Sight-Seeing: Tips to get news junkies through a distracting Lent
US Catholic columnist THOMAS REESE talks about why he’s spending time in prayer and fasting this Lent…
Nigerian church calls for three days of prayer and fasting for kidnapped girl
Nigeria’s Evangelical Church Winning All has called for three days of prayer and fasting for the release of a Christian schoolgirl held by Boko Haram who reportedly refused to renounce her faith in exchange for freedom. Leah Sharibu, 15, was among 110 schoolgirls abducted by a faction of the terror group on 19th Feburary from […]
Christians urged to “just pray no” to drugs over April weekend
Christians around the world are being asked to join in a global weekend of prayer and fasting for those addicted to alcoholism, drugs and other life controlling problems. To be held over the weekend of 7th and 8th April, the annual “Just Pray NO!” event has been held every year since 1991 with people from […]
Christian activists in Korea pray and fast to protest nuclear dangers
Ekklesia Pastors and peace activists gathered in Korea are holding a 40-day “fasting prayer” in front of the Busan City Hall. They are protesting the dangers of nuclear radiation and asking to shut down South Korea”s oldest and incident-prone Kori Nuclear Power Plant, some 20 kilometres from the venue of the forthcoming World Council of […]