POSTCARDS: HOW ONE MULTI-RACIAL CHURCH IN THE US IS TURNING CONVERSATIONS ON RACE INTO POLITICAL ACTION
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on how Crossroads Church, which operates across more than 12 campuses, in the US states of Ohio and Kentucky is tackling the issue of race head-on…
Jack Van Impe, US end-times preacher and televangelist, dies at 88
RNS Jack Van Impe, a televangelist who spent decades warning Christians that the end of the world was nigh, has died, his ministry announced on Saturday. He was 88. “The beloved Dr Jack Van Impe was welcomed into Heaven by His blessed Savior and Lord who he had so faithfully served in ministry for over 70 years,” […]
Trump lawyers call for immediate acquittal in legal, political defence
Washington DC, USReuters US President Donald Trump on Monday rejected the Democratic-led House of Representatives’ impeachment charges and called for their immediate dismissal by the Republican-led Senate in a memo offering a legal and political case against his removal. The 116-page Trial Memorandum sought to undercut charges that the Republican President abused his power and […]
CSW calls for action to address rising number of attacks against Christians in Nigeria as President Muhammadu Buhari visits UK this week
Religious freedom advocacy CSW has called on the British Government to raise the deteriorating security situation in Nigeria with President Muhammadu Buhari when he visits the UK this week. The call comes after recent weeks have seen a renewed surge of violence targeting Christian communities in Nigeria’s Kaduna state. Recent incidents include the abduction of […]
Hungary observes liberation of Jewish ghetto
Budapest, HungaryBosNewsLife Hungary’s Jewish community has commemorated the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Jewish ghetto in Budapest, the capital, amid concerns that history will repeat itself. Tens of thousands of Jewish men, women, and children had lived in fear in the ghetto. Hungarian fascists and German Nazis murdered many during World War II. […]
Australia boosts emergency funding for bushfire-affected businesses
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia on Monday boosted emergency grants and loans for small businesses hit by bushfires that have ravaged the country during the peak tourist season, as firefighters used cooler weather to prepare for a return of hazardous fire conditions. The fires have killed 29 people and millions of animals, destroyed more than 2,500 homes […]
World’s richest 2,000 people hold more than poorest 4.6 billion combined – Oxfam
Nairobi, KenyaReuters The world’s richest 2,153 people controlled more money than the poorest 4.6 billion combined in 2019, while unpaid or underpaid work by women and girls adds three times more to the global economy each year than the technology industry, Oxfam said on Monday. The Nairobi-headquartered charity said in a report released ahead of […]
THE INTERVIEW: RICHARD LISCHER ON HOW MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR, USED THE PULPIT TO “REDEEM” AMERICA’S SOUL
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, speaks Richard Lischer, professor emeritus of preaching at Duke Divinity School, about his classic book, The Preacher King: Martin Luther King, Jr and the Word That Moved America, just reissued ahead of Martin Luther King Day in the US…
Cambodia enlists tuk-tuk drivers in fight against trafficking
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Thousands of tuk-tuk drivers in Cambodia are to join the fight against human trafficking under a plan by the ride-hailing app Grab to train drivers to spot and report signs of exploitation. Grab said on Friday it would provide training for 10,000 drivers in the capital Phnom Penh this month, as […]
ESSAY: THE LONG HISTORY AND CURRENT CONSEQUENCES OF THE IRANIAN-AMERICAN CONFLICT
In an article first published on The Conversation, ARNE KISLENKO, of Canada’s Ryerson University, looks at a troubled diplomatic history…