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Thursday, 04 June 2015 01:00
Gay marriage: Belfast City Council says 'yes'
Last week Prayer Alert reported: ‘The ‘Yes’ result in the same-sex marriage referendum in the Republic of Ireland has led to calls for its introduction in Northern Ireland.’ On Monday this week Belfast City Council voted…
Thursday, 04 June 2015 01:00
Born-again Christian set for love reality show
A born-again Christian is to be one of the contestants on ITV reality show 'Love Island'. Zoe Basia Brown, 24, will take part in the programme which sends 12 single people to the Mediterranean island of…
Thursday, 04 June 2015 01:00
Global corruption – not just FIFA
The following comes from Radio 4’s Thought for the Day earlier this week. FIFA’s problems are part of global issues. Corruption conjures up images of people getting rich. But corruption often produces more poverty than wealth.…
Thursday, 04 June 2015 01:00
Burundi: It's enough to make you cry
The following is from a missionary working in Burundi: ‘I'm sitting in a café having a snatched lunch alone, and I'm crying. Our teams on the frontline urgently need more resources to help save lives. The…
Thursday, 04 June 2015 01:00
Afghanistan: News from a missionary
‘Daily we receive reports of more atrocities, higher death tolls, repeated attacks on NGOs and guest-houses with foreigners as victims. Pray that this spring offensive may soon come to an end and that the whole Taliban…
Thursday, 04 June 2015 01:00
Syria: IS fighting, Christian retaliation and Assad’s bombs vandalising Syria
According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights a Syrian Christian fighter from the Syriac Military Council beheaded a militant of Islamic State in northwest Syria as revenge for the terror group’s violence against the…