US: FAITH GROUPS PROVIDE THE BULK OF DISASTER RECOVERY, IN COORDINATION WITH FEMA
In the wake of unfolding disasters in Texas and Florida, PAUL SINGER, of USA Today, reports on the role faith groups – and Christian groups in particular – are playing in disaster response in the US…
Muslim Fulani herdsmen massacre 20 Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria
Morning Star News Muslim Fulani herdsmen in central Nigeria’s Plateau state massacred 20 Christians, including children, as they slept in the hours after midnight on Friday in an apparent reprisal attack that mystified villagers, sources said Police reportedly said the attack was an act of vengeance after the discovery last week of a slain and […]
World Vision Australia calls for an increase to Australia’s refugee intake
World Vision Australia has called for Australia to increase its regular refugee intake to 42,000 people, saying such a number represents “nothing more than our fair share”. In a statement released late last week to mark two years since the Australian Government announced it would allow an emergency intake of an extra 12,000 Syrian refugees […]
Iran threatens to expel Christian children from schools
BosNewsLife Iran’s Government has ordered children belonging to families of one of the country’s largest house church movements to study the Quran and Shi’a Islamic teachings or face expulsion from school, a church official confirmed to BosNewsLife last week. The Church of Iran movement is also concerned about four jailed members saying one of them […]
US pastor Paula White: ‘Our President is not a racist’
RNS Paula White, spiritual adviser to US President Donald Trump and pastor of New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka, Floride, speaks with RNS reporter Adelle Banks at a Religion News Association meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. PICTURE: RNS photo by Jerome Socolovsky “I can say 1,000 per cent, our President is not a racist.” Paula White, […]
THIS LIFE: (FURTHER) THOUGHTS ON TOLERANCE, ACCEPTANCE…AND LOVE
ANN WOJCZUK continues her look at issues of tolerance, acceptance and love and how they are expressed through the church…