WORLD CHURCHES HEAD WELCOMES DECLARATION OF RELIGIOUS MINORITY RIGHTS BY MUSLIM LEADERS
2nd February, 2016 The World Council of Churches has welcomed the release of a declaration by Muslim leaders on the rights of religious minority groups in Muslim-majority countries. The Marrakesh Declaration on the Rights of Religious Minorities in Predominantly Muslim Majority Communities was signed by more than 200 Muslim scholars and intellectuals from more than […]
Zika virus declared international public health emergency
The World Health Organization has declared the Zika virus a “public health emergency of international concern” – only the fourth time the designation has been used since introduced in 2007. Detail from one of the posters produced by the World Health Organization to educate people with regard to preventing the spread of the Zika […]
Protestant Christians expelled from homes in Mexi
BosNewsLife Twenty Protestant families have been forcibly displaced from their homes in western Mexico because of their faith after the government refused to prevent the deportations, an advocacy official told BosNewsLife last week. “We are deeply concerned that despite almost eight weeks’ warning, and the knowledge of explicit threats of violence and forced displacement, both […]
10,000 unaccompanied children have gone missing in Europe during migration crisis, say police
As many as 10,000 unaccompanied children have disappeared after entering Europe during the current migration crisis, EU police intelligence agency Europol has told The Observer. The UK news organisation reports that a Europol official has told them 5,000 had disappeared in Italy and another 1,000 were unaccounted for in Sweden. The disappearance of the children […]
PROFILE: JOHN SIKKEMA’S TRANSFORMATION FROM BEING DRIVEN BY SUCCESS TO FINDING ETERNAL PURPOSE
DAVID ADAMS speaks to Halftime Australia founder John Sikkema about how God transformed his life and his calling to help others do the same…
BOOKS: LEARNING TO DISCERN – GLEANING FROM HENRI NOUWEN
2nd February, 2016 DARREN CRONSHAW Henri JM Nouwen with Michael J Christensen and Rebecca J Laird Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life HarperCollins, Pymble NSW, 2012 ISBN-13: 978-0061686153 "It is not a step-by-step guidance manual, but a deeply thoughtful and honest reflection from one of the 20th century’s most widely respected guides on discernment […]