POSTCARDS: IN COLOMBIA, THE #OFCOURSEMETOO TO CHRISTIAN WOMEN AND GIRLS
World Watch Monitor reports on the situation facing women in indigenous communities in northern Colombia…
Church closures, pastor arrests prompts accusation Rwandan Government trampling on religious freedom
RNS A move by Rwanda to shut down more than 700 churches in its capital city, allegedly for building safety, hygiene and noise violations, is prompting accusations that the government of President Paul Kagame is trampling on religious freedom. On Tuesday, police detained six pastors, accusing them of conspiring to rally other clergy in defiance of […]
Saudi Crown Prince makes ‘unprecedented’ visit to Coptic Pope
World Watch Monitor On his first public trip abroad as the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salmanon on Monday visited close ally Egypt and met the leader of the Coptic Church, Reuters reports. Saudi’s al-Arabiya TV channel showed Prince Mohammed and Pope Tawadros II walking together in Cairo’s St Mark’s Cathedral. The meeting that […]
Mass grave of Christians found in Iraq
World Watch Monitor A mass grave holding the remains of 40 Christians has been found in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, reports Iraqi News. Iraq’s second city was held by the so-called Islamic State group for three years until its liberation by government forces in 2017. After capturing the city in 2014, IS warned Christians […]
Evangelist Luis Palau honoured at National Religious Broadcasters convention
ASSIST News Service International evangelist Luis Palau, who recently announced he has lung cancer, was honored with the prestigious 2018 NRB Hall of Fame Award on Tuesday at Proclaim 18, the NRB International Christian Media convention in Nashville, Tennessee. “Luis Palau is a model Christian evangelist and Gospel broadcaster who has had a monumental impact […]
PUBLIC LIFE: MAKING THE CASE FOR THE INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIANITY IN WESTERN DEMOCRACIES
Nick Spencer, director of research at the Theos Christian think tank in the UK, is giving the Richard Johnson lectures in Australia later this month under the title of ‘Where did I come from?: Christianity, secularism and the individual’. He speaks with DAVID ADAMS…
India’s child marriage numbers drop sharply, driving down global rate, says UNICEF
Thomson Reuters Foundation The proportion of girls getting married in India has nearly halved in a decade, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said on Tuesday, which has contributed significantly to a global decline in child marriage. UNICEF said 25 million child marriages were prevented worldwide in the last decade, with the largest reduction seen […]
ESSAY: WHY SPEECHES ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF BREXIT
Writing from the UK, MAL FLETCHER says the testing of ideas in political speeches is an important part of the Brexit process under which Britain will leave the European Union…