South Korean cult church blamed for COVID-19 says members are being persecuted, killed
Leaders of Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a secretive religious sect that many see as a cult and has been blamed for the propagation of the COVID-19 virus in South Korea, say their members are now being attacked and killed as alarm increases over the new coronavirus....
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The US Commission on International Religious Freedom is sounding the alarm about violence against religious minorities in Delhi, India. It says mobs are terrorizing the streets, targeting mostly Muslims, but Christians are also being affected. ========== Palestinian...
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US pastor, author and founder of the non-profit organisation One Day’s Wages, Eugene Cho has cautioned against Christians allowing politics to shape their theology rather than theology shaping their politics. Mr. Cho struck the warning in his latest publication, A...
Tithe-paying Christians are protected from coronavirus by Psalm 91, pastor Brian Tamaki claims
Tithe-paying, Bible-believing, Holy Spirit-filled Christians have a Psalm 91 “protection policy” against COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, according to New Zealand's popular multi-campus Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki. Speaking to his congregation in...
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It has been reported that a coalition of Christians across denominational lines are uniting to pray for an end to the coronavirus. According to the report, Cindy Jacobs of Generals International said the Holy Spirit spoke to her, granting the authority, but only as a...
Bible school quarantines students returning from Italy amid Coronavirus fears
A Bible school and Christian holiday center in the United Kingdom has quarantined six students and a teacher who returned from a trip to Italy, which is suffering an outbreak of coronavirus. Several schools in the country are closing or sending pupils home over fears...
Trump adds 3 countries to coronavirus travel ban as US reports first death
President Donald Trump on Saturday announced travel restrictions affecting Iran, Italy and South Korea in response to the coronavirus outbreak as the first death from the virus was reported in the United States. After Trump acknowledged the first death from the...
2020 Jamaica Gospel Song Top Ten Finalists Chosen
The 2020 Jamaica Gospel Song Competition has selected its top ten finalists, who will compete at the competition’s grand final during the national Independence celebrations in August. The anointed top ten were chosen from the top 26 semi-finalists from across the...
Alabama Pastor shot wife at church, killed himself after she preached powerful message, friends say
Pastor Derek Scott Gandy remembers how high in the spirit everyone was at the True Cornerstone Church in Mobile, Alabama, on Friday night after prophetess Alisha Woodard was done preaching. “She was the speaker that night and she did a fantastic job. The church was so...
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The World Council of Churches on behalf of the fellowship of Christians all over the world has expressed deep sadness and concern over the ongoing communal mob violence in the northeast district of Delhi, India. This wave of faith-based violence which began on...