REFUGEES: LIFE FOR SOME CHRISTIANS IN GERMAN SHELTERS “STILL UNBEARABLE”, SAY NGOS
In a new report, a series of NGOs call for German Chancellor Angela Merkel to out end to the “integration experiment” of mixing Christian and Muslims in refugee centres in Germany. World Watch Monitor reports…
A third of UK adults want a Bible if stranded on a desert island, poll finds
A third of people in the UK would want a Bible if they were stranded on a desert island but more than half said they wouldn’t want one, according to new research. Commissioned by the UK-based Church & Media Network ahead of its 40th anniversary conference later this week, the research – carried out by […]
Church bells ring out in Finland in solidarity with the people of Aleppo with push to take the initiative global
A growing number of churches in Finland and around the world are ringing their bells at 5pm every day in a symbol of their solidarity with the people of the war-torn city of Aleppo in Syria. A member of the Evangelical Church of Finland’s Kallio parish in Helsinki first had the idea of ringing the […]
ESSAY: STOPPING ABUSE OF WOMEN IS MEN’S RESPONSIBILITY
In the wake of worldwide furore over revelations of US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s comments concerning women, NILS VON KALM says it is the responsibility of men to follow the example of Christ and tear down the “entrenched wall of mistrust” between the sexes…
Fears for children as Iraqi military launches offensive on Islamic State stronghold of Mosul
Children fleeing the Iraq city of Mosul as a military offensive to retake it from the so-called Islamic State will need years of specialist support to rebuild their lives, World Vision has warned. Tim Costello, chief executive of World Vision Australia, said the organisation was preparing for the possibility that the offensive would result in […]
THIS LIFE: LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE!
In an article first published on ASSIST News Service, CAROL ROUND writes about why our lives should be a “reflection of Jesus’ love”…