Christian leaders respond with strong words to Texas shootings
Christians leaders have responded with strong words to Sunday’s shooting at the First Baptist Church in the Texas community of Sutherland Springs in which 26 people were killed and another 20 injured when a gunman opened fire during a worship service. Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines said “[w]e are praying for the families of […]
ESSAY: AFTER SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, PRAY…AND DO SOMETHING
US columnist RICHARD MOUW reflects on the response to Sunday’s shooting at a church in Texas in which 27 people, including the gunman, were killed…
UK optician kidnapped and killed in Niger Delta, three other medical aid workers rescued
World Watch Monitor Ian Squire, founder of Mission for Vision. PICTURE: Via LinkedIn A British optician, kidnapped with a missionary couple and another optician while working in the Niger Delta of Nigeria, has died. Ian Squire founded a Christian charity, Mission for Vision, in 2003 to “improve the lives of those living in the poorest regions in […]
THIS LIFE: A MATTER OF FAITH – IT’S A WIN-WIN
US columnist CAROL ROUND, reflects on why, for her friend Ray Wallis, his Christian faith was a win-win…
Harriet Tubman’s Canadian church seeks help for repairs
RNS The Salem Chapel. PICTURE: Apple789/Wikipedia/Licenced under CC BY-SA 3.0 A century and a half ago, a new Canadian church gave fleeing slaves a place to worship. Now the sanctuary that welcomed Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman and other escapees needs help itself. The dwindling membership of Salem Chapel, a British Methodist Episcopal church just […]