Nov. 28, 2019: James MacDonald signals return to ministry; Christian woman wins court case against Islamic law
Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019
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— Christian woman wins court case against Egypt's Islamic inheritance law
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A Coptic Christian woman has won a major legal victory against Egypt’s Islamic inheritance law that greatly favors men. Christian human rights lawyer Huda Nasrallah announced that a Cairo court ruled in her favor Monday, deciding that, as a Christian, she has a right to the same share of her father’s inheritance as her brothers. The decision follows a nearly yearlong legal fight that has seen two other judges rule in favor of Egypt’s Islamic inheritance law that grants male relatives twice as much share of a family member’s inheritance as female relatives.
— James MacDonald signals ‘early 2020’ return to ministry
James MacDonald, the disgraced founder of Harvest Bible Chapel who recently repented for the circumstances that led to his ouster from the greater Chicago megachurch he founded more than 30 years ago, has said he might be returning to the pulpit in “early 2020.”
In a message on his ministry’s website MacDonald said he will begin considering interim preaching opportunities early next year. MacDonald was ousted as leader of Harvest Bible Chapel on February 12th following comments he made on a radio program.
He was also investigated for financial abuse at Harvest Bible Chapel which published a financial review last Thursday. The report showed that MacDonald received in excess of $1 million in executive compensation annually from Harvest Bible Chapel from 2015 to 2019. It also found that from January 1st, 2016, through February 14th, 2019, $3.1 million was spent through the private accounts controlled by James MacDonald and his close associates.
— Tony Evans mourns death of his 90-year-old father
Pastor Tony Evans is mourning the death of his father, Arthur S. Evans Sr., who he fondly remembered as the “foundation” and “rock” of the Evans family, leading them all to “a saving faith in Jesus Christ.” On Tuesday, Evans, senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Texas, announced that his 90-year-old father had “entered into the presence of His Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
— Pastor William Barber II says his church is open to all 2020 candidates including President Trump
Influential social justice advocate and pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina, William J. Barber II, says his church is open to every 2020 presidential candidate — including President Donald Trump — for worship and they don’t need his permission to attend.
The invitation comes as Barber revealed Sunday that gay Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who's in a same-sex marriage, has accepted an invitation to worship at his church on Sunday and plans to discuss issues related to poverty after the service.
— 4 Christians killed by Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria; 2 suspects arrested
Four Christian farmers were killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the Kaduna state of Nigeria earlier this month during an overnight attack. Sources told the global persecution monitoring news outlet Morning Star News that the four people killed in the November 14th ambush were members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The attack comes as farming communities across Nigeria’s Middle Belt have reported an increase in attacks carried out by radicals from the Muslim Fulani community. Since 2018, thousands have been killed and numerous villages have been burned.
Earlier this year, the international human rights organization the Jubilee Campaign submitted research and data to the International Criminal Court arguing that the “standard for genocide” has been reached for massacres against predominantly Christian farming communities in Nigeria.
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