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US Conservative Leaders Attack 'Progressive' Evangelicals, Catholics, Clinton
A group of conservative Christian leaders has written an open letter attacking "'progressive evangelicals' and Catholics" while calling on them "to repent".

Singapore Sends Teen Blogger Back To Jail For Criticising Religion
Yee pleaded guilty to six charges of deliberately posting comments on the internet in videos, blog posts and a picture that were critical of Christianity and Islam.

Christian Governor of Jakarta Faces Challenges From Muslims As He Seeks New Term
What happens when a follower of Jesus Christ leads a city where millions of Muslims live? A Christian man with Chinese ancestry is finding out that this is not an easy task as he seeks to extend his term as governor of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Asks Where God Is When Babies Are Raped And Killed
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte does not see eye to eye with the church when it comes to the death penalty. While the church promotes compassion for criminals, Duterte is pushing the other way as he favours the reimposition of capital punishment in his country.

Could This App Help The Gospel Reach The Muslim World?
A new app could allow believers in Saudi Arabia, Iran and other countries that persecute Christians to regularly access church.

Aleppo Bombers Will Be Accountable To God, Warns Pope
Those responsible for bombing Aleppo to death and destruction will be "accountable to God" for their actions, the Pope said today.

Why Are Tens Of Thousands Of Christians Celebrating In Ethiopia?
The Orthodox Ethiopian Church has celebrated the annual Meskel Festival this week to mark the legend that says Queen Helena in 326 AD discovered the cross on which Jesus was crucified.

Archaeologists In Israel Find Evidence That Proves Literal Truth Of Bible
Archaeologists have proved that passages of the Bible about the triumph of Judaism over the pagan Ba'al worship are literally true.

Over 200 New Church Planters Ready To Bring the Gospel To Nepal: 'Strike While The Iron Is Hot'
A Christian organisation that seeks to spread God's Word to unreached areas of the world is all set to move forward with its outreach mission to Nepal, an overwhelmingly Hindu South Asian nation.

Proposed 'Safe Zone' For Christians In Iraq Draws This Question: Who Would Spread The Gospel To Muslims?
A "safe zone" to protect the persecuted Christians in Iraq sparked a lot of interest when it was proposed during a recent meeting in Washington D.C., participated in by Iraqi Christians, Yazidis and members of other religious minorities.

God Speaks To Iranian Teen, Compelling Him To Leave Islam To Follow Jesus Even At The Risk Of Death
His father was not really a devout Muslim and more of a lover of money than his faith.

Former Buddhist Explains Why He Turned To Jesus: 'There Was Never A Personal Relationship With Any Of The Buddhas'
This Asian American grew up in a home in America adorned with statues of Buddha, with incense seeping in every room, including his own.

Christians In China Forbidden From Singing Hymns And Praying
Another church in China has been issued with a legal notice to quit Christian activities in the latest of a spate of actions against house churches.

More Christians Killed In Nigeria By Islamist Terrorists Of Boko Haram
More Christians have been brutally murdered in Nigeria in the latest attack on Christian villages by the Islamist terror group Boko Haram.

Shimon Peres, Lifelong Middle East Peace Campaigner, Dies At 93
Shimon Peres, the former Israeli president and elder statesman, died today at 93, prompting US President Barack Obama to say: "A light has gone out, but the hope he gave us will burn forever".

Archbishop Of Canterbury: Children Must Be Taught To Understand The Jihadist Mind
Children in the West need to understand what drives Islamist jiahdists to extreme acts of terror and murder, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.