Authorities of the Foursquare Gospel Church have suspend one of its pastors, Dr Boniface Igbeneghu, a senior lecturer at the University of Lagos, Akoka, who was caught on camera asking a ”17-year-old prospective student” for sex. BBC released a documentary earlier today chronicling the sexual harrassment female students face in two notable universities in West Africa, the University […]
Church Hosted Gas Giveaway Is Shut Down after 2 Times the Anticipated Number of People Turn Up
In the spirit of giving back, a local Detroit church hosted an event over the weekend giving $15 in free gas to the first 150 people to visit a BP Gas station in the city. The event kicked off at 1:30 pm and by 2:00 pm police had to shut it down. According to […]
Christian Family in Hiding after Hindu Extremist Mob Assaults Them in India
NEW DELHI, October 3, 2019 (Morning Star News) – A retired pastor, his wife and their sons are in hiding from police after a Hindu extremist mob injured them in a gruesome assault in northern India, sources said. Patram Mangala, retired Church of North India pastor now helping to run St. John School in […]
A new study has found that about half of Christians under age 35 believe a Christian should not become romantically involved with an unbeliever. According to the study from Teleios Research, 51 percent of those surveyed said a Christian should not date an unbeliever, Relevant Magazine reports. “The love, devotion, and deference between a believing husband […]
See You On My Phone: Apps Spur a New School Prayer Movement
When Christian students gather around the flagpole to pray at today’s See You At the Pole (SYATP) rallies, they’ll probably also be gathered around their smartphones. And that’s by design. Organizers of the annual school prayer event—held at 7 this morning—hope that incorporating technology will help spur more regular prayer meetings on middle and high […]
5 Tips for Training Little Evangelists
In fifth grade, I received evangelism training through my church. It went something like this: Memorize a series of verses (the famed “Romans Road” of evangelizing), identify an unbelieving friend, ask her to get together, share the gospel, and invite her to place faith in Christ. My Sunday school teacher spent the summer […]
I’ve been moving from church to church to cure myself from skin bleaching – Singer Mzbel reveals
Ghanaian singer of “I be 16 years” fame, Mzbel has confessed to using bleaching cream which according to her led to regrets. Mzbel revealed that she is now envious of black girls because being white is not who she is. She told Abeiku Santana on UTV’s Atuu show that the act she regrets led to […]
Chinese pastors ordered to base sermons on book comparing Bible to Confucianism
Chinese government officials are demanding that clergy affiliated with the state-sanctioned protestant church base their sermons on a new book that blends biblical teachings with the teachings of Confucius. The Chinese human rights magazine Bitter Winter reports that clergy affiliated with the Three-Self Patriotic Movement in Yuzhou city were ordered to begin teaching the […]
Jarrid Wilson, Pastor and Mental Health Advocate, Dies by Suicide
Jarrid Wilson, a well-known pastor who became a mental health advocate and co-founded an organization dedicated to suicide prevention, took his own life Monday night. Wilson was an associate pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship in California, an author of multiple books and the co-founder of Anthem of Hope, a faith-centered organization dedicated to helping […]
Buttigieg: ‘Life Begins with Breath,’ Bible Backs Late-Term Abortion
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is being criticized for comments suggesting life begins at a baby’s first breath and the Bible supports abortion up until the moment of birth. The remarks by the mayor of South Bend, Ind., occurred during an appearance on a New York radio station’s morning show last week when the […]