Three Kenyan Christians killed by al-Shabaab militants
World Watch Monitor Three Kenyan Christians were hacked to death by al-Shabaab militants on the night of Friday, 18th August, after they refused to recite the Islamic prayer of faith. A fourth Christian – the mentally challenged older brother of one of the three – was also killed. At around 9pm, Changawa Muthemba, who was […]
DEVELOPMENT: VALERIE BROWNING’S EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AMONG THE AFAR PEOPLE OF NORTHERN ETHIOPIA
DAVID ADAMS talks to Australian nurse Valerie Browning, in Australia to touch base with supporters like Anglican Overseas Aid, about her remarkable life among the Afar people of northern Ethiopia and the difference the organisation she helped found – the Afar Pastoralist Development Association – is making to their lives…
Pastor explains why he left the US President’s evangelical advisory board
RNS Pastor AR Bernard at Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn, New York. PICTURE: Michael Chan via arbernard.com Preaching days after he became the first member of the White House’s evangelical advisory board to resign after US President Donald Trump’s comments on events in Charlottesville, Virginia, Rev AR Bernard said he sees the controversy swirling around the […]
THIS LIFE: TAKE HEART FOR JESUS HAS OVERCOME
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article which comes via ASSIST News Service, looks at what it means to look to God in tough times…
LISTENING TO SUSAN
I used to arrive at highschool about 15 minutes before any of my friends. One morning I got talking to a girl from my grade who caught my bus. PICTURE: Terri Heisele/www.freeimages.com She came and sat in my area, and for a good 20 minutes I just listened to her. Then my friends arrived and […]
Americans tend to pray alone and silently, poll finds
Americans tend to pray on their own and silently, according to a new poll. The Barna survey of more than 1,000 adults in the US, most of whom identified as Christians or past Christians, found that 79 per cent of respondants said they had prayed at least once in the three months prior to June. Of those […]
Pope says rights of migrants trump national security concerns
RNS Pope Francis visits the to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, in late 2014. PICTURE: European Union 2014 – European Parliament/Fred Marvaux Pope Francis urged countries to greatly improve their welcome to migrants and stop collective expulsions, saying migrants’ dignity and right to protection trumps national security concerns. Pope Francis’ politically pointed message was […]
SPACE: HOW NASA SAW THE SOLAR ECLIPSE
It is believed to be the most photographed solar eclipse in human history. Here are some of the images captured by NASA as the event – visible from places across the US – took place on Monday…