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The July 2011 division of Sudan into two countries, a mainly Muslim and Arab north and a mainly Christian and animist black south, has not resolved the violence that killed 2 million people and created millions of refugees, mainly in the south. Fighting is now escalating over disputed territory … [Read more...]
Big Impact 150,000 people attended a two-night open-air music festival in Asuncion, Paraguay April 27-28. Besides the music, there were Christian testimonies by well-known soccer players and messages by evangelist Luis Palau and his son Andrew; 12,000 people indicated they had decided to become … [Read more...]
According to ChinaAid, the Public Security Commission of China’s Communist Party Central Committee issued a secret plan in December 2010 to eradicate China’s house churches. The plan calls for all the churches and clergy to be documented on a computerized list by June 2012; churches and clergy … [Read more...]
Stephen Woodworth, a Conservative Member of Parliament from Kitchener, Ontario, introduced Motion 312 on April 26. The private member’s bill would establish a committee to re-examine section 223 of the Criminal Code, which states that a child only becomes a human being once he or she has fully … [Read more...]
Four young men who tore down a pro-life display at Northern Kentucky University in early April have been charged with criminal mischief. One of the suspects told a local newspaper, “Tearing it down was expressing our right to free speech.” On the other hand, campus police simply watched another … [Read more...]
A rally is scheduled for April 28 in Kitchener, Ontario, against an Ontario government bill that protest organizers say will “subvert parental rights and freedom of religion.” An earlier rally, on March 29 in Toronto, drew a crowd of 2,000. Bill 13, the Accepting Schools Act, was introduced … [Read more...]
Evangelical Christian leader Chuck Colson died Saturday (April 21). His death came after news that he had been rushed into emergency surgery in a Washington, DC hospital to remove a blood clot on the surface of his brain. Colson had collapsed the night prior while speaking at a conference in … [Read more...]
The Assembly of Québec Catholic Bishops issued a statement March 29 in response to a report of the Quebec government’s Dying with Dignity commission. The statement praises the report’s recommendations to improve palliative care (care for the dying) but criticized its support of “medical aid … [Read more...]
According to a story by Barnabas Fund, reported by Assist News Service, almost all of the 50,000 to 60,000 Christians in the city of Homs in Syria have fled as fighting continues between the troops of President Bashar Assad and anti-government forces. Those who fled have said that opposition forces, … [Read more...]
Chuck Colson, 80, was listed in critical condition after emergency surgery in a Washington, DC, hospital on Saturday, March 31 to remove a pool of clotted blood on the surface of his brain. He had collapsed the evening before while speaking at a conference in Virginia. Colson was special counsel to … [Read more...]