Somaliland Frees Christian Couple Detained For Evangelism
A married Christian couple detained for evangelizing in Muslim-majority Somaliland have neem released, well-informed sources told Worthy News.
A married Christian couple detained for evangelizing in Muslim-majority Somaliland have neem released, well-informed sources told Worthy News.
Hungary’s anti-migration government has warned that surging Christian persecution must end worldwide, including in Europe, which faced several Islamic terror attacks.
The head of a leading Christian advocacy group has urgently called for political reform that would protect Lebanese society – and its Christian community – from power-hungry actors like the leaders of Turkey, Iran, and Saudi Arabia, Real Clear Religion (RCR) reports.
Hungary’s government has proposed a constitutional amendment defending “the order of Creation” that would require children to be raised according to Christian principles and bans adoption by same-sex couples.
The nation’s military reserve force began deploying across the United States Tuesday amid mounting concerns that the 2020 presidential election’s outcome may lead to civil unrest or even war.
A top regional court in Pakistan has given custody of a 13-year-old Christian girl to her Muslim abductor, sources involved in the case told Worthy News late Tuesday.
A Colorado federal district judge has issued an injunction preventing the state from enforcing Gov. Jared Polis’ COVID-19 orders on limiting numbers at indoor church services and requiring congregants to wear masks, CBN News reported Wednesday.
France is mourning a middle school teacher who was beheaded in a Paris suburb Friday, after showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Authorities said French police killed the knife-wielding teenager and detained several people.
Pastor Bob Fu, who fled China and launched the Christian rights group ChinaAid was moved to safety after Chinese Communist Party (CCP) operatives besieged his U.S. home, friends say.
Christians in the self-declared nation of Somaliland fear more executions and other persecution after a married couple was detained for evangelism, Worthy News learned.
Catholic and Jewish faith communities in New York are challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s continued imposition of COVID-19 restrictions on religious institutions despite a federal judge advising he cannot do this while allowing unrestricted mass protests, CBN News reports. On Friday, the Thomas More Society filed an Emergency Amended Complaint and Motion for Temporary Restraining Order in the US District Court for the Northern District of New York. The motion is on behalf of two Catholic priests, two Catholic school students, and four Orthodox Jewish individuals.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a lawsuit against Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill claiming that the state’s voter registration form is unconstitutional because it includes an oath that says “so help me God.”
Asserting that faith values should not be excluded from public life, a British Member of Parliament has called on the UK government to recognize that faith communities can be an “enormous resource for society,” Christian Today reported Monday. In a report submitted to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Conservative (and Christian) MP Danny Kruger suggests the government ought to work out a “new deal with faith communities” that includes them in societal policy considerations.
Eritrea released at least 69 Christian prisoners this month, including many detained in horrific circumstances for their faith “for up to 16 years without trial,” aid workers told Worthy News.
Calvary Chapel of Bangor Maine has resumed holding indoor services while also practicing social distancing and following sanitizing guidelines, despite threats of criminal charges, fines and imprisonment.
An advocacy group reports “horrific attacks” against minority Christians in India at a time when critics claim the government is turning the country into a full-fledged Hindu nation.
Several devoted Christians in and around Sudan’s main cities are reportedly prevented from worshiping by authorities and angry mobs despite government pledges to end over three decades of hardline Islamic rule.
Eritrea has released dozens of Christians, many of whom spent a decade behind bars for their faith in Christ, well-informed rights activists say.
An Assemblies of God church in Seattle has launched a legal challenge against a state law which mandates the church must provide its employees with health insurance coverage for elective abortion if it also offers coverage for maternity care, CBN News reported Tuesday.
Official results from Sunday’s parliamentary vote in the Balkan nation of Montenegro suggest that the pro-Western party of the long-serving president Milo Djukanovic may struggle to form a government. Despite its narrow victory, pro-Russian and pro-Russian parties seem in a better position to get enough mandates to form a ruling coalition.