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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With freedom for Catholic education uncertain, English diocese charts a path
Catholic schools in England could face problems under both a new “British values” government mandate and demands to approve same-sex relationships. But in the Diocese of Portsmouth, new education guidelines focus on Catholic fidelity, love of neighbor, and the love of Jesus Christ.
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Christians Fear Creation of Muslim Sub-State in Philippines – Morningstar News
MINDANAO, Philippines (Morning Star News) – Christians and others in the southern Philippines have expressed strong fears that legislation creating an Islamic sub-state on Mindanao Island will exacerbate religious tensions rather than resolve them. The Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), proposed by President Benigno Aquino III last September with the aim of ending decades of Islamist rebel […]
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Muslims in Zanzibar Take Worship Hall, Bleed Another Church with Court Costs – Morningstar News
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (Morning Star News) – Hard-line Muslims on the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar off the coast of Tanzania have driven a pastor and father of five into hiding and taken over his church’s rented worship hall, he said. “I have changed my place of residence four times since 2012” due to threats from area Muslims, […]
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Two Injured in Arson Attack on Historic Church in Galilee, Israel – Morningstar News
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – An elderly monk is recovering from smoke and toxic fumes he inhaled in an arson attack on a Galilee church yesterday as Israeli police investigate the blaze that caused more that $1 million in damages. Before dawn on Thursday (June 18) someone set fire to the Church of the Multiplication […]
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IMB, NAMB celebrate missionaries, sending churches | Baptist Press
In a passionate plea, IMB President David Platt urged Southern Baptists not to be cold toward the vast lostness in our world, and NAMB President Kevin Ezell encouraged every church to play a part in sending missionaries, regardless of size. IMB and NAMB partnered together in a Church and Mission Sending Celebration to recognize 59 missionaries and their sending churches during the final day of the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, June 17, in Columbus, Ohio.
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Christians Suspect Islamic State Influencing Muslims in Palestinian Territories, Israel – Morningstar News
ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – After months of Islamic State (IS) committing horrific violence in the Middle East and North Africa, Palestinian Christians say a large number of Muslims in the Palestinian Territories and Israel have become “radicalized” and are much more aggressive toward them. Anti-Christian hostility boiling under the surface for years has come […]
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Pope Francis: Men and women are different for a reason
The value and beauty of marriage, based on the complementarity of man and woman, is lamentably being challenged by “gender ideology,” Pope Francis warned the bishops of Puerto Rico on Monday.
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Report: Red Cross stumbled in Haiti relief
Five years ago in January, a magnitude-7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti, damaging nearly 300,000 homes and killing 150,000 or more people. In response, hundreds of millions of dollars in private and govern...
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How a baker in Northern Ireland is standing up for faith in the workplace
After a legal ruling deemed a bakery in Northern Ireland to have discriminated against a gay customer, the bakery’s owners have decided to appeal the decision, hoping to promote the place of faith in the public square.
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Scant Evidence Produced against Two South Sudanese Pastors in Sudan, Lawyer Says – Morningstar News
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A court hearing yesterday in Khartoum for two South Sudanese pastors facing the death penalty was extended to today, then adjourned until June 15 to give prosecutors more time to try building a case, a defense attorney said. Prosecutors need more time to search for evidence in the trial […]
