Christmas: Penrith church uses dazzling light display to illuminate the “real meaning” of the celebration
ALAN TAYLOR reports from Sydney on how one Penrith church has used an impressive light show to engage the community in the lead-up to Christmas this year (and how Hillsong Church has once more wowed audiences with its Christmas Carols Spectacular)…
Updated: At least 12 killed as truck drives into crowded Christmas market in Berlin
UPDATED (21st December, 2016): The death toll has risen to at least 12 – with dozens more injured – after a truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday night. Police, who have reportedly told media at the scene they believed the crash was the result of a deliberate act, said […]
Murder of Fulani Christian mayor in Mali increases concerns over creeping Islamic extremism
World Watch Monitor The motive behind the murder of a Fulani Christian politician in Mali last month remains unknown, but locals suspect an Islamist agenda. Moussa Issah Bary, the 47-year-old deputy mayor of Kerana (near the Burkina Faso border), was shot dead by six unidentified men on motorbikes on 16th November. He is survived by […]
This Life: Have you been adopted into His family?
CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, reflects on what it means to be adopted into the family of Christ – particularly at Christmas…
Chief minister of Kerala, India, calls for fresh probe into Christians’ Kandhamal convictions
World Watch Monitor The chief minister of the south Indian state of Kerala has called for a fresh probe into the 2008 murder of a Hindu leader, which sparked months of rioting, in which almost 100 Christians were killed. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was speaking last Tuesday (13th December) at the launch of the Malayalam […]
Nine out of 10 evangelical Christians in UK to give to charity or volunteer time this Christmas, survey finds
Nine out of 10 evangelical Christians in the UK will either volunteer or give money to charity this Christmas, according to new research released by the national Evangelical Alliance. The survey of more than 800 Christians also shows that less than one per cent intended reducing their giving while almost a third wanted to increase their […]