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United Methodist Church to split into separate conservative and liberal denominations

Posted on: Monday, January 6, 2020

The United Methodist Church is planning to split over the issue of same-sex marriage and gay clergy, church officials said Friday.

Earliest Christian church in sub-Saharan Africa discovered in Ethiopia

Posted on: Friday, January 3, 2020

Researchers have discovered what is thought to be the oldest church in sub-Saharan Africa in Ethiopia, allowing scholars to now reliably date the spread of Christianity to the continent to the Constantinian era.

Of whom the world was not worthy: John Allen Chau vindicated a year after his death, as missions group claims his martyrdom a clarion call to reach the unreached

Posted on: Sunday, December 29, 2019

November marked the one-year anniversary of the death of American missionary John Allen Chau, whose lone effort to reach the North Sentinelese unreached people group ended in martyrdom and yielded a slew of criticism from the world and Christendom.

Russian Christians reach out to Mongolia, where Christianity is resurrecting

Posted on: Thursday, December 26, 2019

Russian Christians are answering the call to take the gospel to Mongolia, one of the most sparsely populated and least-reached countries in the world, 26 years after the fall of communism left only 10 believers in the country.

Nearly 700 languages now have a complete Bible translation

Posted on: Sunday, November 3, 2019

There are now complete Bible translations in nearly 700 languages.

Wycliffe Associates Seeking to Expand in ‘Impossible Places’ with Translation Projects in 450 New Languages

Posted on: Thursday, October 10, 2019

Wycliffe Associates, an international organization involving people in the advancement of Bible translation, is ready to begin translation projects in 450 new languages in some of the world’s most isolated regions, including places where Christianity is a crime and the…

Netanyahu to convene right-wing allies as criminal hearing begins

Posted on: Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek to shore up right-wing support Wednesday morning, with the start of a high-stakes legal hearing and the possible end of coalition negotiations suspended over his political future like twin swords of Damocles.

Final proposal: UK PM Johnson to unveil Brexit offer to EU

Posted on: Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Wednesday unveil his final Brexit offer to the European Union and make clear that if Brussels does not engage with the proposal, Britain will not negotiate further and will leave on Oct. 31.

Hurricane Dorian lashes Florida’s Atlantic coast after decimating Bahamas

Posted on: Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Hurricane Dorian closed in on the east of Cape Canaveral, Fla., around 8 p.m. Tuesday with maximum sustained wind speeds of 110 mph, packing 'life-threatening' storm surge, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Dorian strikes Bahamas with record fury as Category 5 storm

Posted on: Monday, September 2, 2019

Hurricane Dorian struck the northern Bahamas as a catastrophic Category 5 storm Sunday, its record 185 mph winds ripping off roofs, overturning cars and tearing down power lines as hundreds hunkered down in schools, churches, and shelters.

‘Long, Complex History’ of Conversion Prayers for Jews Leads Anglican Church of Canada to Change Wording

Posted on: Tuesday, August 13, 2019

The Anglican Church of Canada plans on rewording the language of its prayers about Jews.

‘We’re Talking About A Common Human Right’: Government Restrictions on Religion Clamp Down Over Ten-Year Period

Posted on: Friday, July 19, 2019

The Pew Research Center released its 10th annual report on freedom of religion around the world, spanning over a decade of changes between 2007 and 2017.

Christian Student in U.K. Wins Appeals Court Ruling After Declared ‘Unfit’ to Practice Social Work by University

Posted on: Friday, July 5, 2019

A Christian student at the University of Sheffield in the U.K., who was dropped from his MA program for a Facebook post defending traditional marriage in 2016, won his court of appeals complaint this week following a high court decision…

Fort Worth Allows ‘In No God We Trust’ Banners to Fly Downtown, Says They’re Legal

Posted on: Friday, July 5, 2019

A series of anti-God banners in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, is drawing criticism from citizens and even the mayor, but city officials say they have the legal right to be there.

Wycliffe Associates Using Technology to Make Bible Accessible for the World’s Unwritten Language Groups

Posted on: Thursday, July 4, 2019

Christians from hundreds of language groups have asked Wycliffe Associates for technology to make the Bible accessible in their unwritten languages.

Pensacola Cross Saved For Now, Following Supreme Court Decision on Bladensburg Cross

Posted on: Wednesday, July 3, 2019

The case of a cross-shaped war memorial in Pensacola, Florida, will undergo review in the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals following the Supreme Court’s decision to endow with a 'presumption of constitutionally' any religious monument deemed to have longstanding…

‘Jesus’ Welcome Sign in Texas Removed Under Suspicious Circumstances

Posted on: Wednesday, July 3, 2019

A sign declaring 'Jesus Welcomes You to Hawkins' alongside Interstate 80 in Hawkins, Texas, has been taken down after a four-year legal battle between the city and the Jesus Christ Open Altar Church.

Trump May Have Accidentally Imposed ‘Bible Tax’ Through Sanctions On China, Say Christian Publishers

Posted on: Monday, June 24, 2019

Representatives for major American Bible publishers met with the U.S. International Trade Commission on Tuesday and Wednesday, hoping to apprise the Trump administration of potential effects on Bible manufacture in the US-China trade war.

ISIS Bomb Plot Against Pittsburgh Church Foiled by FBI

Posted on: Friday, June 21, 2019

A 21-year-old Syrian refugee from Pittsburgh was arrested on a federal complaint Wednesday, after discussions with undercover FBI officials uncovered a plot to bomb a North Pittsburgh church in the name of ISIS.

Wycliffe Associates Seeks to Begin 10 Bible Translation Projects in Nation Where Evangelism Is Not Allowed

Posted on: Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Wycliffe Associates, an international organization involving people in the advancement of Bible translation, is ready to begin Scripture translation for 10 languages in an undisclosed nation where the government fiercely opposes Christianity and evangelism is illegal.

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