Articles
Sunday, 28 December 2014 00:00
Ghana: Economic woes and Christianity
Twenty-five years ago the Christian message in Ghana was, ‘Repent and accept Jesus and you will be saved.’ Today, in many places, salvation is presented as an experience with Jesus Christ that will give Ghanaians the…
Sunday, 28 December 2014 00:00
Lebanon: No more Syrian refugees
Lebanon has announced it will not accept any more Syrian refugees. Lebanon has over a million officially-registered Syrian refugees (25% of the population) with an untold number of unregistered refugees living under overpasses, renting tent space…
Sunday, 28 December 2014 00:00
Egypt: Unrest, military courts & Christian protests
On Tuesday a research project reported 714 protests nationwide in November after charges were dropped against Mubarak over complicity in killing protesters during the 2011 uprising. Recently students nationwide staged demonstrations on university campuses and generally…
Sunday, 28 December 2014 00:00
Israel: Netanyahu applauds Christian IDF soldiers
At a gathering organised by Father Gabriel Naddaf, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu applauded Christian soldiers who fully integrate with Israeli society. Netanyahu said, ‘We are brothers in arms. I commend you for the will to be…
Sunday, 28 December 2014 00:00
Canada: Prayers for the coming year
A Canadian prayer network reports, ‘Across Canada there has been a marked increase in speedy answers to prayer. It’s as if we have come into a time of fulfillment.’ Canadian intercessors ask us to join them…
Sunday, 28 December 2014 00:00
India: The Christmas of Hindu radicals
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a radical paramilitary group, is planning to convert 4,000 Christian and 1,000 Muslim families to Hinduism by the next 25th of December in Uttar Pradesh. Militants call it the ‘returning home’…