Authorities arrest Christian headmaster and take over school in Sudan
Morning Star News Authorities in south-eastern Sudan arrested the headmaster of a Christian school last week and took over its property, sources said. Armed police and officials from the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) arrested Rev Samuel Suliman and 12 teachers at the school in Madani, capital of Al Jazirah state, on 5th September. […]
UZBEKISTAN: CHRISTIANS FACE UNCERTAINTY AFTER DEATH OF KARIMOV
STEFAN J BOS, of BosNewsLife, reports on the uncertain situation facing Christians in Uzbekistan following the death of President Karimov…
TRIFLE – DESSERT OF THE REJECTED
I love trifle. The dessert where you mix jelly, custard, cake, fruit and cream? Yum-o! It might surprise you to learn that trifles were developed to use up leftovers. In the days of no fridges, stale cake was soaked in wine, mixed with other leftover or fresh ingredients, to become a whole new dish. It’s […]
ESSAY: IF WE ARE NOT WITH REFUGEES, THEN WHO ARE WE?
ALBIN HILLERT, a communications consultant for the World Council of Churches who has seen firsthand the hardships refugees are facing in Europe, writes about why Christians should support the UN refugee agency’s #WithRefugees campaign…
POSTCARDS: “PART OF OUR HEART IS MISSING” – PARENTS OF GIRLS HELD BY IS
World Watch Monitor reports on the daily heartache facing Iraqi Christian Ayda whose then three-year-old daughter Christine was taken by followers of the so-called Islamic State more than two years ago…