Worthy Christian News

In late April, Haiti’s President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a former Catholic priest, declared voodoo an officially recognized religion. The decision means, among other things, that marriage ceremonies conducted by voodoo priests now have equal standing with Catholic ones.

Two South Korean pastors and two laymen, imprisoned in China because of their pastoral and humanitarian work among North Korean refugees, await court decisions on their fate.

The spread of the SARS virus has not distracted Chinese officials from their campaign against unregistered churches. At least 52 key house church leaders have been arrested in recent months. Police also arrested and fined hundreds of "ordinary" Christians in the first four months of 2003.

January 7, 2004 (Christian Aid) — Following the disaster of December 26, native missionaries of Indonesia have been helping survivors on the northern tip of Sumatra Island, the single region with the most casualties.

NEW DELHI, December 30 (Compass) — The government of India has rejected a demand that social benefits be extended to Dalit Christians and Muslims, compounding the problems faced by the most downtrodden social class in India.

Carrollton, TX— February 24, 2004 (GFA) — As The Passion of the Christ hits theaters, people have the opportunity to view perhaps the most riveting film ever made on the sacrifice of Christ. While we certainly pray for revival in this country, millions of people in remote Asian villages have yet to hear about Jesus for the first time.

November 24, 2003 (Gospel for Asia) — Deep in the forests of India, there lives an illiterate, isolated people group called the Gond. They consult witch doctors and worship the gods of nature. They have never heard of Jesus.

CARROLLTON, Texas, Dec. 27, 2004 (Gospel for Asia) — Gospel for Asia workers are rushing food, clothing, medical supplies-and the love of God-to millions of Asians still in deep shock from a disaster spawned by the most powerful earthquake in 40 years.

Washington, DC, January 8, 2003–The nation's largest organization of faith-based doctors today urged support for the bipartisan Human Cloning Prohibition Act, introduced this afternoon by Reps. Dave Weldon (R-Fla.) and Bart Stupak (D-Mich.).

BAGHDAD, IRAQ (ANS) — At least 11 people have died and dozens were rushed to hospitals following the largest ever terrorist attacks against Iraq's minority Christians since the insurgency began, 15 months ago, reports said early Monday, August 2.

Jerusalem, Israel (ICEJ) — It was all smiles at the White House Tuesday as US President George W. Bush toned down expected criticism of Israel's seam-line security fence and repeated his call for the Palestinian Authority to “dismantle” the terrorist infrastructure, angering the PA leadership and Islamic terror groups.

ORLANDO, FL (ANS) — William R. "Bill" Bright, founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, the world's largest Christian ministry, died July 19 from complications related to pulmonary fibrosis. He was 81, according to a news release from DeMossNewsPond.com.

AUSTRALIA (ANS) — On 1 October 2001, as U.S. and coalition forces were assembling in Pakistan in preparation for the bombing campaign in Afghanistan, Bangladeshis were heading off to vote in their national elections.

LONDON (Compass) — Following last October’s bombing of a Bali nightclub, Christians and churches have made an effort to unite in their response to the tragedy.