Prayer challenge is taken to Africa
In the last issue of HEART there was an article about 100 Days of Prayer for Israel and a free book that readers could order. Here Richard Smart describes how…
Sunny smiles for Re-loved
IT WAS SUNNY SMILES ALL ROUND after the Re-Loved/Jubilee Soup Run won the Chris Copsey Gold Award for ‘Sunniest Community Project’ at the Splash FM Awards held at St Paul’s…
New debt counselling centre opens in Crawley
Local churches announce they will partner with award winning charity Several local congregations in Crawley are so concerned with the financial worries of the local community, that they have decided…
As we head towards Election 2015, will we ever again be a NATION UNDER GOD?
Our governing class has abandoned God, says leading campaigner for Christian freedoms ELECTION SEASON 2015: it feels chaotic and bewildering. And it is. Why? Because our governing class has abandoned…
Mum’s horror as police beat son to death
A CHRISTIAN mum suspected by Pakistani police of stealing from her former employer was forced to watch her adult son being beaten in an attempt to force a confession out…
Iran hangings shock jailed Pastor
SEEING SIX PRISONERS BEATEN and then taken away to be hanged has shocked American Pastor Saeed Abedini, still imprisoned in Iran’s notorious Rajai Shahr prison in Tehran.
Bomb mob fears grow in Pakistan
Wailing from a mother and little brother over the dead body of a young man killed in the attack CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM leaders have appealed for calm as mob violence…
Church leaders to join forces for UK mission
Third from left: Steve Clifford, General Director of the Evangelical Alliance; fourth from left (in front of Steve with blue jacket): Pastor Ong, Chinese Church in London; front, sixth from…
Iran’s Shia ambitions extend beyond dominating the Middle East
The re-election of Binyamin Netanyahu in the Israeli General Election was a blow to President Obama who had sent his senior political team to Israel to try to influence the…
Crawley MP pledges support for Christians post-election
. . . and he seems to be the only one! LOCAL MPs have failed to say whether they will back Christians under fire. A survey by this paper asking…
72 Syrian families kidnapped by IS
MILITANTS FROM THE ISLAMIC STATE (IS) have kidnapped 72 Assyrian Christian families – around 200 people – from three villages in Syria and threatened to kill all the men unless…
Response of grace to 21 beheadings
THE EGYPTIAN CHURCH has caused tears across the nation following messages of forgiveness from Christian families of 21 hardworking men beheaded by Islamic State (IS) militants in Libya. HEART reported…
Thousands suffer in CAR
‘THOUSANDS of Christians are suffering’ – the words of a pastor in the Central African Republic (CAR) after believers fled for their lives following a spate of attacks which saw…
There IS hope for the nation – IF the Church will stand up for Gospel values
Photo: © Waiting for the Word Flickr Creative Commons Already many churches reach out into their communities to show God’s love for all in action. Now perhaps they should be…
It’s all because of Easter
Ligia Mitra – photo by Dorian Copus The world-changing events of the first Easter are still impacting the lives of ordinary men and women. Here is one woman’s story about…