OPEN BOOK: II THESSALONIANS – PAUL’S SECOND MESSAGE TO ENCOURAGE THE CHURCH
BRUCE C WEARNE looks at the opening lines of Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonians…
Australian Copts call for Christian asylum seekers not to be deported back to Egypt
Australian Copts are appealing for a group of 10 Melbourne-based Christian asylum seekers not to be deported back to Egypt where they fear their lives could be in danger. The 10 include a couple aged in their 70s who say they have no one to look after them in Egypt, a journalist and political activist […]
Christian women across the globe take part in World Day of Prayer
Christian women from across the globe are joining in the World Day of Prayer on 2nd March, in an initiative which dates back to 1927. Under the theme of ‘All God’s Creation is Very Good’ with Genesis 1-2:4 as the principal text for the day, resources for this year’s event have been written by women […]
KNOW IT ALL: BILLY GRAHAM
In a special Know It All marking the death last week of US evangelist Billy Graham at the age of 99, DAVID ADAMS takes a look at some facts and figures surrounding his life and ministry…
50,000 Catholics baptised in China in 2017
World Watch Monitor Catholic church in Beijing PICTURE: World Watch Monitor Almost 50,000 Catholic baptisms were recorded in mainland China last year, reports Catholic news agency Fides. The 48,556 recorded baptisms “reflect the vitality and the missionary dynamism of a community that fully lives faith”, Fides said, adding that the actual number of people baptised may […]
TV: US NETWORK CBS HOPES VIEWERS WILL WANT TO WATCH, IF NOT LIVE, ‘BIBLICALLY’
KIMBERLY WINSTON, of Religion News Service, reports on how TV shows in the US are embracing faith issues…
FOOD: ARCTIC SEED VAULT FACES “UNPRECEDENTED” AGRICULTURAL CHALLENGES AS IT TURNS 10
As the Svalbard Global Seed Vault turns 10, its creators say agriculture around the world is facing “even bigger challenges” than when the project was started. THIN LEI WIN reports…
ESSAY: HOW THE WELSH OUTSIDE WALES KEPT ST DAVID’S DAY ALIVE
UK academic KATHRYN HURLOCK reflects on how it was the Welsh who had left their homeland who kept St David’s Day – marked on 1st March – alive…