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ABUJA, Nigeria, November 2, 2023 (Morning Star News) Suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked a village in northern Nigeria on early Tuesday (Oct. 31), killing one Christian, wounding two, and kidnapping 25 others, sources said. In southern Kaduna state’s village of Ungwan Baka, Kachia County, the assailants attacked while residents were asleep, said area resident Emmanuei Yusuf. “The Christian […]
Vandals ‘desecrated the church’ in earlier attack The Holy Innocents Episcopal Church in Parmelee, South Dakota, burned to the ground the weekend of October 28, 2023, in an act of suspected arson. | Facebook A small Episcopal congregation in South Dakota is mourning the loss of their historic church building after it burned to the […]
Theologian and author Gavin Ortlund announced that he would be stepping away as a pastor in Southern to become a full-time theology Youtuber. “YouTube is such a strategic place for ministry,” Ortlund said in an update video on his Truth Unites channel last month. “What I’ve concluded is this pathway is the most fruitful way […]
iStock/mapo An Arizona high school teacher has been placed on leave after he allegedly taught his classes while dressed as the devil for Halloween spirit week and put a pitchfork over students’ heads, saying “Hail Satan” as they entered the classroom. In a statement released to local media this week, Mesa Public Schools explained that […]
A sign opposing Ohio’s Issue 1 sits outside an Archdiocese of Cincinnati property in October 2023. | YouTube/WCPO9 The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati has reported more than a dozen incidents of vandalism and theft on their properties in response to its opposition to an abortion referendum in Ohio. Next week, Ohioans will vote on […]
The Anti-Defamation League is reporting 312 antisemitic incidents in the U.S. from Oct. 7 to Oct. 23, the same period after Hamas terrorists made a surprise attack on Israeli citizens. According to Mission Network News, the rise in antisemitic incidents in America is a 387 percent increase in the same time last year. The ADL […]
This Sunday (Nov. 5), one ministry will be setting aside a day of prayer for persecuted Christians worldwide. Voice of the Martyrs, an international ministry established to protect the human rights of persecuted Christians, will host their annual International Day of Prayer For Persecuted Christians this Sunday and will continue throughout November. “This special day […]
Bishop Carlton Pearson in his hospice bed. | Screenshot/Facebook/CarltonD Pearson In what he says is likely his final message to his followers as he battles terminal cancer, former megachurch pastor Bishop Carlton Pearson, who lost his ministry after he stopped believing in Hell, says he will be thinking of them in Heaven as rumors of […]
A sign hangs above a Planned Parenthood clinic on May 18, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois. | Scott Olson/Getty Images Planned Parenthood must go to trial over a $1.8 billion lawsuit by Texas accusing the corporation of defrauding the state’s Medicaid health insurance program, a federal judge has determined. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in […]
The Christian webcomic creator who founded The Babylon Bee announced that he’s sold off the remaining stake that he had in the popular satirical website. Adam Ford, an author and illustrator, announced on Facebook Tuesday that he sold off his remaining stake in both Babylon Bee and Not the Bee, a news opinion site he […]