Designs for UK prayer wall unveiled this week
Three of the five designs shown on The Wall’s Facebook page. Designs for a giant prayer wall have been unveiled in the UK this week. The proposed ‘Wall of Answered Prayer’ monument – which will feature a million bricks representing a million prayers answered by Jesus – is the idea of former Leicester City Football […]
Religious freedom violations continue in Cuba despite developments in international relations, says report
The Cuban Government continued to actively restrict religious freedom last year with a new report showing a slight increase on the 2,300 violations recorded in 2015 – then a record high, according to a new report from Christian Solidarity Worldwide. The UK-based religious freedom advocacy recorded some 2,380 separate violations of religious freedom in 2016, […]
Devastated northern Iraq needs ‘new Marshall Plan’ for reconstruction
World Watch Monitor The Archbishop of Erbil in northern Iraq, who is overseeing the care of thousands of displaced Christians who fled Islamic State jihadists, has announced ambitious plans for the church and charities to reconstruct their towns and villages. Archbishop Bashar Warda told Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) recently that […]
LIFE’S TOUGH QUESTIONS: DOES GOD CARE WHO WINS?
Last weekend’s Super Bowl in the US saw the New England Patriots overcome the Atlanta Falcons in what has been described as the greatest comeback in the event’s history. Against that backdrop, ED USZYNSKI, in an article first published on the Athletes in Action website, reflects on whether God really cares about the outcome of sporting […]
AFRICA: IN KENYA, A PASTOR FIGHTS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION WITH THE GOSPEL
FREDRICK NZWILI, of Religion News Service, reports on how one pastor is challenging the practice of female circumcision…