A Chinese pastor is released after seven years in prison, only to find himself unable to get an ID
Beijing, China AP Unable to buy a train ticket, or even see a doctor at a hospital, a Chinese pastor found that even after release from prison, he is not quite free. Rev John Sanqiang Cao was arrested and sentenced to seven years in prison while coming back from a missionary trip in Myanmar. Now back in […]
Essay: A better faith
TIM COSTELLO reflects on the late Australian Indigenous leader Lowitja O’Donoghue’s “deep” Christian faith…
Books: Memoir gives insights into the highs – and the lows – of missionary life…
DAVID ADAMS reads Dr Ross W James’ memoir, ‘Ascent, Crest, Perspective: The Making of a Bamboo Camel’…
Pope names 13 new cardinals, cements majority vote and the power to reshape the Church
Vatican CityRNS During a ceremony welcoming new cardinals into the Catholic Church, Pope Francis spoke of the danger that occurs “when a man of the church becomes an official”, calling them to more “compassion” in a time when the Vatican faces financial scandals and internal divisions. “So many disloyal actions on the part of ecclesiastics […]
Police investigating death of British Catholic missionary and environmental activist in Peru
Police are investigating the death of a British Catholic missionary and environmental activist after he was found dead in a hostel in Peru. Paul McAuley, a lay brother of the Catholic De La Salle Brothers teaching order, was found dead at the hostel he ran for Indigenous students in the city of Iquitos. The BBC […]
OUTREACH: BIBLE STUDY AND SKATEBOARDS MEET AT ‘SKATECHURCH’
BOBBY ROSS, Jr, writing for Religion News Service, reports on how US churches are reaching out to skaters…
ESSAY: JOHN CHAU AND THE DANGERS OF MISSIONARY WORK
In an article first published on Religion News Service, SCOTT HILDRETH, of the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in the US, looks at questions raised by the death recently of US Christian John Allen Chau on the remote North Sentinel Island…
American Christian killed by Indigenous inhabitants after approaching remote Indian island – reports
An American Christian has reportedly been killed on a remote Indian island after he was shot by arrows fired by its Indigenous inhabitants. The statement from the Chau family as it appeared on his Instagram account. Dependera Pathak, director-general of police on India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands, was quoted as saying that seven fishermen have […]
Cameroon clergy condemn killing of American missionary
Nairobi, KenyaRNS Church leaders in Cameroon have condemned the killing of an American missionary in the southwest of this West African nation, where the government is battling secessionist rebels. Charles Trumann Wesco, 44, a clergyman from Indiana, died on Tuesday, barely two weeks after arriving in the region, allegedly caught in crossfire between rebels and […]
Andrew Brunson freed after telling court, “I love Jesus, I love Turkey”
RNS A Turkish court has freed Rev Andrew Brunson, an American missionary who had been the subject of a diplomatic standoff between the United States and Turkey. Brunson had been under house arrest after being accused of terrorism and conspiring against the Turkish government. The pastor, who denies all charges against him, had previously been […]