Prayer & relief needed for earthquake victims in South Asia
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake shook northeastern Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan and India in late October, causing 364 deaths.
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Even after he was beaten & left for dead, a young man urges villagers to trust Jesus
A short film from the Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) tells the story of how Raji and his wife came to believe in Jesus. It was all because Suta kept returning.
American professor to Australian TV audience: Religious instruction is child abuse
Want to teach your children about your faith in your \"non-existent supernatural monster?\" That\'s child abuse, according to a professor at Stanford University. He also says you should have had your children anyway.
30-year-old Sudanese church destroyed to make way for businesses; newer mosque allowed to remain
Hostility towards Christians along the disputed border between Sudan and South Sudan continues to grow as another church is demolished to make way for \"business development\" – virtually non-existent business activity.
Pleas for solidarity after government demolishes buildings in Indonesia
Just as Christians across the globe were preparing for the International Day of Prayer, Sunday, Nov. 1, Open Doors reported nine Indonesian churches were demolished following religious violence in the Aceh province.
Brazil sees its first civil union – between three women
Many said it would never happen – polygamy following on the heels of same-sex marriage. But a Brazilian trio of women has just entered into a symbolic civil union. The \"throuple\" says it will push for legal recognition as they plan to have children.
NO SURPRISE: Iran launches new terror group – in Israel's backyard
With the ink on the nuclear deal between the US and Iran still damp, Iran launches a new terror group in the Gaza Strip – and gives it missiles capable of reaching Tel Aviv.
UN Commissioner: Time running out for Christianity in the Middle East
Refugee commissioner, himself a Christian, says more people are on the move globally than at any time since World War II, and few seem to care.
Gang robs church offerings & schools to fund ISIS
A German court heard on Oct. 20 the trial of eight men who are accused of robbing offertory collection boxes, crosses, chalices and religious objects from churches from 2011 to 2014 to fund the Islamic State (ISIS).
Struggling Roma Christians reach out to Muslim migrants
What do you do when you are a member of a minority treated with hostility and suspicion in a newly established and impoverished church? If you are the Roma in Croatia, you immediately begin outreach to those less fortunate than you.
UN official: Children have a right to religious freedom, too
The rights of religious liberty belong to children as well as adults, but violence and political movements are threatening those rights, says the UN\'s special rapporteur on freedom of religion and belief.
ISIS to Palestinians: Keep killing Jews, 'the sons of apes and pigs'
ISIS promises it will \"soon, soon\" get to Jerusalem, but until then, Palestinians should continue their knife attacks and add vehicular homicide, bombs and throwing Jews off of \"high places\" to their repertoire of attacks.
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