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05/26/2012World Evangelical Alliance 'Builds Bridges' With Chinese Churches and Govt.
Dr. Geoff Tunnicliffe, Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), met with Chinese officials on May 10 to discuss the place of the Chinese Evangelical Church within the global Christian community as part of an ongoing relationship-building process.
- 05/24/2012
Franciscan Files Expose Details of Sex Abuse Against Minors
Over 8,500 pages of documents detailing charges of sex abuse of minors within the Franciscan religious order in California were published Wednesday, revealing dark secrets about years of ongoing abuse by a boarding school choir director and eight other clergymen.
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05/23/2012Crystal Cathedral's Memorial Day Service to Feature Navy SEAL, NYPD Vets
Crystal Cathedral Ministries will celebrate Memorial Day Sunday with a veteran of the Navy SEALs and a representative of the New York Police Department. Bobby Schuller, grandson of the ministry's founder, will deliver the sermon.
- 05/23/2012
Church 'Evicted' After 7 Years Proof of Kuwait's New Islamist Policy?
The eviction of a Christian congregation from a private villa used for worship gatherings for the past seven years has some observers speculating whether Kuwait's Islamist politicians are beginning to actively target non-Muslim groups.
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05/23/2012Christians Weigh Presidential Options as Egyptians Head to the Polls
As Egypt's first democratic presidential elections get underway Wednesday, the choices have narrowed down primarily to Islamists and politicians once linked to former President Hosni Mubarak. If an Islamist president is elected in light of the mostly-Islamist parliament, religious freedom and the safety of the Christian community would be put in jeopardy, experts argue.
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05/22/2012Chen Guangcheng Lauded as a 'Hero' for Fighting for Women, Unborn Children
The case of Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese dissident who captured the world's attention with his escape from house arrest, is seen as a victory for human rights and many have praised the self-taught lawyer who challenged China's one-child policy, calling him a hero who worked for a noble cause.
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05/21/2012Christians, UN Share Same Goals in Serving World's Poor, Says WEA UN Rep
The World Evangelical Alliance's (WEA) representative to the United Nations suggests that Christians and the global agency share similar goals of making the world a better place by working to eradicate hunger, poverty and diseases, and that the wold's poor and most vulnerable could be better served if more Christians support the U.N. in its work.
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05/19/2012Over 9,000 Evangelical Leaders Conclude Joint Prayer Event in World's Largest Muslim Country
Friday concluded five days of prayer and discussion for more than 9,000 evangelical church leaders from over 60 countries who assembled in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, for the World Prayer Assembly (WPA), a grand Evangelical event that kicked off Monday after four years of preparations.
- 05/18/2012
Sudan Reportedly Shuts Down Christian Aid Groups' Offices Without Explanation
The offices of the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC) and the offices of relief organization Sudan Aid, both in the Darfur region, have reportedly been closed down by the Sudanese government without warning. Observers suspect Sudan's reported war on religious minorities, specifically Christians, may have been motivation for the closures.
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05/18/2012Crystal Cathedral Considers Relocating to Nearby Catholic Church
Crystal Cathedral's newly minted president said Wednesday that the ministry behind the "Hour of Power" might be moving to a Catholic church in their Orange County, Calif., neighborhood, although probably not for another year and a half.
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05/17/2012Controversial Church-Building Law a Focal Point for Egypt's Coptic Voters
Egypt's Coptic Christians fear they could face further persecution should an Islamist candidate win next week's presidential elections, and one of the major issues on their agenda is a controversial law that puts heavy restrictions on building and maintaining Christian houses of worship.
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05/16/2012Washington Archdiocese Slams Georgetown President Over Sebelius Invitation
The Archdiocese of Washington, led by Cardinal Donald Wuerl, slammed Georgetown University on Tuesday for not withdrawing its invitation to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak at an awards ceremony.
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05/16/2012US Bishops Reject Proposed 'Compromise' on HHS Contraception Mandate
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) said Tuesday in a statement issued to the Health and Human Services (HHS) that prospective changes in the contraception mandate, offered by the Obama administration as a form of compromise after a massive backlash, are still "morally objectionable."
- 05/15/2012
Maude Aimee, Wife of 'World's First Televangelist,' Dead at 89
Maude Aimee Humbard, wife of late broadcasting pioneer and the world's first televangelist Rex Humbard, passed away Monday at age 89.
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05/15/2012End Times Prophecy Expert, TBN Host Grant Jeffrey Dead at 64
Grant Jeffrey, a Canadian Bible teacher known as an expert on Bible prophecies, an advocate of dispensationalism and host of TBN's "Bible Prophecy Revealed," passed away over the weekend after a cardiac arrest. He was 64.
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