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Wife of missing Malaysian Pastor Raymond Koh vows to fight for answers: 'I have faith'
The wife of missing Malaysian Pastor Raymond Koh has vowed to continue fighting to find her husband, saying her faith compels her to believe he might still be found three years after his disappearance.
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Pastor who loved being a dad is shot dead; 8-y-o son left fatherless
Kelvin Wheeler Jr., a youth pastor and dean of students at Triumph Middle School in Harper Woods, Michigan, believed being a father to his 8-year-old son was “dope.” Now, the 34-year-old preacher’s son will have to grow up without him after he was mysteriously shot dead last Wednesday.
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Sudan abolishes death penalty for apostasy, reforms Islamist laws after 3 decades
The transitional government in Sudan passed a series of amendments that repeal the death sentence for apostasy, public flogging and female genital mutilation, giving Christians hope for the future following the toppling of the Islamist regime of President Omar al-Bashir last year.
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Calif. Gov. Newsom orders shutdown of churches, gyms and protests as COVID-19 surges
As new coronavirus cases continue to surge, churches, protests, fitness centers and businesses in several industries in 30 California counties will have to shut down again unless they can operate outside or through pick-up services, the office of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday.
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Trump admin. rescinds rule barring international students from taking only online classes
The Trump administration has agreed to rescind a new policy announced last week that could’ve forced international college students on F1 visas to leave the United States if their schools are not offering in-person classes in the fall. U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs in Massachusetts announced Tuesday that the administration has reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology seeking to block the rule.
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Indiana megachurch leaves United Methodist Church to choose its own pastor
A megachurch in Indiana has cut ties with the United Methodist Church in large part so that it can choose its own leadership as its founding pastor steps down.
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88-y-o Chinese bishop who refused to join Communist-controlled church feared dead
An 88-year-old underground Chinese bishop, who was arrested for refusing to join the state-approved Catholic Church, is feared dead as state officials urge the Vatican to recognize his assistant as a bishop in his place.
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Court stops new Tennessee heartbeat abortion ban from taking effect
A judge blocked a new Tennessee law that would ban abortion in most circumstances once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which is often around six weeks into a pregnancy.
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Houston pastor dies of COVID-19; same-sex spouse fights to stay alive
Resurrection Metropolitan Community Church, a liberal church in Houston, Texas, is now grieving one of its associate pastors who died from the new coronavirus Friday because her heart was “just too weak” to fight the disease.
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