Indonesia vice president makes third peace mission to Moluccas
Posted on: Tuesday, April 25, 2000
25 April 2000 (Newsroom) -- Indonesia vice president Megawati Sukarnoputri is visiting the Molucca archipelago this week in a further attempt to diffuse tensions between Muslims and Christians that have resulted in an estimated 3,000 deaths since January 1999.
Christian leaders blast motion to impeach Nigeria president
Posted on: Monday, April 24, 2000
LAGOS, 24 April 2000 (Newsroom) – Religious and political leaders have soundly condemned the attempt by a controversial senator to launch impeachment proceedings against Nigeria President Olusegun Obasanjo, a move they say is meant to embarrass the country’s first elected…
Chinese evangelist suffering as authorities decide his fate
Posted on: Tuesday, April 18, 2000
18 April 2000 (Newsroom) -- Chinese evangelist Li Dexian has been kept in chains since his arrest April 11 in Guangdong province and is suffering physical pain, according to a Christian monitoring group. The house church leader, who has been…
Chinese evangelist handed 15-day sentence
Posted on: Thursday, April 13, 2000
13 April 2000 (Newsroom) -- Chinese evangelist Li Dexian has been sentenced to 15 days in prison following his arrest on Tuesday for holding an unauthorized religious meeting, according to the Christian advocacy organization Voice of the Marytrs Australia.
Churches in Nigeria lead relief effort for victims of religious riots
Posted on: Thursday, April 13, 2000
LAGOS, 13 April 2000 (Newsroom) – Churches throughout Nigeria continue to send relief supplies to help more than 50,000 people displaced by religious riots in the city of Kaduna in February. Many churches in the state of Kaduna have turned…
Nigeria’s Muslim states approve dialogue on Sharia
Posted on: Tuesday, April 4, 2000
NIGERIA, 4 April 2000 (Newsroom) -- Northern state governors in Nigeria have approved the formation of a committee of Muslims and Christians to dialogue on aspects of the controversial Sharia, or Islamic law, which was implemented by several states earlier…
Presbyterians helped lead the way in Taiwan
Posted on: Wednesday, March 29, 2000
29 March 2000 (Newsroom) -- When newly elected Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian visited the headquarters of the Presbyterian Church in Taipei last week it was more than just a courtesy call. Though its members comprise just 1 percent of the…
Bomb Hits Christian School In Southern Sudan
Posted on: Sunday, March 26, 2000
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL (March 26, 2000) - A Christian school in Southern Sudan was attacked on Thursday, March 23, by the Islamic-led government forces of Sudan and numerous injuries were inflicted to students and their parents.
Chinese house church leader arrested again
Posted on: Tuesday, March 14, 2000
14 March 2000 (Newsroom) -- Chinese house church leader Li Dexian was detained by police on Tuesday morning and released the same evening without harm. The Protestant evangelist was arrested by Public Security Bureau officers at his weekly 10 a.m.…
Christians in Kaduna forced to renounce their faith or die
Posted on: Monday, March 13, 2000
KADUNA, Nigeria, 13 March 2000 (Newsroom) -- About 300 Christians of the Kabe ethnic group in the city of Kaduna were abducted and forced to renounce their faith by their Muslim captors during religious clashes in the state last month,…
World Bank seeks partnership with churches in Africa
Posted on: Wednesday, March 8, 2000
NAIROBI, Kenya, 8 March 2000 — "Religion is the most powerful philosophy in development," a World Bank official told Newsroom at a conference focusing on poverty in Africa here this week.
Orthodox Jews, Christians join to defend the Golan Heights
Posted on: Monday, March 6, 2000
GOLAN HEIGHTS, 6 March 2000 (Newsroom) -- Orthodox Rabbis and evangelical Protestants are among the leaders of a biblically based campaign to prevent Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's government from transferring the Golan Heights to Syria. Israel's parliament, the Knesset,…
Wave of arrests resumes for Chinese evangelist
Posted on: Tuesday, February 22, 2000
22 February 2000 (Newsroom) -- After a respite of one month, Chinese house church leader Li Dexian was detained by police on Tuesday for the 10th time since October. Public Security Bureau officers arrested the 45-year-old Protestant evangelist as he…
Vietnamese Protestants try to normalize relations with state
Posted on: Monday, February 21, 2000
21 February 2000 (Newsroom) -- Vietnamese Communist authorities are negotiating with Protestant church leaders to normalize relations, reports the World Evangelical Fellowship (WEF). If successful, the talks could pave the way for recognition of house churches that existed before the…
Abortion, Baal Worship, and Breast Cancer
Posted on: Sunday, February 20, 2000
Had an abortion, or know someone who has? This hot topic comes at us, in the media, from every angle. But how many of those who've gone through this process know of God's deep, strong love for them? Did you…
