OPEN BOOK – PAUL’S SECOND LETTER TO TIMOTHY: TRUSTING THE TRUSTWORTHY ONE
BRUCE C WEARNE continues his examination of II Timothy with a look at what the writer of the letter says about trusting in God…
World Council of Churches expresses “growing concern” over Venezuela
The heads of the World Council of Churches have expressed their “growing concern” over the political situation in Venezuela and called for the nation’s government to protect the human rights of all its citizens. In a statement issued on Thursday and signed by Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary, and Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator […]
Beyond Congress, property owners stand between Trump and US-Mexico border wall
Thomson Reuters Foundation Lost in the argument between lawmakers and US President Donald Trump over funding for a potential wall along the US-Mexico border is the effect such construction would have on private property owners, legal experts warned on Wednesday. The 3,200 kilometre border already has about 1125 kilometres of fencing, and Trump is pushing […]
Google, Apple face calls to pull Saudi app allowing men to monitor wives
Thomson Reuters Foundation A Saudi Arabian government app that allows men in the country to monitor and control their female relatives’ travel at the click of a button should be removed from Google and Apple’s online stores, a US politician and activists said on Wednesday. Human rights campaigners argued the tech giants are enabling abuses […]
“No evidence” of racist statements by Covington Catholic students, says report
RNS A third-party investigation into a controversial January encounter between a Native American group and students from a Kentucky Catholic high school concluded that there is “no evidence” of racist or offensive statements by the students. Yet the same report, which was released on Wednesday, also conceded that some students from Covington Catholic High School responded to a Native […]
Iran continues to arrest Christians on eve of 40th anniversary of revolution
World Watch Monitor Iran’s security officials have arrested three Christians who were leading a house church in the absence of their pastor who is serving a ten-year jail sentence, reports Article 18. In the latest raid on a non-Trinitarian “Church of Iran” on Sunday, 10th February, in the northern city of Rasht, officers of the Ministry of […]
Two years since Malaysian pastor Raymond Koh’s abduction, his wife asks PM to intervene
World Watch Monitor Two years since the disappearance of Malaysian pastor Raymond Koh in broad daylight, his family has asked the country’s Prime Minister to order a new investigation into his kidnapping. “It has already been two years and until now there’s no result [of the inquiry]. We are at our wit’s end. We don’t know what […]
GERMANY: PAYMENTS TO CHURCHES CONTINUE A CENTURY AFTER GOVERNMENT DECISION TO STOP
TOM HENEGAN, of Religious News Service, reports on how government payments to churches in Germany have continued despite a decision to stop them 100 years ago…
US megachurch founder James MacDonald fired as Harvest Bible Chapel pastor
RNS James MacDonald, the embattled pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel, has been fired by the suburban Chicago megachurch he founded three decades ago. His departure follows years of controversy over MacDonald’s leadership style and the church’s finances. Elders announced the move in an update posted to the church’s website on Wednesday. James MacDonald preaches at Harvest Bible […]
ESSAY: CHRISTIAN LEADERS, TIME TO CHECK YOUR OWN YEARBOOKS FOR PAST RACIST ACTIONS
US Christian writer, historian and speaker JEMAR TISBY says its time for Christian leader to take stock of their past in light of the recent controversy over a photo depicting Virginia Governor Ralph Northam dressed in ‘blackface’…