A Christian professor in Britain is suing the Methodist Bible college he worked for after being fired for posting on social media that homosexuality is a sin that is “invading the Church,” UK advocacy group Christian Concern reports.
...continue reading this storyOne of the largest Pentecostal congregations in autocratically-ruled Belarus has appealed against plans by authorities to “liquidate” the church after already destroying its building.
...continue reading this storyThe US-based Global Christian Relief organization has warned that leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church support Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, including the persecution of Ukrainian Christians, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
...continue reading this storyChristians say the “regime” of the autocratic president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has destroyed a church building in the capital Minsk as part of a witch-hunt against evangelical believers and churches seen as supporting the opposition.
...continue reading this storyAccording to a report by the International Christian Concern non-profit organization, Turkey’s government has been blocking Protestant missionaries from entering the country by “weaponizing” Turkish entry laws against Christians.
...continue reading this storyA group of twenty Scottish church leaders have written to Scotland’s Minister for Equality expressing their alarm that a proposed government ban on “conversion practices” could result in the criminalization of Christians who teach anyone, including their own children, that the practice of homosexuality is sinful, Christian Today reports.
...continue reading this storyA Ukrainian pastor is carrying humanitarian aid from the Netherlands to Bucha, the Ukrainian suburban town where hundreds of people were reportedly massacred by Russian forces.
...continue reading this storyThe ancient Turkish city of Antioch, where the Bible says followers of Jesus were first called Christians, has been devastated by the catastrophic 7.8-magnitude earthquake which hit Turkey and Syria on February 6 and killed 42,000 people, the Christian Post (CP) reports.
...continue reading this storyA U.S. Christian mission group warned Thursday of a significant orphans crisis due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.
...continue reading this storyThe Church of England has confirmed it is examining the possibility of changing its liturgy to reference God in gender-neutral terms instead of as “Father,” “Him,” and “He,” the New York Post (NYP) reports. However, the denomination has said there are no plans to make changes to the current liturgy at present, and any future change would require “extensive legislation.”
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