OPEN BOOK – PAUL’S FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY: RESISTING DISTRACTIONS
BRUCE C WEARNE continues his look at I Timothy with a look at a passage with advice to slaves (and masters), a statement on good teaching and a warning against the “love of money” – and how it all links together…
Churches body calls for prayer in UK over Brexit situation
An umbrella organisation for churches in the UK has issued a call for churches to join in prayer for the “national political situation” in the UK in the wake of this week’s votes in the Houses of Parliament. On Tuesday, MPs rejected the agreement on how Brexit would take place put forward by Prime Minister […]
More women catch Ebola in Congo in “unexpected” twist of gender roles
Thomson Reuters Foundation About two-thirds of patients in Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak have been women, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, calling for more focus on gender in disease control and prevention. The outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is the world’s second largest and has infected 663 people so far, killing 407, […]
US PR exec with “all-access pass” to evangelical history, closing firm
RNS After nearly 30 years, a US public relations agency that has acted as a powerful gatekeeper for some of the most prominent Christian faith-based organisations is closing its doors. Mark DeMoss, 56, announced in a letter to friends Tuesday he is closing his eponymous, Atlanta-based firm – which describes itself as the nation’s largest […]
First human rights TV channel vows to “give a voice to voiceless”
Thomson Reuters Foundation The world’s first television channel dedicated to human rights was launched in London on Tuesday with a promise to deliver hidden stories ignored by mainstream media into people’s living rooms. The International Observatory of Human Rights said its web-based channel would bring human rights issues to audiences in over 20 countries across […]
PERSECUTION: ONE IN NINE – 245 MILLION – CHRISTIANS FACE AT LEAST “HIGH” LEVELS, SAYS ANNUAL LIST
DAVID ADAMS reports on the release of Open Doors’ annual World Watch List of the 50 nations where persecution of Christians is worst…
Faith makes for a good night’s sleep, study says
RNS A strong faith could be the key to a good night’s sleep, according to a study released this week in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. Researchers found that those who believe in salvation and feel they have an unshakable relationship with God tend to sleep longer, fall asleep faster and feel […]