US Secretary of State says protecting targets of IS ‘genocide’ a religious freedom priority
RNS Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks on the release of the 2016 annual report on International Religious Freedom on 15th August, 2017, at the State Department in Washington, DC. PICTURE: AP Photo/Susan Walsh. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson underlined the nation’s commitment to protecting religious and ethnic groups targeted by the so-called […]
Almost 2,000 people have died of cholera in Yemen as number of suspected cases tops 500,000, says WHO
Almost 2,000 people have died in a cholera outbreak in Yemen since April while more than 500,000 people in the nation are now suspected of having the disease, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization. The UN agency has warned that a lack of clean water or access to health care is […]
Kazakhstan deports missionary for conducting baptisms
World Watch Monitor Kazakhstan has ordered the expulsion of a Canadian citizen for conducting “illegal missionary activity” by holding baptisms in hot springs near the country’s commercial capital, Almaty. Hae Taik Kim, a Canadian citizen who leads a church in New York, was also fined 226,900 Tenge ($US680) – about two months’ average wage. A […]
US: ROBERT JEFFRESS ON GOD, TRUMP AND NORTH KOREA – A PASTOR EXPLAINS HIS POLITICS
Texas-based pastor, Robert Jeffress, made headlines around the world last week when he said God had given President Donald Trump “authority to take out Kim Jong-Un”. BOBBY ROSS, Jr, of Religion News Service, meets the controversial preacher…
BINDING THE STRONG MAN
There’s a strange little verse in the Bible where Jesus says: “You can’t break in and steal a tyrant’s possessions unless you first tie up the tyrant.” PICTURE: Tim Boote/Unsplash Is Jesus teaching His followers how to become master criminals? No, He was revealing His mission. He had come to bind Satan, and steal us […]