Russia bans evangelism
President Putin has signed into law a new bill that will heavily fine Christians for evangelising. Photo: Wikimedia Iron Curtain comes down on Christians Russia has just put the clock…
Persecution Watch: 100 MILLION CHRISTIANS UNDER PERSECUTION
Homes, shops and churches destroyed in Lahore, Pakistan, as police look on. © persecutedchurchnews.blogspot.co.uk 3,000 more killed than in 2015 – and that doesn’t even include North Korea, Syria and…
POPE, PALAU AND HILLSONG IN CAST OF THOUSANDS AT THE MALL
A section of the massive crowd at ‘Together 2016’ Christians pray for peace in Washington It’s not often you get the Pope, international evangelist Luis Palau and Hillsong Church leaders…
BLACK AND WHITE POLICE PRAY TOGETHER IN DALLAS
Unity: black and white police officers held hands in prayer after racial shootings in the USA Police officers and community members across the racial divide joined together for a multicultural…
DONALD TRUMP “is a baby Christian”
“Pray for him”, says leading evangelical A leading conservative evangelical in the US claims that controversial presidential candidate Donald Trump is “a baby Christian”. James Dobson, founder of Focus on…
Persecution Watch – August-September 2016
Kenya: Defending human rights lawyers and girls ‘sold’ as brides A Christian human rights attorney, Willie Kimani, his client, and their cab driver were kidnapped and murdered in Kenya by…
IRELAND VOTES AGAINST ABORTING SEVERELY DISABLED BABIES
The Irish Parliament has defeated a bill to legalise abortions on babies deemed to be “incompatible with life”. The abortion bill put forward by Deputy Mick Wallace “attempted to deny…
IOWA CHURCHES FIGHT AGAINST STATE CENSORSHIP
“The First Amendment is being violated” say churches Two churches in Iowa are challenging a state law that they believe will prevent churches from teaching their beliefs about sexuality and…
Care home fined for saving a resident’s life
Belgium’s liberal euthanasia laws are in a fatal conflict with the beliefs of Catholic care homes (photo credit: Action Life) A Catholic care home in Belgium has been prosecuted for…
200,000 Buddhists convert to Christ
A Buddhist monk of Tibet A major Christian revival is taking place in Tibet. After a leading Buddhist monk converted to Christianity last year, thousands of other Buddhists have followed.…
MAGNA CARTA: The missing link in the EU debate
Image: King John signing the Magna Carta The great Charter planted deep in the fabric of English – later British – society and consciousness biblically-based ideas about law, kingship and…
Can a nation be reborn?
IN AMERICA AND CANADA AND OTHER PARTS OF THE GLOBE, REVIVAL IS BREAKING OUT One well-known US preacher says, “America is being reborn”, referring to a spiritual rebirth. The need…
Muslim refugees turn to Christ
A Muslim refugee is baptised as a Christian in Hamburg Christian refugees face routine oppression by Muslims in German camps – including being forced to participate in Islamic prayers, according…
KIWI ANGLICANS STILL IN A FLAP OVER GAY MARRIAGE
The Anglican Church in New Zealand remains split into two wings on the issue of same sex weddings. At their two-yearly meeting, or synod, in Napier in May, the Church…
IRELAND ALLOWS CIVIL PARTNERS TO ADOPT
The new Adoption (Amendment) Bill in Ireland gives those in a civil partnership the right to adopt children.