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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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Christian MP dragged back to court as Finland seeks to punish ‘criminal’ opinions about the Bible

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BY  :  Staff Writer  Christian Today   The consequences of one tweet posted seven years ago continue to reverberate for Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen, who is at the centre of an ongoing legal case for “hate speech”. In 2019 Räsänen, who is also a former […]

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Minneapolis Catholic school shooter Robert Westman changed name to ‘Robin;’ killed 2 kids, wounded 17

BY  :  Michael Gryboski, Editor  Christian Post    Police sources have identified the perpetrator of the mass shooting at Annunciation Church and Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as 23-year-old “Robin” Westman, formerly known as Robert Westman before a legal name change in 2020. Officials told KARE […]

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Bishops show support for Palestinian Christian woman accused by Israel

BY  :  Staff  Writer Christian Today   A number of Anglican bishops have written a letter of support for Layan Nasir, a Palestinian Christian woman who was held in detention by Israel for eight months despite not being charged or convicted of any crime. Nasir, […]

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Children seized from Christian orphanage in 2019 released

BY  :  Anugrah Kumar  Christian Today   Eight of the 16 children taken from a Christian orphanage in Nigeria in 2019 were released this month after one of them suffered a mental breakdown. The others remain in government custody, with a court-mandated deadline for their […]

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1,500-year-old Christian cathedral, baptistery unearthed beneath market in France

BY   :  Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor    Archaeologists in southeastern France have uncovered the remains of an early Christian cathedral and a remarkably preserved baptistery dating back more than 1,500 years, which they are calling one of the most significant finds in decades. The […]

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‘This is not stealing’: Kentucky church defends members for not returning ‘sexually perverse books’ to library

BY  :  Ian M. Giatti, Christian Post Reporter   The leadership of a Baptist church in Kentucky says they support members of their congregation who choose to “not return” certain library books that contain LGBT-related themes, but denies the movement is a “church directive.” Reformation […]

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European church leaders call for a just peace in Ukraine

BY  :  Staff  Writer  Christian Today   European churches are calling on political leaders to do everything in their power to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. The Conference of European Churches (CEC) said the country was facing a “critical moment” in the […]

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Street preacher accused of making offensive comments towards Jews is acquitted

BY  :   Staff Writer  Christian Today   A 75-year-old Christian street preacher has been acquitted after he was prosecuted for allegedly making offensive remarks about the Jewish community. Allegations were made against Michael Jones, 75, while he was street preaching in Beverley, east Yorkshire, on […]

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Christians take to streets to protest lack of justice 2 years after Jaranwala attacks

BY  :  Christian Daily International/Morning Star News   Two years after Islamist attacks on Christians in the Jaranwala area in Punjab Province, Pakistan, hopes for justice are dimming amid the ongoing sabotage of prosecution efforts, advocates say. None of the perpetrators have been convicted after […]

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