Real‑time updates on legislation, court rulings, religious freedom cases, and cultural shifts that affect the Church in America.
NEWS ALERT: Voice Of The Martyrs’ Glenn Penner Dies At 48
Posted on Monday, February 1, 2010
Glenn Penner, who became a key voice for persecuted Christians as leader of advocacy group The Voice of the Martyrs Canada (VOMC) has died after losing his battle with cancer, officials said. He was 48.
Missionaries Rush To Haiti Devastated By Earth Quake
Posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2010
A major Christian mission organization stepped up efforts Tuesday, January 19, to coordinate relief efforts in Haiti as the death toll of last week's earth quake was expected to be at least 200,000, officials said.
Nobel Prize Winner Wiesel Concerned About Hungarian Extremism
Posted on Sunday, December 13, 2009
Nobel Peace Prize winner, author and activist Elie Wiesel has urged Hungary to consider banning Holocaust denials to improve its image abroad and has expressed concern about growing extremist parties in the country and Europe.
BREAKING NEWS: North Korean Christians: ‘Children Die On Streets’
Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Christians in North Korea said Wednesday, November 25, a massive famine has broken in their autocratic-ruled nation with many children "dying" while security forces send malnourished people to prison camps for not joining "100 days of battle."
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Millions Pray For Persecuted Church
Posted on Sunday, November 8, 2009
Millions of Christians from Vancouver to Vladivostok were praying Sunday, November 8, for persecuted Christians, amid reports of increased repression in several countries around the world.
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 WATCH: US VP Warns Europe of Missile Threats
Posted on Thursday, October 22, 2009
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has called on America's European allies to step-up their defense efforts, saying they the face growing security threats from outside Europe.
BREAKING NEWS: Senator Kennedy Dies At 77
Posted on Wednesday, August 26, 2009
United States Senator Edward Kennedy, a Liberal towering figure in the Democratic Party who took the helm of one of America's most known political families after two older brothers were assassinated, has died,his family said Wednesday, August 26.…
Americans Free But Thousands Still Jailed, Executed In North Korea
Posted on Wednesday, August 5, 2009
An international Christian advocacy group welcomed Wednesday, August 5, North Korea's decision to release American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling but warned that at least 200,000 religious and political prisoners remain behind bars in labor camps across…
NEWS ALERT: Al-Qaida Kills US Christian Aid Worker In Mauritania
Posted on Friday, June 26, 2009
An American aid worker has been shot and killed in Mauritania by suspected Islamic militants of the Al-Qaida network because he was involved in spreading Christianity in the African nation, several Christian groups confirmed Friday, June 26.
