NEWS ALERT: U.S. Churches Must Prepare For Swine Flu Outbreak, Group Says
Posted on: Saturday, October 24, 2009
The influential Christian Emergency Network (CEN), told churches Saturday, October 24, they might have to offer alternative Sunday worship services, just hours after U.S. President Barack Obama declared the spreading H1N1 swine flu virus "a national emergency."
NEWS ALERT: Pakistani Christians Fear More Deadly Violence
Posted on: Thursday, October 15, 2009
Christians in Pakistan's Punjab province feared more violence Thursday, October 15, after authorities released on bail six suspected Muslim militants accused of anti-Christian clashes that killed nearly a dozen people, while acquitting an alleged Muslim rapist of a Christian girl.
Row Over Dutch Support For Hindu Goddess
Posted on: Monday, October 5, 2009
Citizens in the Dutch town of Amstelveen have condemned plans by local authorities to support a controversial Hindu festival that would involve praying to a Hindu goddess from India, in the heart of the town.
East Europe Officials Say US Backing Away from Missile Defense System
Posted on: Friday, September 18, 2009
Poland and the Czech Republic are reacting to U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to scrap plans for a Europe-based missile defense system. Several officials in the region have warned that the move will improve Washington's relations with Moscow at the…
Nigeria’s Victims Of Anti Christian Violence Remembered
Posted on: Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Christians from all denominations will attend prayer services in Nigeria and Britain Friday, September 11, to remember last month's Islamic attacks against especially Nigerian Christians in which over 1,000 people died, organizers of the gatherings said.
Pakistan Christian Army Officer Sentenced To Life Imprisonment
Posted on: Monday, September 7, 2009
A Pakistani Christian army officer was in jail Monday, September 7. after a military court sentenced him to life imprisonment for allegedly murdering his wife, despite claims from his family that he is innocent.
Christians Killed, Abducted, In Sudan
Posted on: Thursday, September 3, 2009
The head of Sudan's Anglican church confirmed Thursday, September 3, that armed groups are killing Christians and others in the south of this predominantly Islamic country "to disrupt a peace agreement" that ended 20 years of civil war.
EU Ambassadors Discuss Belarus Threats To Close Megachurch
Posted on: Thursday, August 27, 2009
European ambassadors to Belarus have met with the leader of New Life Church in the capital Minsk to discuss "threats" by authorities to "destroy" one of the country's largest evangelical churches by confiscating its building, a former cowshed, church officials…
Indian Christians Pray And Fast A Year After Orissa Massacre
Posted on: Saturday, August 22, 2009
Indian Christians and churches prepared to fast and pray this weekend for peace, a year after anti-Christian violence killed over 100 people in India's troubled state of Orissa and left tens of thousands displaced.
NEWS ALERT: Eritrean Christian Dies In Prison Camp
Posted on: Wednesday, July 29, 2009
A Christian man has died in one of Eritrea's notorious military prison camps, the ninth believer known to have perished in detention in the African nation, a Christian aid and advocacy group told Worthy News.
Jewish Believer’s Bakery Ruled “Kosher”
Posted on: Thursday, July 16, 2009
Religious tensions remained in Israel Thursday, July 16, after the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that a Jewish baker's belief in Jesus Christ does not make her baked food unkosher.
Belarus Threatens To Close Down Evangelical Church
Posted on: Thursday, July 16, 2009
An evangelical church in the Belarus' capital Minsk faced uncertainty Thursday, July 16, as authorities threatened to close it because a foreign pastor preached at a worship service.
