World Vision welcomes commitment to prioritise elimination of child labour
World Vision Australia has welcomed a commitment from G20 labour and employment ministers to prioritise measures aimed at eliminating forced and child labour. Chief executive Tim Costello said last week’s G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting – hosted in Melbourne by Australian Employment Minister Eric Abetz – had resulted in an “important first step towards […]
Third US missionary who contracted Ebola “making progress” as crisis in West Africa continues to escalate
The third US missionary who contracted Ebola in West Africa is “making progress” in his recovery, mission group SIM said late last week. Dr Rick Sacra, who contracted the virus while serving in Liberia, was flown to a medical facility in Nebraska in the US earlier this month. In a statement on SIM’s website last […]
CONCERNS FOR 30 CHRISTIANS DETAINED FOR WORSHIPPING AT HOUSE CHURCH IN SAUDI ARABIA
15th September, 2014 There were concerns last week over the whereabouts of dozens of Christians detained in Saudi Arabia for worshiping in an underground house church, Christians said. Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia’s notorious religious police – the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice – reportedly detained some 30 Christians during […]
IRAQ: ERBIL PRIEST – “WE AIM TO TREAT OUR REFUGEES AS GUESTS”
The World Watch Monitor reports on how Christians are helping refugees in Erbil in northern Iraq…
MUSIC: U2’S SONGS OF INNOCENCE “WORTH THE WAIT”
NILS VON KALM listens – and then listens again – to U2’s new release, Songs of Innocence…