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Family of Christian woman killed in Greece remember her ‘kindness’ and ‘integrity’

BY  :   Staff  Writer  Christian Today   The family of a Scottish aid worker who was found dead in a suitcase in Athens have remembered her as a “kind, principled and selfless” woman. The body of Elisabeth Ross, known as Lisa, was discovered in an […]

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Kurdish pastor released from Syria after two weeks in detention

BY  :  Staff  Writer  Christian  Today   Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has welcomed the release of a Baptist pastor who was held by Syrian authorities for two weeks. Pastor Nihad Hassan is a Kurd from an Islamic background. While visiting family members in Afrin, Syria, […]

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‘Win for free speech’: British pastor arrested for preaching Bible in public sees charges dropped

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BY  :  Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor   Police in the United Kingdom have dropped a hate crime case against an Evangelical pastor who was arrested last year while street preaching in Bristol, ending more than four months of criminal proceedings that his lawyers said […]

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Church of Scotland issues slavery apology

BY  :   Staff  Writer  Christian  Today The Church of Scotland on Saturday issued a formal apology for historical links to chattel slavery, saying it was “grieved beyond telling” for the suffering inflicted, and pledging to take forward work on reparative next steps. The apology, adopted […]

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Court case launched in support of DRC Christians

BY  :  Staff   Writer  Christian  Today   Legal advocacy group ADF International is supporting a case filed with the East African Court of Justice in support of Christians whose churches have been destroyed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Last year conflict in […]

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Poll suggests quarter of British Christians are ‘Christian nationalists’

BY  :   Staff  Writer  Christian  Today   Around a quarter of Christians in Britain identify as Christian nationalists or are sympathetic to its ideas, a mini survey by Premier Christian News has suggested. The research, which asked the views of 260 Christians, was part of […]

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Christian congresswoman introduces bill to mandate ‘In God We Trust’ on federal buildings

BY  :  Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter    A Republican member of Congress from Illinois introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday to mandate that the national motto acknowledging God be displayed in every federal building. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., introduced the […]

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Calls for investigation into disappearance of Protestant missionary in southern Mexico

BY   :  Obianuju Mbah  Christian  Today   A 79-year-old Protestant missionary has been missing for more than six weeks in southern Mexico after reportedly being abducted by armed men while carrying out evangelistic work in Guerrero State. Human rights organisation Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has […]

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Iraqi court rules in favour of Christian woman challenging Muslim religion status

BY  :  Obianuju Mbah  Christian Today   A court in Iraq has delivered a favourable ruling for a young Christian woman seeking to change her officially registered religion from Islam to Christianity. The decision has been hailed by religious freedom advocates as a potentially significant […]

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Xi Jinping’s CCP is re-writing the Bible

BY  :  Samuel Ben-Ur, Op-ed contributor    The Chinese Communist Party is rewriting the Bible. As part of Xi Jinping’s “Sinicization of Christianity” campaign, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) plans to ensure Christianity in China is instilled with “core socialist values.” Pursuant to that effort, the […]

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Christians among main victims of Islamist violence in eastern DRC

BY  :   Obianuju Mbah  Christian  Today   Christians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are facing escalating violence from an Islamic State-linked militant group accused of massacres, abductions and systematic terror attacks across villages and churches, according to a major new Amnesty International report. […]

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