~li~ Indonesian Mayor’s Defiance Said to Show Government Weakness Trial Concerning Indonesia Church Bombing Attempt Begins Indonesian Church Denied Site as New Bill Threatens Freedoms Global Christian Forum Held to Reflect on Life of Christianity Another Bomb Found at Church in Indonesia The Indonesian Protestant Church Union, locally known as PGI, counted 54 acts of [...]
North Korea No. 1 Persecutor of Christians for 10th Straight Year Contact: Jerry Dykstra, Open Doors USA ,616-915-4117, jerryd@odusa.org SANTA ANA, Calif., Jan. 4, 2012/ Christian Newswire / — The Open Doors 2012 World Watch List has a familiar look to it. North Korea tops the list for the 10th straight time as the country [...]
ALEXANDRIA The Qedeseen Church complex was filled with noisy activity last Friday. A sonorously intoned prayer floated out of the church into the reception area, where worshippers filed in and out the main door as children scuttled between them.It was an ordinary scene apart from the metal detector at the door, the CCTV camera monitoring [...]
ABUJA (Reuters) – The death toll from a bomb attack on a church just outside Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Christmas Day has risen to 37, with 57 people wounded, a source at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Friday. The bombing at St. Theresa’s Catholic church in Madalla on Abuja’s outskirts during a [...]
(AFP)- 22 hours ago MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — A purported spokesman for Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has issued an ultimatum to Christians in the country’s north and threatened troops after the president declared a state of emergency in hard hit areas.Meanwhile, Nigeria began sealing off part of its border in the country’s northeast as part [...]
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, met with President Goodluck Jonathan at the State House in Abuja late Wednesday to express concern after the Christmas Day church bombings by Boko Haram. The president of CAN criticized the government’s security response to Boko Haram and suggested that Christians may have to defend themselves from Muslim militants.At [...]
Bauer continued, saying former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has the greatest track record with the current slate of Republican candidates in regards to supporting religious freedoms. He also recalled the recent brutal attacks on Christian churches in Nigeria as an example for the importance of the pledge.”Sadly, if you look crossways at a Muslim a [...]
~li~ Homosexuality Church Bodies Church Politics According to reports, the order came from Archbishop George Niederauer. A representative for Most Holy Redeemer said that the archbishop thought the speakers were inappropriate for the season of Advent, which should be a time to reflect on the coming of Christ.One of the speakers who was scheduled to [...]
BEIJING (AP) ” Religious practice among Chinese Communist Party members is increasing and threatens its unity and national leadership, a top party official said in remarks reported Monday. Party members are required to be atheists and must not believe in religion or engage in religious practice , said Zhu Weiqun , a member of the [...]
(CNSNews.com) ” As Christians celebrate their savior’s birth on Sunday, they are being urged to remember persecuted fellow believers unable to enjoy the day with their families, including death row prisoners Asia Bibi of Pakistan and Youcef Nadarkhani of Iran, both of whom will be spending their third Christmas behind bars.Asia Bibi, a Pakistani farm [...]
