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Christians in Antigua approach prime minister to voice deep unease at cannabis smoking in churches

Caribbean Society & Culture

13 Jun, 2024 14:06 EDT

At a meeting with Prime Minister Gaston Browne, The Antigua Barbuda Evangelical Alliance (ABEA) has voiced deep unease about cannabis drug users disrespecting sacred spaces on the sovereign island nation. Representatives of ABEA met with Prime Minister Gaston Browne on Friday (June 7) to express frustrations about people smoking the powerful herb in public on the islands, including at sites and during events considered sacred to the Christian faith.
Abducted young mother in Pakistan refuses forced conversion

Asia Religious Freedom

13 Jun, 2024 11:30 EDT

A young Catholic mother’s eyes welled up with tears and her hands shook as she recalled how a Muslim in Pakistan kidnapped her and tried to force her to convert to Islam and marry him.
Evangelical body in France calls for prayer before parliamentary snap-election

Europe Breaking News

13 Jun, 2024 11:06 EDT

The National Council of French Evangelicals (CNEF) has called on the country’s evangelicals to pray following President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to dissolve the National Assembly and call a two-round snap election on June 30 and July 7. European parliamentary elections earlier this month resulted in a boost to the far-right party National Rally, led by Marine Le Pen, with 32 percent of votes, as previously reported by Christian Daily International. Macron’s own Renaissance party had been left
East Africa among four regions severely impacted by climate disasters in 2024 - Christian Aid Report

Africa Society & Culture

13 Jun, 2024 08:06 EDT

Adverse weather conditions over the last six months to June 2024 has led to thousands of deaths and an economic loss of $41 billion, at the very least. This is according to a report by Christian Aid that mapped the impact of extreme weather in four of the most affected regions in the world.
North Carolina Pastor Clint Pressley elected president of Southern Baptist Convention

US & Canada Church & Missions

12 Jun, 2024 14:06 EDT

Clint Pressley, pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, beating out five other candidates in an atypically crowded field.

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Jun 12, 2024 13:06 EDT

Europe Society & Culture

Majority Christian town offer safe haven to Jews as terrorism threat increases in the Netherlands

By Chris Eyte

A town in the Netherlands inhabited by a majority of Christian residents is offering a refuge to Jewish people who feel unsafe in the country as the terrorism threat has increased. The local council in Urk, formerly an island within the province of Flevoland, made the publicly open invitation to allow Jews to settle in the town, set in the heart of the so-called Dutch Bibleland.
Jun 12, 2024 10:46 EDT

Asia Religious Freedom

Massive rally in Pakistan backs killing of Christian: “Tell me if we were wrong in killing that Chuhra who burned the Quran?”

By Christian Daily International / Morning Star News

In the wake of a mob lynching a Christian falsely accused of defiling the Quran in Pakistan, Islamic extremists at a rally on Sunday (June 9) voiced support of the homicide and threatened others.
Jun 12, 2024 10:06 EDT

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Christian athletes ministry criticizes Olympic LGBT-affirming guidelines for media that dictate to "not assume a person’s gender identity"

By Chris Eyte

Latest guidelines by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer push LGBT propaganda onto media and other stakeholders, according to 4 WINDS USA, a worldwide sports ministry, helping athletes in track and field. The ministry has issued a damning response to the “Portrayal Guidelines” issued by the IOC for the Olympics, highlighting that GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, helped to write the third edition of the guidelines that were crea
Jun 12, 2024 10:06 EDT

Europe Society & Culture

Oldest Christian liturgical book with 1 Peter and Jonah sold for close to US$4m

By Chris Eyte

The earliest known Christian liturgical book with the earliest complete texts of 1 Peter and Jonah went under the hammer yesterday, June 11, at Christie’s auction house in London. An unnamed bidder bought it for £3,065,000 (approximately US$3.94 million), according to reports. Called the Crosby-Schøyen Codex, the Coptic manuscript on papyrus paper dates from the mid-third century to fourth century. “The earliest known book in private hands and one of the earliest books in existence,” according t
Jun 11, 2024 14:06 EDT

Africa Society & Culture

Evangelicals across Africa react to death of Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima

By CDI Staff

The tragic news of the death of Malawi’s Vice President, the Right Hon. Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima, and nine other officials in a plane crash on Tuesday has reverberated across Africa, drawing heartfelt condolences and prayers from evangelical leaders. President Lazarus Chakwera announced on Tuesday that the wreck of the plane carrying Malawi's vice-president was found with no survivors. Saulos Chilima and nine others were flying within the country on Monday morning when their aircraft disappeared
Jun 11, 2024 14:01 EDT

Africa Religious Freedom

Islamic extremists kill three Christians in northeast Nigeria

By Christian Daily International / Morning Star News

Suspected Islamic extremist militants on Wednesday (June 5) killed three Christians and kidnapped another after intercepting them on a highway in northeast Nigeria, Christian leaders said.
Jun 11, 2024 13:06 EDT

Asia Society & Culture

India's BJP-led coalition suffers setback as religious minorities shift allegiances

By Christian Today India

The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured a slender majority in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, yet a striking trend has emerged – the ruling coalition failed to win a single parliamentary seat from India's three largest religious minorities: Muslims, Christians and Sikhs. However, compared to the 2019 polls, voting preferences among these groups have undergone notable shifts.

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