How to respond to the Israel-Gaza conflict

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How does one begin to understand and respond to the most recent escalation of violence between Israel and Gaza? And where does one go for accurate and up-to-date news that does not paint the conflict with large brush strokes that the situation simply does not allow?I cannot hope to answer these … [Read more...]

UK Charity Commission says Christian church not for “public benefit”

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Britain’s charity watchdog has put the charitable status of the nation’s churches in question after it ruled that a Plymouth Brethren congregation in Devon in the South West of England did not exist for “public benefit.”The Charity Commission ruled that the Plymouth Brethren Church will … [Read more...]

“Four More Years”: Taking Stock of the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election

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On Tuesday November 6, Barack Obama won a close Presidential race against Republican candidate Mitt Romney to return to office for a second term, or as Obama said himself in a tweet that has become the most re-tweeted tweet of all time, he will return for “Four more years.”People haven't … [Read more...]

Dinesh D’Souza Resigns and Misses the Point

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Dinesh D'Souza is not one to shy away from public debate or controversy.The New York Times recently called D'Souza a "lightning rod" for his public profile as a conservative Evangelical and now as a filmmaker (D'Souza's recent film 2016: Obama's America has become the second highest grossing … [Read more...]

Arrests and Uncertainty Amidst Anti-Blasphemy Laws

Muslims and Christians protest at the US embassy in Cairo

Earlier this month two Coptic Egyptian boys -- nine and ten years old -- were arrested under anti-blasphemy laws for "insulting Islam." They were accused of tearing up pages of the Qur'an, but in a public statement their father claims the children can't read and were unaware of the papers' … [Read more...]

Nigerian Christians Fleeing Their Homes Following Mass Killings

Olav Fykse Tveit and Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad of Jordan

JOS, NIGERIA — Members of the Church of Christ in Nigeria (CCN) in the Jos region are fleeing their homes, fearful of more violence in the wake of last weekend’s mass killings in Plateau state, according to Open Doors News (ODN).CCN officials told media that after a week of rising tensions … [Read more...]

The Pain Continues

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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...]

A Syrian situation

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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...]

Dateline Bethlehem: Christ at the Checkpoint

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Brad Jersak, a pastor and writer from Abbotsford, British Columbia, recently attended the Christ at the Checkpoint conference sponsored by Bethlehem Bible College, on assignment for Plain Truth Ministries. Following is a report filed immediately after the conference. This report comes as my … [Read more...]

Islamist group targets Christians, churches in Nigeria

Madalla in Nigeria

At least 10 people were reported killed on Sunday, March 12 after suicide bombers detonated a car bomb at the gates of St. Finbar's Roman Catholic Church in Jos, Nigeria.The attack is thought to be the work of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and is just the latest in a series of attacks … [Read more...]

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