SNAPSHOT: THE ALPS, ITALY
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UN calls for urgent aid to Sahel as hunger crisis looms
Thomson Reuters Foundation Five million people in West Africa’s Sahel region will need food aid in the coming months following a drought, but current funding will be insufficient to prevent starvation, the United Nations said on Thursday. Six countries in the Sahel, a semi-arid belt below the Sahara, are facing the worst hunger in years […]
Iranian Christians’ jail terms upheld
World Watch Monitor An appeal court in Iran has upheld the 10 year prison sentences handed down to four Christians for “promoting Zionist Christianity” and running house churches. Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, Yasser Mossayebzadeh, Saheb Fadaie and Mohammad Reza Omidi received notification from the court through their lawyer on 2nd May, said Middle East Concern. From left: […]
THE INTERVIEW: JONATHAN WILSON-HARTGROVE ON HOW AMERICAN CHRISTIANS CAN BREAK FREE FROM ‘SLAVEHOLDER RELIGION’
In an interview first published on Religion News Service, JONATHAN MERRIT speaks with writer and preacher Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove about his new book, Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom From Slaveholder Religion…
Congo sex slavery conviction shows progress towards justice – rights groups
Thomson Reuters Foundation Democratic Republic of Congo’s jailing of a warlord for sexual slavery shows it is cracking down on a longstanding culture of impunity, rights groups and lawyers said on Wednesday. A military court in the central African country sentenced Lieutenant-Colonel Maro Ntumwa, nicknamed “Marocain”, to 20 years in prison on Saturday for crimes […]
OPEN BOOK: PROVERBS FOR A NEW COVENANT – CONTEXT
BRUCE C WEARNE starts a new commentary looking at the New Testament book of James…
Trump marks National Day of Prayer with new faith initiative
RNS US President Donald Trump marked his second National Day of Prayer at the White House by signing an executive order he said would protect the liberty of religious groups and give them fair access to government funds. The new White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative will foster policies that acknowledge the “vital role of […]