PA: Worldwide
Friday, 16 August 2013 19:37
Iran: Three Iranian-Azeri Christians fate unknown
As pressure increases on Christian communities three Christian converts Farshid Modares-Aval, Mohammad-Reza Pirri and Yashar Farzin-No were arrested on July 20 when authorities searched their homes and seized a number of their personal belongings. They are…
Friday, 16 August 2013 19:34
Somalia: British aid stolen by Islamist militants
The UK Department for International Development revealed on Sunday that members of the Shebab Islamist group have stolen £480,000 worth of British government-funded humanitarian materials and supplies in Somalia between November 2011 and February 2012. The…
Friday, 16 August 2013 19:29
USA: Mental Illness and the Church
Suicide kills more people in the United States every year than homicide, hypertension or motor vehicle crashes. Yet it's seldom discussed in the Church. Southern Baptists Dr. Frank Page and his wife hope to build on…
Friday, 16 August 2013 19:24
Korea: Prayer for peace and reunification
August 15 is Korea's Liberation Day when liberation in 1945 from Japanese colonial domination is celebrated. This was soon tragically followed by the division of the Peninsula by the western powers. In 1989, the WCC agreed…
Thursday, 08 August 2013 19:23
NIGERIA: The judiciary
Nigeria’s criminal justice system is utterly failing Nigerian people and a majority of prisoners are not convicted of any crime. Amnesty International reported ‘The problems in Nigeria’s criminal justice system - especially its prisons - are…
Thursday, 08 August 2013 19:21
Global: Christians martyred every 5 minutes
Few realize we are living through the largest persecution of Christians in history; worse than the Roman emperors Diocletian and Nero. Estimates of the numbers of Christians under assault range from 100 million to 200 million.…