ChinaAid: 14 Christians have vanished, believed to be in government custody
WENZHOU, Zhejiang, China (WordNews.org) Feb. 2, 2018 – Fourteen Christian leaders of Chinese house churches have vanished in China’s coastal Zhejiang province in what ChinaAid is calling “the latest in a saga of China’s serial persecution” of Christians. The underground church leaders are believed to be in police custody since Jan. 13. The Christians are part of […]
Read More →Great Commission agencies unite to ‘Reclaim’ focus on taking the Gospel everywhere
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (WordNews.org) – An alliance of globally focused ministries has designated May 20, 2018, as the third annual International Day for the Unreached. This one-day event is intended to inspire and mobilize Christians to reach out to more than 2 billion people around the world who have yet to hear the gospel, organizers […]
Read More →Pastor/author says ‘Pastors must overpower Hollywood’
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (WordNews.org) Jan. 12, 2018 – Robert Bakke has a litany of accomplishments under his black belt, including being a best-selling author, NASCAR driver and jet captain. He’s also a reverend, and he’s delivered a clarion call to his fellow pastors: Step up. Bakke says Hollywood has replaced the church in America and […]
Read More →Bomb levels $2.6M persecuted church in Shanix, China; Concerns rises that more churches will be destroyed
LINFEN, Shanix, China (WordNews.org) Jan. 11, 2018 – An explosion reduced to rubble a church China Aid describes as “serially persecuted” in China’s northern Shanxi province. According to China Aid, authorities bombed and demolished the Golden Lampstand Church, an unregistered church that cost $2.6 million to build in 2009. Chinese military police detonated explosives in […]
Read More →Awana co-founder Rorheim dies at 99
STREAMWOOD, Ill. (WordNews.org) Jan. 9, 2018 – Arthur Rorheim, co-founder of Awana and one of the pioneers in children’s ministry, passed away on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. He was 99. Rorheim spent more than 70 years with Awana. He was born on May 7, 1918 to Norwegian immigrants who eventually settled in Chicago near the future site of […]
Read More →Evangelism Explosion Launches ‘Equip America’ initiative
ARDEN, N.C. (WordNews.org) Jan. 3, 2018 – Evangelism Explosion International, a nondenominational evangelism ministry founded by the late Dr. D. James Kennedy, has launched an initiative called Equip America that organizers say is designed to train individuals “to share the most exciting gift they have: their faith,” EE will partner with local churches in cities […]
Read More →Should churches be armed? One ministry leader says, ‘Yes’
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (WordNews.org) Nov. 8, 2017 – In light of the recent massacre that left 26 dead at the hands of gunman Devin Pelley, at least one preacher is urging churches to arm themselves. The Rev. Robert Bakke, a black belt preacher who heads Robert Bakke Performance Ministries in Golden Valley, Minn., says churches […]
Read More →Life Legal alleges pro-life activist beaten by church security
NAPA, Calif. (WordNews.org) June 5, 2017 – A pro-life activist was beaten in a church parking lot here when distributing leaflets on behalf of a anti-abortion congressional candidate, Life Legal Defense Foundation alleges in a news release. Jeff White, founder of Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, a national faith-based organization, was allegedly surrounded by church […]
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