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How the Church is fighting fake news & Covid-19 in South Sudan

James Wani Thu 21 May 2020 9:51 BST

There are not many places less able to deal with a pandemic than South Sudan.

Paul's warning to the Galatians applies to modern-day America, says Os Guinness

Michael Gryboski | Thu 21 May 2020 9:08 BST

"'Who's bewitched America?' It's in the process of switching from the Gospel that came from the American Revolution to the gospel that came from the French Revolution, which is not good news but bad news," the apologist said.
Pastor who laid hands on COVID-19 sufferers, claiming to heal them, has died from the virus

Staff writer | Wed 20 May 2020 15:00 BST

A pastor who claimed to have 'healed coronavirus sufferers by laying his hands on them' has died from Covid-19, sparking fear among his followers.
Ravi Zacharias 1946 - 2020

Matthew Fearon | Wed 20 May 2020 6:22 BST

Once Zacharias found the truth of the gospel, his passion for sharing it burned bright until the very end.
Christian leaders pay tribute to Ravi Zacharias

Jeannie Law | Wed 20 May 2020 6:17 BST

Christian leaders worldwide are paying tribute to Christian apologist, author and speaker, Ravi Zacharias, who died Tuesday from a rare form of cancer. He was 74.
Hundreds of Christians killed in Nigeria this year - report

Samuel Smith | Mon 18 May 2020 7:08 BST

About 620 Christians have been killed and hundreds of homes and churches damaged in Nigeria since the start of the year as attacks carried about by Fulani radicals and Islamic terrorists continue, a Nigerian NGO has warned.
Fears for Rohingya refugees as Covid-19 reaches camps

Staff writer | Sat 16 May 2020 9:27 BST

There are fears for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh after the first confirmed cases of Covid-19 were reported in the camps this week.
Online prayer event marks Christian schoolgirl's third birthday in captivity

Staff writer | Fri 15 May 2020 6:23 BST

Leah was one of over a hundred schoolgirls abducted by a faction of Boko Haram from their school in Dapchi, Yobe state on 19 February 2018.
Final coronavirus patients discharged from Samaritan's Purse field hospital in Italy

Staff writer | Fri 15 May 2020 6:02 BST

Samaritan's Purse has discharged the last of its patients from an emergency field hospital set up in Italy to treat people with coronavirus.
Two churches lose over 100 congregants to COVID-19

Staff writer | Wed 13 May 2020 23:23 BST

Two churches serving the Latino community in New York are mourning the deaths of over 100 congregants combined to COVID-19.
Belief that Donald Trump was 'anointed by God' increases among American Christians

Nate Flannagan | Wed 13 May 2020 12:00 BST

Donald Trump was "anointed by God" to his position as the United States president. This is the belief of a growing number of American churchgoers, according to a new report.
GOD TV says it will obey regulations in Israel amid fears of being shut down

Samuel Smith | Wed 13 May 2020 8:12 BST

The head of the international Christian television network GOD TV has said that Israeli authorities are looking to "shut down" its new Hebrew-language Christian channel after concerns were raised about whether the channel will proselytize to Jews.
ISIS has 'returned in force' to Iraq

Samuel Smith | Sat 9 May 2020 9:55 BST

As governments try to combat the spread of COVID-19, there has been a resurgence of deadly attacks by the Islamic State in Iraq over two years after the group's territorial defeat.