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NAIROBI, Kenya, August 23, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Hard-line Muslims at an open-air evangelistic event in eastern Uganda on Aug. 11 assaulted a preacher and more than 20 other Christians for his teaching about Christ’s divinity, sources said. Robert Faisali Miya, a 34-year-old father of four, was also struck with a thorny object and […]
NBA star Jonathan Isaac speaks at the UNITAS launch in Orlando, Florida, on July 29, 2023. | UNITAS NBA player Jonathan Isaac is combatting the mainstream rhetoric against Christianity by launching his clothing brand UNITUS to celebrate faith, family and the power of people coming together in the name of “true greatness.” Isaac, a 25-year-old […]
A viral video of pastor Greg Locke destroying a dollhouse doesn’t tell the full story, says a spokesperson for the Tennessee-based minister. The video, posted on social media on Aug. 17, has nearly 2 million views and alleges that Locke demolished a “Barbie Dream House with a Bible attached to a baseball bat” ahead of […]
Summerville-based Dorchester School District Two executive session, Aug. 14, 2023. | Screengrab: ddtwo.org A Christian conservative legal group is encouraging a South Carolina school board to continue allowing members to open meetings with prayer after a secular legal organization demanded that the tradition be halted earlier this month. The First Liberty Institute, a legal nonprofit […]
A new study from Lifeway Research found that 52 percent of American Protestant churchgoers believe their church encourages them to give more money to church and charities so God will bless them. Some 24 percent strongly agreed with the statement. In 2017, a total of 38 percent of churchgoers said the same. Churchgoers also are […]
Are bodies something we merely “have,” or are our bodies essential to who we are? In an advertising video for a local fertility clinic, a doctor asks, “Are you ready to have children, but your body is not?” And then he goes on to describe the services on offer. The question is an odd […]
Westside Christian Fellowship in Southern California arose from a desperate need to encourage Christians to seek God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength. The overwhelming response simply reflects the need that we all have for the truths found in God’s Word. Propelled by prayer and passion, Westside went against all conventional wisdom by […]
Flickr Commons/Joe Gratz A jury in Maryland has awarded more than $1 million in damages to the family and estate of a pastor who died from an injury due to negligence on the part of a nursing home. In a decision entered last week, a Baltimore County jury awarded the family and estate of Pastor […]
LAHORE, Pakistan, August 22, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Police in Pakistan on Saturday night (Aug. 19) charged a Christian with blasphemy for uploading on TikTok a video of content that last week led to attacks on Christian homes and businesses in Jaranwala more than 100 kilometers away, sources said. Tensions flared over the weekend […]
A video of pastor Greg Locke has gone viral, showing him demolishing a Barbie dreamhouse with a Bible to represent a Christian destroying “strongholds” in their life. Locke, the pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Mt. Juliet, Tenn., told church members that they’re involved in a “spiritual supernatural battle” that must be fought with […]