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Swedish court rules parents of abducted home-schooled boy fit

By   /  June 15, 2012  /  Law  /  No Comments

GOTLAND, Sweden (WordNews.org) June 15, 2012 –The parents of a 10-year-old home-schooled boy that was abducted by the government three years ago are fit, a Swedish court has ruled. The court will not terminate the parents’ rights, according to Alliance Defense Fund, which acted as advisers to the parents, along with the Home School Legal […]

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Thousands of Christians flee Syrian city of Qusayr

By   /  June 14, 2012  /  Featured, Persecution  /  No Comments

QUSAYR, Syria (WordNews.org) June 14, 2012 – Thousands of Christians fled Qusayr after being given an ultimatum by opposition military chief as well as leaders in local mosques, according to the ministry Barnabas Aid. Most of the western city’s 10,000 Christian residents have left and mosque leadership have told the 1,000 who remain to leave. […]

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Mission Aviation Fellowship makes first landing at new Congo airstrip

By   /  June 13, 2012  /  Featured, Missions  /  No Comments

BUNIA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, (WordNews.org) June 13, 2012  — Mission Aviation Fellowship made its first landing at the new Zobia airstrip to deliver medical supplies in remote parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). That June 9 landing has been followed by several others. The medication MAF is delivering is to […]

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Pro-life group launches Battle Ground States project

By   /  June 12, 2012  /  Featured, Politics, Pro-life  /  No Comments

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WordNews.org) June 12, 2012  –Created Equal, a pro-life group, is launching what it is calling a “voter education strategy” in seven battle ground states. The project official begins on Saturday, June 23, when a mobile billboard rolls into Columbus, Ohio. Other states being targeted are Pennsylvania, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Missouri and Iowa. […]

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Poll: 90% of believers have negative view of Christian TV

By   /  June 11, 2012  /  Featured  /  No Comments

FORT WASHINGTON, Md. (WordNews.org) June 11, 2012 – Do you watch religious television? Do you like Christian TV? If you’re a Facebook fan of DoersTV.com, the answer is probably no. According to Pastor David Wright, CEO of DoersTV.com, most Christians hate Christian TV and don’t watch it. “I was completely flabbergasted from the responses, and […]

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Senate committee to consider gender identity bill

By   /  June 9, 2012  /  Featured, Law, Politics  /  No Comments

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) June 9, 2012 – A Senate committee will take up the  Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) on June 12, a measure that Christian groups criticize as giving special protections to homosexuals and cross-dressers. The bill before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee applies to an “individual’s actual or perceived sexual orientation […]

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Walker’s recall win a victory for unborn, pro-life group says

By   /  June 6, 2012  /  Featured, Law, Pro-life  /  No Comments

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WordNews.org) June 6, 2012  — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s recall victory Tuesday night was a win for the unborn, Wisconsin pro-life advocacy groups said today. “Hundreds of thousands of right-to-life people understood the high stakes for unborn children in yesterday’s recall elections and they voted their right-to-life convictions,” said Susan Armacost, director of […]

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Hearst backs move to put wraps on Cosmo

By   /  June 5, 2012  /  Featured, Law  /  No Comments

LOS ANGELES (WordNews.org) June 5, 2012 –An effort is underway, backed by the granddaughter of media mogul William Randolph Hearst, that would put the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine behind a non-transparent wrapper like pornographic magazines. Victoria Hearst said the Hearst-owned Cosmopolitan is pushing the limits in terms of explicit content while also featuring underage Dakota […]

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