The Interview: Kyle Portbury, Emmy-award-winning director/producer of ‘The Hopeful’
KATHRYN POST speaks to Portbury about his latest film which looks at the origins of Seventh-day Adventists…
Chaos of Gaza war forces Christians to bury dead in Muslim cemeteries
Gaza Reuters Too frightened to travel on dangerous roads that lead to their graveyards in Gaza, Palestinian Christians are lowering their loved ones into the ground in Muslim cemeteries amid the chaos of war between Israel and Hamas. “I’ve been working at this cemetery for almost 10 years and this is the first time in […]
The Explainer: For some Christians, a solar eclipse signals the second coming of Christ
In an article first published on The Conversation, sholar of early Christian literature ERIC VANDEN EYKEL looks at how some Christians view next week’s solar eclipse…
Lebanon’s precarious sectarian balance tipping amid Hezbollah-Israeli war
Beirut, Lebanon Reuters As the Lebanese Christian village of Rmeish marks its first Easter since the Gaza war erupted, residents say a parallel confrontation between Hezbollah and Israel is dragging them into a conflict they did not choose. Like many Christians elsewhere in southern Lebanon, residents are angry and fearful their homes could be caught […]
Islamist Nigerian militants press attacks against Christians to foment religious war
Abuja, Nigeria RNS Islamist Fulani militants in the central Nigerian state of Plateau are continuing an anti-Christian killing spree that began with a devastating Christmas-time attack that left almost 200 Christians dead and hundreds others injured. On 18th February, six people were ambushed, with one killed and others injured, including a woman who was raped. […]
Abandoning community?
Numerous studies have begun to point out the seismic shift happening across Western society. It’s being noticed in all our once great cultural icons – Rotary, scouts, sporting groups and churches: the abandonment of community. PICTURE:Nilotpal Kalita/Unsplash That leaves me in a cold sweat. Westerners are abandoning community!? We are a human species, we only […]
Open Doors 2024 Watch List highlights persecution of sub-Saharan African Christians
United States RNS In its annual list detailing countries of concern when it comes to persecution against Christians, the watchdog organization Open Doors International highlighted outbreaks of violence against sub-Saharan African Christians, where 16.2 million were forced out of their homes at the end of 2022. The report, published at the beginning of every year, […]
Essay: After Christmas attacks in Plateau State, 2024 must be the year Nigeria’s nightmare ends
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, calls for action – both from Nigerian authorities and the international community – to address the ongoing “nightmare” of violence in Nigeria…
Unable to go to church: Burkina Faso’s Christians living under threat of attacks
TONNY ONYULO reports on attacks from Islamist extremist groups have left thousands of Christians living in fear and skipping church services for fear of being murdered or kidnapped…
Essay: Palestinian Christians and Muslims have lived together in the region for centuries − and several were killed recently while sheltering in the historic Church of Saint Porphyrius
CHRISTINE SHEPARDSON, an historian of Roman Christianity at the University of Tennessee in the US, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the complex history of Palestinian Christians in Gaza…