Something good from Nazareth
Arab family links up with Jews to spread gospel in the region By Charles Gardner Previously published February-March 2019 When the Israeli town of Nazareth is mentioned, most people immediately…
Welsh support for Israel
The contribution of Wales to Israel’s Christian and military heritage is now commemorated by a plaque unveiled at Christ Church in Jerusalem’s Old City following a ceremony attended by a…
April’s anorexia agony is over
THE JOY in April Shipton’s voice when she sings worship songs now shows no hint of her dark past when she stood in front of a mirror with self-hatred raging…
“I struggled against the truth of my life”, says abortion survivor Melissa
As a baby, Melissa had no name and wasn’t intended to live – until a nurse rescued her from hospital waste An abortion survivor will share her inspirational story at…
Watch out, there’s a new Sheriff in town
A High Sheriff, to be precise. Vicar’s wife Davina Irwin-Clark will spend a year as Her Majesty’s West Sussex representative for law and order
“Think Hitler, not Mao”
The crackdown on Christians in China – which continues – has been compared to the Nazification of Germany in the 1930s by two prominent human rights leaders.
“Unwell” Asia Bibi locked up in house
Frustration over Asia Bibi’s detention in Pakistan was continuing as we went to press. Although acquitted of blasphemy charges after a decade in jail, including eight years on death row,…
Ten churches mobbed in Ethiopia
Local Muslims attacked ten church buildings of eight denominations in Halaba Kulito, a town in southern Ethiopia on 9 February, according to aid agencies Steadfast Global and Voice of the…
Herdsmen slaughter Nigerian believers
A devastating attack against Nigerian Christians has left at least 32 believers dead.
Family grieves for butchered dad
A convert to Christianity was dragged away from his six-year-old son by a gang of men who then smashed his head with a stone and virtually beheaded him.
Bomb attack victim still suffers
A young woman who lost her leg in a terrorist bomb attack has been told by doctors that she is too old for further corrective surgery.
America’s abortion battles
CONTROVERSY has raged over the New York State law that allows abortion on demand up to birth.
Child marriages may be lawful in Germany
A NEW law in Germany to ban child marriage may be unconstitutional under a ruling by the Federal Court of Justice, the highest court on matters of criminal and civil…
Austrians will ‘bless’ same sex couples
After weeks of discussion, the General Synod of the Austrian Evangelical Church (EKÖ) – a Lutheran denomination – have agreed to allow homosexual couples to receive a church blessing during…