South African church latest to fold on same-sex marriage
The Dutch Reformed Church (NGK) in South Africa has voted to recognize same-sex marriages and open the way for homosexual ministers to marry their partners.
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Blood on the streets: Israel facing new 'wave of terror'
Israeli Police are on heightened alert after four separate incidents of Jews being stabbed in terror attacks Thursday in Jerusalem, Kiryat Arba, Afula and Tel Aviv. Meanwhile, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says the PA will no longer abide by past peace agreements with Israel if it ...
ISIS warns 'defender of the Cross – America' to convert or die
A new video released by the \"information office\" of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Damascus features a black-clad jihadist delivering a stark warning to the people of the United States – convert to Islam, submit to the Islamic State and pay the jizya (tax for non-Muslims), or die.
Is America anti-semitic?
Although a majority of Americans say they would have risked their life during World War II to hide Jews from the Nazis, a third say they would not, according to a new Barna survey that coincides with the DVD and digital release of \"Return To The Hiding Place.\" That film is based on a true story ...
Hospital 'accidentally' bombed; Obama apologizes to Doctors Without Borders
The more than 80 international and Afghan medical staff working the night shift at the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) trauma hospital in Kunduz last Saturday did not expect to need to operate on each other. But one doctor died on the top of a desk, an improvised operating table, ...
Scottish minister preaches Jesus did not die for sins
A Church of Scotland minister is teaching his congregation that Jesus did not die for the sins of humanity, calling the traditional understanding of Jesus\'s atoning sacrifice \"well past its sell by date,\" and \"ghastly theology.\" He also denies the doctrines of the Fall of humanity and original ...
ISIS crucifies, beheads a dozen Christians for allegiance to the Name
A dozen members of church planting teams, including women and children, were tortured and then crucified or beheaded by ISIS in Syria, according to a report from Christian Aid Mission. One, a 12-year-old boy had his fingers severed as his father watched. Neither the boy nor his father would ...
Egyptian Christian journalist still detained despite presidential pardon
On the heels of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi\'s Sept. 22 announcement pardoning numerous journalists detained in the country, the international community is concerned to hear no news of Bishoy Boulos, a convert to Christianity who has been detained since his illegal arrest in Dec. 2013.
Netanyahu demonstrates 'deafening silence' of world on Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood in front of the United Nations General Assembly Oct. 1 and excoriated world leaders for their acceptance of the Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the United States and other western powers. The most poignant moment in the speech, however, was when he ...
Syrian pastor won't abandon his church, despite ISIS brutality
After a car bomb went off in his city last month, a pastor is faced again with the choice to flee the encroaching reach of ISIS in Syria, but he doesn\'t want to leave 32 newly baptized believers.
Chinese Christian lawyer Gao Zhisheng describes horrific torture, re-education
After three years in prison, Gao Zhisheng is still not safe—he remains under house arrest and predicts that the government will kidnap and torture him again soon.
Lebanon's Christians in danger of being overrun, losing access to politics
Lebanon\'s Christians are being overrun by Muslim refugees from Syria and Iraq and are in danger of losing their place in their country, Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil told members of the Lebanese expat community in Connecticut during a visit this weekend.
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