The Long Read: Why the US Navy is deploying more chaplains for suicide prevention
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on moves to deploy chaplains as regular members of the crew on more ships…
“Welcoming the stranger”: UK churches step up to help as refugees begin to enter the UK
GILLIAN MCDADE-HASTINGS reports on how UK churches are responding to the refugee crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine…
The Interview: Jennifer Hudson says shared faith “definitely” helped her depict Aretha Franklin in ‘Respect’
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with Jennifer Hudson about her role in the new film ‘Respect’, which tells the story of the “Queen of Soul”, Aretha Franklin…
Wade Morris, a popular US Baptist youth speaker, dies after COVID-19 hospitalisation
RNS Wade Morris, a popular Southern Baptist youth speaker who was hospitalised with COVID-19, has died. He was 51. “We are heartbroken to learn of Wade Morris’ passing,” the Oklahoma Baptist Convention posted on Twitter. “His speaking ministry in Oklahoma and across the country has forever impacted countless young people. Wade’s a faithful minister of […]
Survey: Most Americans know US President Joe Biden is Catholic, far fewer know VP Kamala Harris’ religion
RNS Most Americans know President Joe Biden is Roman Catholic but there are stark differences – especially based on political party – in how they believe he should live out his faith, a new study shows. About six in 10 US adults (58 per cent) recognise Biden is Catholic, including 63 per cent of those who are […]
In the US, Southwestern Baptist adjunct professor, wife, struck and killed by drag racer
RNS A Baptist professor and his wife were killed in a fiery collision with an alleged drag racer on Friday morning. According to news reports, Ben Arbour and his wife, Meg, were driving home from a date early Friday morning when a car that was racing on Risinger Road in Fort Worth struck their vehicle. Ben […]
Christian woman killed in kidnapping of four Baptists in Nigeria
Jos, NigeriaMorning Star News Less than a week after Muslim Fulani herdsmen kidnapped six teenage girls from a Christian-run high school in north-central Nigeria, another attack in the same county led to the killing of a Baptist woman and the kidnapping of four others from the same church, sources said. Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed Ezra Haruna, […]
Kidnapped – and tortured, Baptist pastor in Nigeria freed after 17 days
Morning Star News A Baptist pastor kidnapped last month in Nigeria was released over the weekend after his family and Christian leaders paid a ransom, sources said. Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Kaduna state, who abducted Rev Elisha Noma on 14th August, received three million naira ($US8,181) before freeing him on Saturday (31st August), the chairman […]
Veteran cleric and Hong Kong democrat keeps up quest for “historical truth” of Tiananmen
ReutersHong Kong Veteran Hong Kong democracy campaigner and Baptist cleric Chu Yiu-ming was in his mid-40s when he joined demonstrators around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989, just before a bloody crackdown that roiled China. Thirty years later, the political landscape appears even bleaker to Chu, who helped smuggle out dissidents after the bloodshed, and helped […]
Australia gets ticks for trade and settling immigrants but found wanting in terms of emissions, foreign aid and refugees, new index finds
Australia has ranked well compared to other Western nations in its efforts to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals when it comes to trade with developing nations and settling immigrants but less so in terms of CO2 emissions, foreign aid and aiding refugees, according to the findings of a new index. The Global Neighbour Index 2018, released […]