OPEN BOOK: I THESSALONIANS – FINAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CHURCH
BRUCE C WEARNE concludes his Bible commentary on I Thessalonians…
Private funeral and weeklong events planned for Billy Graham
RNS Photographed in Pittsburgh in 1968. PICTURE: Courtesy of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association BILLY GRAHAM: A LIFE — 1918: Born on 7th November in Charlotte, North Carolina. — 1934: Made personal commitment to Christ during Charlotte revival meeting. — 1936: Earned money for college as a Fuller Brush salesman. Attended Bob Jones College in […]
Church building demolished in Zanzibar, Tanzania
Morning Star News A congregation on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar has been without a place to worship this year after local authorities demolished their church building, the pastor said. Local government officials gave no prior warning to church leaders before a bulldozer arrived on 7th January and razed the building in Zanzibar Town to […]
EU security does not justify African migrants’ suffering, says Red Cross
Thomson Reuters Foundation Europe is increasing the suffering of African migrants trying to cross the Sahara, the Red Cross chief said on Thursday, urging lawmakers not to put security above human rights. Francesco Rocca – head of the world’s largest humanitarian network, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies – met migrants […]
BILLY GRAHAM: HOW A SIGNATURE HYMN BECAME A “NATIONAL ANTHEM” FOR EVANGELICALS
KEVIN ECKSTROM, of Religion News Service, reflects on how Billy Graham’s signature hymn, Just As I Am, became a sort of “national anthem” for evangelical Christians…
Updated: Evangelist Billy Graham dies at age 99
LAST UPDATED: 3.30pm, 22nd February, 2018 World renowned evangelist Billy Graham has died at the age of 99. Rev Graham, who took the Gospel message to millions, passed away at his home in North Carolina at 8am on Wednesday. In a statement his son, Rev Franklin Graham, said he and his siblings “would appreciate your […]
Tajikistan’s new Religion Law ‘represents total control’
World Watch Monitor Amendments to Tajikistan’s Religion Law, which came into force in January, have given the state a “total control” over religious freedoms, reports regional news agency Forum 18. “Instead of improving the Law, the amendments worsened it and made it more restrictive. The Law represents total control and is unjust,” human rights defender Faizinisso […]
BILLY GRAHAM: WHY HE NEVER LIVED IN TEXAS BUT BELONGED TO A DALLAS CHURCH FOR 54 YEARS
BOBBY ROSS, Jr, of Religion News Service, looks at why Billy Graham was a member of Texan church despite never living there…
Alarm as girls used as ‘human bombs’, global child soldier index shows
Thomson Reuters Foundation Children were used to fight in at least 18 conflicts since 2016 – including as ‘human bombs’ – despite a global ban on the use of children in war, a database showed on Wednesday. Child soldiers were used in Syria, Libya, Nigeria and Colombia – all of which have ratified a United […]
Ahok asks Indonesian Supreme Court to review his blasphemy sentence
World Watch Monitor Jakarta’s former governor ‘Ahok’ has appealed his prison sentence. PICTURE: Open Doors International. The Christian former Governor of Jakarta has appealed his blasphemy conviction to Indonesia’s Supreme Court. A court spokesman said on 20th February that it had received a request for judicial review from Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, who was sentenced […]