News from HEART supporters
HEART partner pastor Christy Smith and his wife Linda travelled to Mozambique and Malawi this June to help communities devastated by Cyclone Idai. Around 1,200 people died and 250,000 were…
Asia Bibi safely in Canada – but “no thanks to Foreign Office”
Campaigner Luke de Pulford has accused the Foreign Office of having a “blind spot” over suffering Christians, which could be seen in its treatment of Asia Bibi.
‘Divine deed’ to land
Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon dramatically held up the Bible as the ‘deed’ to their land during a special session of the United Nations Security Council. Tasked with the job…
Netflix series implicated in suicides
Teen TV series ‘13 Reasons Why’ is accused of encouraging suicides Youth suicides rose dramatically after the release of Netflix TV series ‘13 Reasons Why’, according to the US National…
Churches fight Ebola
AS DEATHS from the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) passed 1,000 in early May, churches are playing a vital role in counteracting the virus. The outbreak,…
German family takes home-schooling battle to top European court
The four Wunderlich children today, after being reunited with their parents A German Christian couple whose children were taken away by the state is taking the fight for home schooling…
We will see a day when abortion is unthinkable
THAT’S the belief of US pro-life campaigner Abby Johnson after seeing new movie ‘Unplanned’ prompt abortion workers to resign. The movie tells the story of Abby’s journey from abortion clinic…
Bombed Sri Lanka church forgives the terrorists
THE leader of an evangelical church in Sri Lanka that was bombed on Easter Sunday has offered forgiveness to the attackers. Pastor Roshan Mahesen, who lost many members of his…
DOUBLE TROUBLE: Christians and Jews are both in the firing line
Why I sense that God is speaking to both Christians and Jews, telling us we’re in this together by Charles Gardner With Israelis recently bombarded by 700 rockets within the…
A German Brexit?
A scandal of subversive statecraft by John Petley Cast your mind back to summer last year. The Cabinet gathered at the Prime Minister’s country retreat of Chequers, on the sylvan…
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…
Lutheran pastor dies in plane crash
Rev Norman Tendis (WCC/Marcelo Schneider) A LUTHERAN pastor was one of the 157 people who died when an Ethiopian Airlines aeroplane crashed just six minutes after taking off from Addis…
God is the X Factor for Maltese TV contestant
“BY GOD’S help Malta will not weaken but will endure until victory is won.”