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Tony Perkins/Washington Stand A Pew Research Center survey released earlier this year found that 66% of Americans believe churches and other houses of worship should stay out of political matters rather than address day-to-day social and political questions. Does that mean a pastor should avoid any subject politicians happen to debate? Consider abortion, marriage, human sexuality, immigration, and justice. These are not merely political issues that divide the parties. They are moral and spiritual issues which Scripture addresses. If pastors were to cut every biblical passage that becomes controversial in Washington, our Bibles would look like Swiss cheese. Perhaps the…

Sean Nelson/The Christian Daily “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Jesus Christ uttered these words nearly 2,000 years ago. As the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church approaches ( 8 November, 2026) the words ring as loud as they ever have.  Hardly a corner of the world where Christians do not experience persecution. There is hardly a corner of the world where Christians do not experience persecution, discrimination, or ridicule today. Sadly, there is no shortage of persecuted Christians to pray for, nor a shortage of Christian martyrs…

Ryan Foley/Christian Post Australian megachurch Pastor Russell Evans says Christians must “be transformers, not conformers,” telling a crowd of Hispanic Christians that churches must be “contemporary and powerful” amid a “battle of the hearts and minds of this generation.” Evans, global senior pastor of the Australia-based church movement Planetshakers, delivered the keynote address at the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference’s 25th Anniversary Summit at the Museum of the Bible in Washington last Tuesday. He opened with an observation: “Every culture operates according to beliefs and those beliefs eventually influence behavior.” “Ideologies shape beliefs. Beliefs produce behaviors. Behaviors establish lifestyles and…

Sudesh Kissun/Rural News With less than a week to go before voters choose the next government, Federated Farmers has a simple message to its members – get out and vote. The farmer lobby last week released its ‘Voter Guide’. It covers each of the 25 policies included in Federated Farmers’ list of election priorities in its ‘Backing Kiwi Farmers’ document and political parties’ position on each policy. It covers everything from tax and pest management right through to water storage and local government reform. New Zealand First supports all the policies with National and ACT closely behind. Labour is unclear…

Partner Media Outlet/Decision Magazine Leaders of the Afghanistan Bible Society blazed new ground Oct. 24 by helping launch satellite Christian television and online programming into a country where owning a Bible and publicly worshipping Jesus Christ are forbidden. Mozhda TV is the first exclusively Christian channel broadcast into Afghanistan, where the authoritarian Taliban took control in 2021 and instituted strict Sharia law, destroying public displays of Christianity, banning Bibles and barring women and girls from access to education. Christians in the Muslim-majority nation live under constant threat of being discovered and reported. So far, the channel is broadcasting on TV…

Supplied by The Trinity Foundation. When Lori Bakker, co-host of The Jim Bakker Show, posted the news that her husband, televangelist Jim Bakker, had died on Oct. 5, her brief announcement ended with the words, “Jim finished his race with faith. His voice, his vision, and his legacy will never be forgotten.” Jim Bakker’s legacy is worth critically examining so that future church congregations and leaders avoid repeating and excusing the same abuses. As a religious leader, Bakker embellished his testimony, preached the prosperity gospel, committed fraud to raise funds for his theme park, lived an extravagant lifestyle, cheated on…

Sydney Morning Herald Once prime minister, today a professor: the long-running mystery of what Dame Jacinda Ardern is doing in Australia has an answer. The former New Zealand leader has been appointed a “professor of practice” by the University of Sydney, hired to give masterclasses and mentor on empathetic leadership, social cohesion and civic trust. She will work closely with the Sydney Policy Lab and the office of the vice chancellor to develop new approaches to global and values-based leadership, as well as exploring new ways to address global health challenges centred on equity, inclusion and wellbeing. The position is…

First Liberty Press Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the creation of an Office of Religious Affairs (ORA) “to strengthen the moral, ethical, and spiritual readiness of our warfighters.” The director will report directly to Hegseth. A Department of War memo explained the agency “will ensure resources are adequately provided and, where necessary, policy is properly aligned to prioritize the free exercise of religion and the spiritual readiness across the Total Force.” Hegseth made the announcement during his “State of the Force” speech on Sept. 30. “We are placing spiritual health at the same level as physical health,” Hegseth said.…

Partner Media Outlet/ Christian Concern “The gospel belongs on the streets” was the message that anchored the day as we joined Bread of Life Community Church on Colchester High Street to stand up for their right to freely share the full gospel in public. Next week, the church will be in the Magistrates’ Court appealing a Community Protection Notice (CPN) which seeks to silence their freedom to share the full gospel with the community. Council wardens issued the CPN against Bread of Life, prohibiting the church’s use of amplification as well as warning them about the content of their preaching…

Breanna ClaussenDuring a lengthy sit-down interview with Fox News Sean Hannity, evangelist Franklin Graham boldly detailed to a largely secular podcast audience the list of extraordinary evidence showcasing that our world is living in the season of Jesus’ return. Hannity, who subscribes to Roman Catholicism, softly noted his skepticism, telling the son of the late Billy Graham that he finds Revelation “the most difficult book of the Bible to understand” and “scary.” “You once said to me that you think the end times are at hand,” Hannity began, “but didn’t the apostles think that?” With this, Graham had an open…

Partner Media Outlet/Worthy News Myanmar’s military junta has destroyed two Christian churches in separate attacks in the country’s predominantly Christian regions, prompting renewed accusations of religious persecution and violations of international humanitarian law as the nation’s bloody civil war continues. According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), military fighter jets bombed a Presbyterian church in Mindat, Chin State, on October 9, destroying the building. Three days later, government troops reportedly burned down the Htingnan Kachin Baptist Church and surrounding homes near Bhamo in Kachin State. CSW condemned the attacks, warning that churches have increasingly become targets of military operations against ethnic…

 Pierre Rehov/Gatestone Institute Syria’s new ruler says he wants stability, but Israeli officials are counting brigades, tracking weapons deals and preparing for a possible showdown. As billions in aid flow into Damascus, reports suggest Ahmed al-Sharaa is channeling resources into a new army—raising a hard question: Is the former jihadist rebuilding Syria, or building a military power that could one day threaten Israel? Ahmed al-Sharaa inherited a country in ruins. War halved the size of Syria’s economy and left nine people out of ten below the poverty line. According to serious Israeli sources, the priority in Damascus has little to…

Partner Media Outlet/ Christian Concern Christian nationalism is a hot topic these days. It seems like hardly a week goes by without some news item related to Christian nationalism. Last week, I was on BBC Sunday Morning Live discussing the question. This week, a detailed 135-page report by Theos was released on the subject. Up until recently, most of us had never really thought much about Christian nationalism before. It wasn’t even a widely used phrase in the UK. Gone are the days when everyone understood that Britain was a Christian nation. But many people are now wondering whether that is…

Vincent Matinde/Partner News Outlet Insecurity, inadequate funding and a shortage of trained language specialists are hampering efforts to translate the Bible into Nigeria’s indigenous languages, the Nigeria Bible Translation Trust (NBTT) has warned. The organization’s Executive Director, Patience Toma, said some translators working in rural communities had been killed, while insecurity had forced residents to flee their homes and disrupted translation projects. Speaking in Jos, Plateau state, on Oct. 12 during activities marking the organization’s golden jubilee, Toma called on the federal government to strengthen security in rural areas so translators and language development workers could continue their work. “We have…

 Iver Martin/Christian Post To understand the Reformation and its lasting influence, we have to imagine a very different world from our own. For one thing, the choices we enjoy in the 21st century West were nonexistent. Life was controlled by financial constraints, geography, ignorance, and family ties.And then there was the church.The freedom to choose one’s own church was unheard of because before the mid-1500s, the Roman Catholic Church was the dominant religious force. In fact, in many parts of the world, it was essentially illegal to be anything but Roman Catholic or to read anything that didn’t agree with…

Sarah Holliday/Decision Magazine Jesus said in Matthew 4:4, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” The verse about spiritual hunger, not a shortage of pages, is part of what makes the latest numbers so hard to set aside: More than 500 million Christians worldwide face significant restrictions on obtaining or using a Bible. Where the Bible exists, and still cannot be reached The Bible Access List 2026 assessed 106 countries to offer “the clearest global picture yet of where, and why, people still struggle to access a Bible.” For…

Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) A Christian woman criminally charged for standing and silently praying outside an abortion facility in Birmingham has pleaded “not guilty” to fresh charges presented during a preliminary hearing. Charity volunteer Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, who was charged last December after praying silently outside an abortion facility, pleaded “not guilty” in January 2026. A preliminary hearing for the case at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court is currently in session from 6-9 October. Ms Vaughan-Spruce was the first person to have been criminally charged under national “buffer zone” legislation, which came into force in October 2024 and prohibits “influencing any person’s decision to access, provide or facilitate…

Supplied by Christian Concern/UK The campaign to legalize assisted suicide relies on the promise that the drugs used to assist people to die will ensure a peaceful, dignified, and controlled death for those who are terminally ill. The public is often presented with this picture – that you’ll be able to take a harmless drug, fall asleep, and die without distress. However, recent events in Tennessee put that narrative into question. READ MORE: Christa Pike Survived Her Execution But, Should Christians Support The Death Penalty? – cvnznews.com On 30 September, Christa Pike of Tennessee was scheduled to be executed by…

 Quinn Delamater/Washington Stand The gender gap in teenage suicide is narrowing, showing an alarming increase in suicides among girls. The suicide death rates of boys and girls ages 10-14 almost evened out between 2018-2024, Axios reported last week. Previously, data showed boys experienced the highest suicide death rates, with girls beginning to contemplate suicide more frequently. Suicide was the second leading cause of death among 10- to 14-year-olds from 2018 to 2024, according to a JAMA Pediatrics study. Additionally, suicide death rates for one- to 27-year-olds between 2014-2024 increased in most states, growing to almost 20%, showing an increase from…

Partner Media Outlet – The Western Journal During a recent council meeting in Iowa, a former Ottumwa councilman began the session with a prayer that concluded with the phrase “Hail Satan.” Before the agenda could begin, a local pastor stood up and attempted to counter it. Matt Dalbey, a resident and former member of the council, gave the invocation at City Hall. The meeting video showed him asking those who wanted to take part to stand, then beginning, “Let us pray. Dear dark father.” The prayer asked those present to stand “unbowed” by “arcane doctrines born of fearful minds,” to…

Supplied by UCA News Despite state pressure continuing for more than a decade, some 115 million Christians remain outside Patriotic Churches Independent Chinese Christian communities are facing an intensified crackdown as the communist government led by President Xi Jinping accelerates the controversial policy of Sinicization of religions, the latest reports show. In the most recent crackdown in June, armed police stormed the Early Rain Covenant, an influential church that operates without state registration, and detained more than 30 members, ChinaAid reported. London-based The Telegraph reported on July 12 that more than 10,000 Christians have been arrested across China since 2012,…

Ty Perry Although I was only 8 years old and my mind was consumed largely with baseball cards and G.I. Joes, I knew the world was on edge as it approached the year 2000. I remember talk of the Y2K bug and the havoc it might wreak on technological infrastructure. (That’s one powerful beetle, I remember thinking.) Though the adults in my life weren’t fearful of such an event, the question marks that punctuated their speculations caused some fear on my part. Then, there was discussion of the Rapture. I don’t remember ever hearing about it prior to that New…

Supplied By Answers In Genesis Why are Adam and Eve some of the last people to visit our churches? After all, Genesis is the starting point and foundation of God’s revelation about redemption! Well, if you really want to open doors, you need to know the stumbling blocks pastors must overcome. Once, I was in a private, frank meeting with about twenty old-earth and young-earth Christian theologians and scientists. We were discussing ways to resolve our differences on the interpretation of Genesis because we agreed that this issue is critical to the church. At the end of our two-day discussion,…

AMANE SHIMAZAKI/ Staff Writer for Asahi Shimbun Lawyers acknowledged Jehovah’s Witnesses’ new policy allowing some blood transfusions but called for accountability for deaths, disabilities and other issues caused by the denomination’s anti-transfusion doctrine. The Christian religious group, headquartered in New York, has rejected transfusions for decades in principle, based on its interpretation of the biblical teaching to “abstain from blood.” The policy change, announced on Sept. 18, allows followers to receive transfusions of four components at their own discretion: red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma and platelets. “Advances in medical treatments have raised many questions about the application of…

Dave Kavermann/Car Expert NZ New Zealand drivers, cyclists and e-scooter riders will face several changes to the road rules from today, with new requirements covering overtaking, bus stops and where certain road users can travel. The changes form part of the Government’s Land Transport Rules Reform Programme and follow a public consultation that attracted feedback from more than 6000 individuals and organisations. The Government says the changes are intended to make the rules clearer and better reflect how New Zealanders use roads and footpaths. One of the biggest changes for drivers will be a new mandatory 1.5-metre passing gap when…

Anna Mahjar-Barducci India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited New Zealand in July shortly after the two countries signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in April. The FTA marks a strategic shift in New Zealand’s trade policy. However, the focus should be not only on the FTA’s economic benefits, but also on the new security partnership between India and New Zealand. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to New Zealand on July 10–11 marked a historic moment in bilateral relations. It was the first visit by an Indian prime minister to New Zealand in four decades. During the two-day visit, Modi…

Israel 365 For Israelis, October 7, 2023 has changed the way we remember October 6, 1973. The two dates are separated by exactly fifty years, but they are joined by more than coincidence. Both were Jewish holidays. Both began with a devastating surprise attack by genocidal enemies. In both cases, Israel’s political and military leadership had convinced itself that it understood its enemies and that a major war was unlikely. In both cases, the first hours exposed the failure of that assumption in the most painful possible way. But there is another connection between 1973 and 2023. Both wars raise…

 Edward Ross/ Christian Daily Christians in Nigeria were killed at a rate of one every 86 minutes between Jan. 1 and Sept. 8, most of them in the Middle Belt that receives low priority in Nigerian and U.S. security policy, a new report by a U.S.-based aid agency shows. Among 4,216 Christians killed in Nigeria during the period, a majority of the documented violence against Christian farming communities appears to be religiously motivated and carried out through organized militant networks, with Fulani actors responsible for more deaths than Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) combined, according to…

Contributed/ Langham Publishing Church leaders, theologians and child advocacy practitioners from around the world gathered online to launch God’s Heart for Child Protection and Safeguarding, a new volume urging Christians to view safeguarding not as an administrative requirement but as a central expression of the gospel. Published by Langham Publishing in partnership with VIVA, the Lausanne Children at Risk Issue Network and the Global Child Protection Alliance, the book brings together more than 30 contributors from five continents to address child abuse through biblical theology, practical guidance and case studies drawn from ministry contexts around the world. During the online…

Supplied by Morning Star News A 52-year-old Christian in eastern Uganda was recovering from injuries after his Muslim sons attacked him for leaving Islam, sources said. In Nakalama village, Iganga Town Council, Kibirige Abumusa returned home on Aug. 9 after an extended stay in Jinja City, where he had put his faith in Christ on June 1. One of his adult sons, 28-year-old Kibirige Budallah, confronted him about his conversion, said neighbor and eyewitness Alice Naigaga. Abumusa converted to Christianity after attending an open-air evangelistic event organized by Pastor Zakalia Sserwada of Evangel Church in Jinja City. A business colleague…

Ryan Foley Egyptian-born pastor and evangelist Michael Youssef says the world is experiencing “unprecedented turmoil” and is urging Western Christians not to “hide” in their church pews, but rather “go to the wolves’ territories” with the Good News of Jesus. Youssef, the founding rector of the Church of the Apostles in Atlanta, Georgia, spoke Saturday at AWAKE Houston at the Smart Financial Centre in Sugar Land, Texas. Former Muslim-turned-Christian evangelist Ahmed Joktan and musician Chris Tomlin also appeared at the event, which billed itself as “a powerful night of worship, prayer, and preaching calling God’s people to wholehearted faith, spiritual…

Supplied: Christian Daily International-Morning Star News  Suspected Fulani herdsmen killed more than 30 Christians in one area of Plateau state, Nigeria in the past month, sources said. The latest attack in Mangu County took place on Saturday (Sept. 5), where three Christians were killed in two villages, said area resident Leo Lawrence. “A Christian was killed in Fungtim community, while two other Christians were killed in Kinat community,” Lawrence told Christian Daily International-Morning Star News. “In total, three Christians were killed by suspected Fulani terrorists in these attacks.” On Thursday (Sept. 3), two Christians were slain in predominantly Christian Kinat…

OPINION: Dale Moreau Modern psychology can describe your anxiety down to the neurotransmitter. It can trace your patterns to your childhood, your brain chemistry, your attachment wounds. All of that is real. And all of it together still leaves out an entire dimension of what you are. Let me be clear about what this is not. This is not a swipe at therapy, medication, or the people who provide them. Trauma is real. Brain chemistry is real. The wiring that severe suffering lays down in a nervous system is real, and the researchers who map it have given us knowledge…

Voice of The Martyrs Special force police in Algeria raided a worship service at a humanitarian shelter on Sept. 4, arresting all 12 Christians present on suspicion of holding an unauthorized, non-Muslim religious service, sources said. The House of Refuge shelter in L’Ayaida, 36 kilometers (22 miles) east of Oran, serves as a haven and restoration center for vulnerable women and their families. It housed a worship hall before authorities ordered its administrative closure in October 2019, but Christians have continued to meet for church services in one of the separate apartments on the shelter premises. The premises have been…

All Israel News Throughout their entire existence, our Jewish friends have seldom known the luxury of living without the element of fear hovering over them. From the Assyrian onslaught, to the Babylonian siege and captivity, to the Roman destruction of Jerusalem, to the Muslim and Crusader assaults, all the way to the Holocaust horrors and beyond, not to mention thousands of pogroms in between, Jews have known what it is like to live in fear of those who sought their very annihilation. To this very day those Jews living in the south of Israel in places like Sderot and Be’eri,…

Ravi Bajpai/awwaz.co New Zealand’s free trade agreement (FTA) with India has moved closer to taking effect with a parliamentary select committee backing the legislation needed to implement the deal, just days after prime minister Christopher Luxon suggested it could be in force as soon as next month. The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee’s report, submitted on September 10, recommends by majority that Parliament pass the India Free Trade Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill. All amendments proposed by the committee were supported unanimously. The development comes after Luxon indicated on September 3 the agreement could enter into force as early as October. Speaking…

Supplied by Worthy News/Press Taiwan’s parliament approved a nearly $7.6 billion plan Thursday to expand the island’s military drone and other unmanned systems as it prepares for a potential Chinese attack. Communist-ruled China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its territory and has threatened to use force if necessary to bring the island under its control. Taiwan maintains that its future can be decided only by its roughly 23 million people. The plan backed by the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) passed after lawmakers rejected a competing proposal from President Lai Ching-te’s government. Lai’s administration had sought a…

Amir TsarfatiA Biblical Example Of How Christians Should Respond To Societal Rejection Of Truth Abandoning truth is nothing new. It’s been around since the serpent deceived Eve with the question, “Did God really say…?” (see Genesis 3:1). What’s surprising is that despite the millennia which have passed, Satan’s methods of deception have not greatly changed. When the kingdom of Israel split into two parts under the reign of David’s grandson, Rehoboam, the tribes separated between the north and the south. In the fallout after the division, the north’s King Jeroboam was concerned that if his people went down to Jerusalem to…

Thomas Tarurongo Wynne in Palau Five leaders are absent as Taipei and Beijing clash over their place in the region, raising fresh questions about the Forum’s ability to speak with one voice. The Pacific Islands Forum is facing a test of unity in Palau with five leaders absent and tensions between Taiwan and China playing out openly at the regional summit. Taiwan’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Lin Chia-lung, has used a rare media appearance at the Forum to defend Taipei’s place in the Pacific and warn island countries against giving in to pressure from Beijing. China has hit back, saying Taiwan…

Ailin Vilches Arguello As Germany grapples with rising antisemitism, schools across the country are set to receive Jewish religious education textbooks for the first time since the Holocaust, marking the latest effort to strengthen Jewish life and deepen understanding of Judaism among a new generation. Signaling a new chapter for Jewish religious education in Germany, the eight-volume German-language series will introduce students ages 10 to 16 to the Torah, Tanach, prayer, Jewish ethics and law, holidays, life-cycle traditions, and Jewish history. Set to debut in classrooms with the start of the new school year, the first volume of Da’at Hadorot — “Knowledge…