Mississippi has officially decided to ditch its old Confederate-themed state flag and has approved a new flag with the phrase “In God We Trust,” Christian Headlines reports. Approval for the new flag was given through a 78-22 percent vote, with nearly all votes counted.
Around 200 evangelical leaders have signed a statement titled “A 2020 Call for Biblical Peacemaking: Evangelical Leaders’ Statement on Violence and Division,” in which they urge Christians to rise up as peacemakers in the wake of a tempestuous year and a fraught electoral season, the Christian Post reports.
The murder of Swiss evangelical missionary Beatrice Stöckli by Islamic militants in Mali has prompted an aid group to appeal for prayers.
Austrian police detained 14 people in several raids Tuesday after an Islamist gunman shot and killed four people in Vienna.
New Zealand is set to become the seventh country in the world to legalize euthanasia, the Christian Post reports. The decision to allow the terminally ill to end their lives was made in a national referendum on October 17. While the votes are still being counted, and the final result will be announced Friday, the referendum is expected to pass with a wide margin.
The nation’s military reserve force began deploying across the United States Tuesday amid mounting concerns that the 2020 presidential election’s outcome may lead to civil unrest or even war.
A video released on October 29 shows that a pastor in Nigeria who was abducted by Islamic terrorists on October 19 is still alive, Morning Star News reports. Appealing to the governor of Plateau state and to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and denominational Christian leaders for help, the Rev. Polycarp Zongo of the Church of Christ In Nations (COCIN) says that he is together with two Christian women who were also abducted by the “caliphate” militants of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).
Authorities say at least 10 people died and three others were missing Sunday as the world’s strongest typhoon this year raged through the eastern Philippines with disastrous force.
The pastor of a California megachurch said he is voting for President Trump’s reelection with “confidence” after comparing him to Joe Biden.
Super Typhoon Goni pounded the eastern Philippines with ferocious winds early Sunday forcing the evacuation of a million people.
A federal judge has ruled as unconstitutional Colorado’s COVID-19 decree that limits the number of congregants that can attend a religious service and that requires attendees to wear face masks for the duration of the meeting, Christian Post reports.
A new survey shows that 38% of American Evangelicals believe according to the “doctrine of election,” that God sovereignly chose those people whom He would save even before the creation of the world, Christian Headlines reports. The survey also found that 44% of Evangelicals were found not to believe this.
Three people visiting a famed church in the French city of Nice have been killed in a suspected Islamic terrorist attack, authorities said Thursday.
The U.S. Senate has launched an investigation into censorship by tech giants Twitter, Facebook, and Google amid presidential election campaigns.
A top regional court in Pakistan has given custody of a 13-year-old Christian girl to her Muslim abductor, sources involved in the case told Worthy News late Tuesday.
In what at least some conservative Christians view as an answer to prayer, Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court late Monday by a deeply divided Senate.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of violating the latest ceasefire over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, where a historic church is among the many damaged targets. The accusations came minutes after it came into effect on Monday with the support of the United States.
A Christian ministry leader involved in combatting the scourge of human trafficking has reported that some traffickers specifically target Christian girls, CBN News reports. As 430,000 children go missing in the US every year, Jeff Tiegs of All Things Possible Ministries said: “We as believers have to do a better job of protecting our young women.”
A Pakistani Christian woman and her four children have fled after her husband was sentenced to death for blasphemy against Islam, well-informed Christians told Worthy News.
Christians are among those singled out for deadly attacks as violence spreads throughout Nigeria, Christian rights investigators warned Thursday.