US Christian artist CeCe Winans wins twice at Grammys
Veteran US Christian artist CeCe Winans has had a double win at this year’s Grammy Awards, taking out Best Gospel Album and Best Gospel Performance/Song. Ms Winans won Best Gospel Album for Let Them Fall In Love and Best Gospel Performance/Song for Never Have To Be Alone at the 60th Grammy Awards held in New […]
Boko Haram sets churches on fire in latest attack on Cameroon’s Far North
World Watch Monitor According to the UNHCR, the Boko Haram insurgency has caused more than 170,000 people in Cameroon’s Far North region to flee their homes. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor. Residents of Roum village in the Far North region of Cameroon woke up to two churches and many houses ablaze on the night of 15 […]
Film showing Muslims protecting Christians nominated for Oscar
World Watch Monitor A short film about a bus attack during which Muslims protected Christians, while travelling from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to Mandera in the north-east, has been nominated for an Oscar, the BBC reports. The film, Watu Wote (All of us), is one of the five nominees for an award in the best live action short […]
ENVIRONMENT: FOR CHRISTIANS IN THE US, THE GREEN REVOLUTION IS STALLING – AND POLITICS MAY BE WHY
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports on the findings of a new study showing despite decades of advocacy, Christians in the US are not any greener in their outlook…
Christians in New Zealand gather to pray at nation’s Parliament amid concerns over Parliamentary prayer
Christians in New Zealand are gathering to pray in the nation’s capital of Wellington on Tuesday after concerns that the name ‘Jesus Christ’ will be removed from the prayer said at the opening of Parliament. Removal of mentions of Jesus and Queen Elizabeth II from Parliament’s Te Reo karakia or prayer were mooted by Parliament’s […]