Church

Western sanctions are crippling Syria's Christian community, say Church leaders

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The meeting of Syrian archbishops and members of ACN with Italy’s Undersecretary of State Alfredo Mantovano. (Photo: ACN) Church leaders in Syria say that economic sanctions against the country are crippling its Christian community. Archbishop Jacques Mourad of Homs told Italian government official, Alfredo Mantovano, that the embargo was making it almost impossible to provide … Read more

House church vandalised; pastor and his wife assaulted in UP

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(Photo: Unsplash/Daniel Joshua) In Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli district, a mob of extremists attacked a Christian pastor and his family with violence, blaming them for purportedly converting locals to Christianity. A local source claimed that as the pastor and his family prepared to start worship on a recent Sunday morning, some 30 hardline Hindu nationalists … Read more

Church leaders call for end to attacks on Christian sites in Holy Land

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Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem. (Photo: Unsplash/Christian Burri) Attacks and harassment by extremists are posing “grave threats” to the Christian presence in Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Church leaders have said.  The concerns are raised in a report sent to the World Council of Churches (WCC) by The Justice and Peace Commission of the Council of Heads … Read more

Nick Vujicic challenges 'delusional' American Church to repent

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(Photo: The Christian Post/Leah Klett) Evangelist Nick Vujicic has issued an urgent call to what he sees as an increasingly “delusional” American Church: Repent and speak boldly against pressing issues like abortion, porn addiction and sex trafficking before it’s too late.  “I think most churches are delusional,” the 40-year-old Life Without Limbs founder told The … Read more