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 questions here but […]
UK Charity Commission says Christian church not for “public benefit”
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 not receive charitable status because it does not permit […]
“Four More Years”: Taking Stock of the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election
@BarackObama 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 been shy about […]
Dinesh D’Souza Resigns and Misses the Point
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 political documentary of all time, only behind […]
Arrests and Uncertainty Amidst Anti-Blasphemy Laws
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’ significance. He says they found […]
Nigerian Christians Fleeing Their Homes Following Mass Killings
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 between the mainly Muslim ethnic […]
The Pain Continues
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 along the border, including control of […]
A Syrian situation
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, including Muslim extremists from other […]
Dateline Bethlehem: Christ at the Checkpoint
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 rich and intense week in Bethlehem winds down. I’m writing while the […]
Islamist group targets Christians, churches 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 […]
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