Pastor, Daughter and Son-in-Law Slain in Plateau State, Nigeria – Morningstar News
Fulani herdsmen last month killed a pastor, his daughter and her husband, leaving the couple’s 3-month-old baby with a machete wound, in Plateau state, Nigeria.
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TRUSTEES: IMB honors past, looks to future | Baptist Press
The International Mission Board must partner with churches to empower limitless missionary teams to make disciples, multiply churches, David Platt, IMB's president, told trustees during their May 9-11 meeting. IMB trustees also recognized the longtime service of two faithful missions servants as they retire.
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Celebrating the Jubilee of Mercy by discovering historical Jubilee Years
To observe the Jubilee Year of Mercy and to connect it with past Jubilee Years, the pilgrimage office of the Diocese of Rome is displaying historical documents proclaiming the jubilees dating back to 1300.
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Pray and act to help refugees – what Pope Francis and Orthodox leaders said at Lesbos
Forced migration affects millions of people and is “a crisis of humanity.” That is what Pope Francis and two leading Greek Orthodox churchmen have said in a joint declaration signed on the Greek island of Lesbos.
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Pope: ‘I saw much suffering’ at Lesbos refugee camp
Pope Francis on Sunday reflected on the great suffering he had witnessed at the refugee camp in Lesbos. He remembered especially the children he encountered, as well as the husband of a Christian woman who was martyred by terrorists.
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As he leaves Greece, Pope Francis takes 12 refugees with him
After traveling to the Greek island of Lesbos, a primary entry point for refugees seeking passage into Europe, Pope Francis decided to bring 12 of them on his plane back to the Vatican as an act of welcome and solidarity.
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Detained U.S. Evangelist in Turkey Released, Ordered To Be Deported – Morningstar News
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Turkish authorities have released a U.S. evangelist who was detained last week and ordered to be deported, sources said. Declaring David Byle “a danger to public order,” authorities in Turkey took him into custody on April 6 after asking him to report to the immigration office in Istanbul regarding his […]
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Pope Francis: Christians Facing ‘Polite’ Persecution in Form of ‘Modernity and Progress’
Pope Francis has warned that as Christians face severe persecution in countries where they are a minority, others are encountering what he calls polite persecution disguised as culture, modernity and progress, where people see their rights to conscientious objection taken away.
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Christian Student Expelled for Quoting Bible in Facebook Post Opposing Gay Marriage Loses Appeal
A Christian student expelled from England s University of Sheffield because he quoted the Bible s stance on homosexuality in a Facebook post has lost his appeal
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Family, Church Buildings Lost in Predominantly Christian E. African Countries – Morningstar News
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim in Kenya who put his faith in Christ last November has lost his wife and children, and now he fears for his life. When his wife was hospitalized last October, Abdu Godana, 35, could not have guessed that the healing she received after an evangelist’s prayer would lead […]
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Lahore Terror Attack: Pope Francis Calls on Pakistan to Protect Christians
Pope Francis has asked Pakistani authorities to do more to protect Christians after a terror attack on Easter Sunday killed 70 in Lahore
