ESSAY: REACTIONS TO TRUMP ARE MOSTLY OVERBLOWN AND UNHELPFUL
MAL FLETCHER, writing from London, argues that, rather than demonstrating against the very idea of President Trump, it’s time for people on all sides of politics in the US – and beyond – to engage as proactively as possible with the issues…
US preacher Timothy Keller to step down from Redeemer Presbyterian Church
RNS Rev Timothy Keller, one of the most popular and influential conservative Christian thinkers in the US, will step down this summer as senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York. The announcement came during Sunday services at Redeemer’s three Manhattan locations. It was tweeted first by Bethany Jenkins, a CFW Fellow at the […]
Two weeks on, police say ‘no leads’ on kidnapped Malaysian pastor
World Watch Monitor A Malaysian church leader is still missing two weeks after he was abducted. Raymond Koh Keng Joo, 62, was taken by masked men in the city of Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, on 13th February. No-one has claimed responsibility for his kidnapping, nor have there been any ransom demands. Witnesses reported that […]
Copts flee Egypt’s northern Sinai after attacks; President urges government to help resettlement
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has reportedly ordered his government to help resettle Christians who have fled the northern Sinai Peninsula after several members of their community were killed in a series of targeted attacks. At least seven Christians have been killed in the town of Arish since 30th January, the majority of them shot, […]
AFRICA: CHURCHES CALLED TO BE PEACE-MAKERS IN WAR-TORN SOUTH SUDAN
Last week famine was officially declared in parts of South Sudan in what aid agencies said was a “man-made” crisis caused in no small part by the country’s ongoing conflict. Against that backdrop, World Vision Australia’s chief advocate Tim Costello believes churches have a key role in bringing peace to South Sudan. DAVID ADAMS reports…