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Thursday, 13 August 2015 13:56
France: Urgent medical support needed in Calais
We've all seen the news of desperate migrants trying to cross the channel. But few people know about the conditions people are living in. This is a humanitarian crisis on our doorstep and western governments are…
Thursday, 13 August 2015 13:55
Charity building homes for families of martyred Christians
After 21 Coptic Christians were brutally murdered by IS, Focus on the Family (a leading US charity) has stepped in with housing and care for their families. The 20 Egyptian Christians, along with their Ghanaian co-worker,…
Thursday, 13 August 2015 13:54
Myanmar: Flooding fails to stop local Christians
Myanmar flooding has killed over 100 people in the last 14 days. Fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters left behind are trying to survive without access to food or clean water. People are crying out to their…
Thursday, 06 August 2015 15:01
Australia: Christians call ‘time to defend the faith with flowers’
A private member’s bill to legalise same sex marriage is expected to be presented to Federal Parliament in the week beginning Monday 10 August. In response to this move Christian ministries and organisations are asking Christians…
Thursday, 06 August 2015 15:00
China: International concern as more lawyers detained
United Nations human rights experts, the European Union, UK, US and others have expressed concern regarding the detention of over 200 lawyers and activists in China since 10 July. (See Prayer-Alert 15July)On 16 July, five UN…
Thursday, 06 August 2015 14:59
Canada: North Korea shows captive Canadian pastor ‘confessing’
Last month we reported on a Canadian Church having very little information about their founding pastor, Hyeon Soo Lim, detained in North Korea since early March. On 2 August North Korea released video footage of him…