Trapped: Many hurdles to repatriate foreign nationals sex trafficked to India
Thomson Reuters Foundation Women are increasingly being trafficked into India’s sex industry from countries outside South Asia that do not have repatriation agreements, which leaves victims trapped in limbo for months after being rescued, officials said. India has long been a destination for traffickers bringing women from neighbouring Bangladesh, which has a repatriation treaty, and Nepal, which […]
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE: A MEMOIR
For May and June, 2018, we’re reading Bart Millard’s, I Can Only Imagine: A Memoir. To buy the book, follow this link – I Can Only Imagine: A Memoir.
Churches’ delegation visits North Korean capital
A six person delegation representing the World Council of Churches and the World Communion of Reformed Churches visited Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, late last week. Led by Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC, and Rev Dr Chris Ferguson, general secretary of the WCRC, the delegation made the 3rd to 7th […]
Bible scholar Chuck Missler to be buried in New Zealand after passing away at age 83
Chuck Missler. PICTURE: Via Facebook US Bible scholar, speaker and author Charles W ‘Chuck’ Missler, who passed away last week, will be buried in New Zealand next month. Dr Missler, 83, “passed away peacefully” at his home in Reporoa, New Zealand, where he has lived since 2010, according to a statement from the organisation he […]
Cleaning up polluted soil is “humanity’s next great challenge”
Thomson Reuters Foundation From Senegalese children killed by lead poisoning to Bengalis dying from arsenic in drinking water, experts called on Wednesday for a new global accord to address emerging health risks posed by millions of contaminated sites. Human activities, such as mining and manufacturing, waste from livestock, industry and urban sprawls, and pesticides and […]
URBAN NOMADS: MONGOLIAN HERDERS BATTLE A NEW FUTURE AS THEY LEAVE LAND FOR THE CITY
MAX BARING, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the changing climate is affecting Mongolian herders…
In historic votes, US Lutherans elect two African-American women bishops
RNS Rev Patricia A Davenport speaks after being elected bishop of the ELCA Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod during its assembly at Franconia Mennonite Church in Telford, Pennsylvania, on 5th May. PICTURE: Via SEPAsynod video A synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America made history Saturday by electing the denomination’s first female African-American bishop. One day […]
ESSAY: MILLENNIALS KEEP THEIR VIRGINITY LONGER
Writing from London, MAL FLETCHER reflects on the findings of a survey showing British millennials were less sexually active than preceding generations…
NO LIFE WITHOUT SACRIFICE
Here is a profound truth we have almost forgotten: There is no life without sacrifice. A perfect sacrifice. PICTURE: Christoph Schmidt/Unsplash Whether it be the sacrifice of the chicken for your lunch, or the cow for your shoes, the efforts of the farmer for your bread. Life on earth is built on this truth – there […]
“A watershed moment”: Southern Baptist women sign petition against Paige Patterson
RNS More than 2,000 Southern Baptist women have signed a letter asking the trustees of a Fort Worth, Texas, seminary to take action against its embattled president after audio and video clips emerged in which he counseled physically abused women to quietly pray and described a 16-year-old’s body as “built.” The letter does not explicitly demand a resignation, retirement […]