PRISON SENTENCE REDUCED FOR PASTOR IN BHUTAN
21st January, 2015 A court in Bhutan yesterday reduced a sentence of nearly four years in prison to a bailable 28 months for pastor Tandin Wangyal, resulting in the father of three remaining free to attend to his family and ministry. More than 10 months after Pastor Wangyal was arrested for holding a public gathering […]
PRISON SENTENCE REDUCED FOR PASTOR IN BHUTAN
21st January, 2015 A court in Bhutan yesterday reduced a sentence of nearly four years in prison to a bailable 28 months for pastor Tandin Wangyal, resulting in the father of three remaining free to attend to his family and ministry. More than 10 months after Pastor Wangyal was arrested for holding a public gathering […]
ACL WELCOMES MOVES TO HOLD A ROYAL COMMISSION INTO FAMILY VIOLENCE IN VICTORIA
21st January, 2015 The Australian Christian Lobby has welcomed moves by the Victorian Government to hold a Royal Commission into family violence in the state. "We were horrified to learn last year than on average one woman is killed each week as a result of intimate partner violence," said the ACL’s Victorian director Dan Flynn, […]
BOOKS: CONNECTING WITH THE UNCHURCHED THROUGH ART
DARREN CRONSHAW finds Michelle Sanders’ book Art and Soul a refreshing approach on using art in mission…
Postcards: Turkey promises first new church in 90 years
The Turkish Government has renewed a promise to allow a new church to be built in Istanbul – the first officially sanctioned such building since the country’s independence in 1923. But, reports the World Watch Monitor, questions remain…