Hopes fade for Nigerian schoolgirls
HOPES THAT A GROUP OF SCHOOL GIRLS kidnapped by militant terror group Boko Haram could be returned to their parents in Nigeria have faded after their home village was over-run…
International News in Brief Dec 2014 – Jan 2015
News from Syria, Laos, Tanzania, CAR, Cameroon, the Philippines, the USA and Australia SYRIAN HOSTAGES FREED BY MILITANTS FOUR CHRISTIAN WOMEN and a church leader kidnapped in early October have…
North Korea releases jailed Americans
THREE AMERICANS serving tough jail sentences in North Korea have all been returned safely home. Jeffrey Fowle, aged 56, had been arrested for leaving a Bible at a sailor’s club…
Egyptian convert not allowed to travel to court
THE FIRST Egyptian citizen to change his legal religious identity from ‘Muslim’ to ‘Christian’ faces losing his prison appeal because he is not allowed to travel to court.
Persecution of Christians not discussed with Algeria
THE UK GOVERNMENT has not raised the issue of the persecution of Christians when discussing human rights with Algeria.
Pastor Saeed’s mum flees death threats
THE MOTHER OF JAILED PASTOR Saeed Abedini is believed to have escaped to America after receiving daily death threats in Iran – where her son is being held and tortured…
IS sells children, age 1-9, for more than teenage girls
THE PRICES OF CHRISTIAN SLAVES captured by Islamic State militants in Iraq have been published.
Children ‘chopped in half’ – Vicar of Baghdad
Why won’t Westerners believe me, asks Canon Andrew White “CHRISTIAN CHILDREN have been chopped in half by Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq – but no one believes it.” Canon…
The ‘holy war’ against Christians
THAT THERE IS A ‘HOLY WAR’ in the name of ‘God’ raging in the Middle East, the birthplace of Christianity, will not surprise most readers of this paper. But a…
New laws could save Pakistan mum from hanging
ASIA BIBI HAS SAT IN A PRISON CELL in Pakistan for the past five years and often in solitary confinement – on death row over a glass of water. The…
Late News Dec-Jan
PA to delay statehood bid Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad Malki told the Bethlehem-based Maan News Agency that the PA leadership has decided to delay a bid to seek recognition…
CHRISTIAN MEDIA: WHAT CRISIS?
A TIDAL WAVE OF CHALLENGES has hit some of the UK’s best-known and loved broadcasters this autumn. But the broadcasters have rallied and have vowed to carry on bringing the…
Tweeting the Word
WORSHIP DIRECTOR Chris Juby, aged 30, of King’s Church in Durham has successfully tweeted summaries of every Bible chapter since August 20, 2010. He finished with the last chapter of…
Obituary – Myles Munroe
WORLD FAMOUS EVANGELIST Myles Munroe died along with his wife Ruth and others when a Lear 36 Executive jet struck a crane at the Grand Bahama ship yard. The group…
A baby boy for Christmas
THIS BABY has brought unexpected joy to his mum after she had a change of mind – despite taking the first pill that would have killed her baby son.