ISRAEL: JERUSALEM TAX SPAT PITS HEAVEN AGAINST EARTH
MICHELE CHABIN, of Religion News Service, looks at the dispute between the church and state in Israel which recently saw the doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre closed temporarily…
TRENDSPOTTER: BANNING THE (PLASTIC) BAG
DAVID ADAMS takes a quick look at the global trend to ban the plastic bag…
Mexico drug cartels charging churches ‘taxes’ now ‘very common’
World Watch Monitor A Mexican church leader has provided fresh insight into the ways in which Christians in Latin America come under pressure in areas controlled by drug cartels. The pastor, who wished to remain anonymous, told World Watch Monitor about the “tax” churches can be charged to be allowed to remain open. “Charging this […]
SIGHT-SEEING: THE JOY OF TAX
BEN THURLEY, of Micah Australia, writes about why he’s happy to pay tax…