Iran sentences church leaders to long prison terms
BosNewsLife An Iranian Islamic court has sentenced three leaders of the country’s largest evangelical house church movement to six years imprisonment each on charges linked to their Christian activities, BosNewsLife learned this week. Pastor Behnam Irani, Pastor Matthias Haghnejad, and Deacon Silas Rabbani of the Church of Iran were sentenced on Sunday, 19th October, for […]
ACL TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST LABOR POLICY IT SAYS WILL TAKE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AWAY FROM CHRISTIAN ORGANISATIONS IN LEAD-UP TO VICTORIAN ELECTION
21st October, 2014 The Australian Christian Lobby will campaign against a Victorian Labor policy it says will take religious free-dom away from Christian schools and organisations in the lead-up to next month’s state election. Dan Flynn, director of the ACL in Victoria, said it is "disappointing" Labor is seeking to revisit "anti-freedom provisions" which were […]
Tributes as former Australian PM Gough Whitlam dies
Former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam – remembered as the only Australian Prime Minister to be dismissed from office by the Governor-General – has died at the age of 98. The former Labor leader was elected prime minister in 1972 but was only in the office for three years before his government was dismissed by […]