addition of abortion to a St. Louis nondiscrimination ordinance interferes with the rights of religious employers to operate in accordance with their faith. “In the absence of a permanent injunction barring enforcement of the ordinance, the […]