The president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, Yael Eckstein, who lives in Israel, recently reflected on the ongoing violence between Israel and Palestine.
The president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, Yael Eckstein, who lives in Israel, recently reflected on the ongoing violence between Israel and Palestine.
World leaders are continuing to call for a cease-fire between Israel and Palestine while also urging the U.S. to become more involved in quelling the fighting.
Officials believe an unknown person jumped the fence Thursday night at St. Athanasius Church and broke a statue of the crucifixion of Jesus. Members of the church and the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn lamented the loss, but a large group gathered Friday night for a prayer vigil.
Sources say that after fleeing her home in eastern Uganda after her husband was killed in 2015, a widow and her children returned to their home this year only to narrowly escape an attack this month that burned down her reconstructed home.
Local reports are saying that suspected Fulani herdsmen have demanded 30 million naira (US$73,600) for the release of a Pentecostal church pastor they kidnapped in southwestern Nigeria on Monday night (May 10).
As violence rages on between Israel and Palestine, Christian leaders are calling for prayers for peace and safety.
Since 2017, more than 1 million Uyghurs have been placed in suspected internment camps by the Chinese government. The government claims that the camps are vocational training camps set up to help fight back against religious extremism, but escapees of the camps have described them as abusive. Here is what you should know about the imprisonment of the Uyghurs in China:
Of the nine million people who live in Israel, two million are Arab. Most Jews and Arabs in Israel have learned to live peaceably as neighbors since the State of Israel was founded in 1948. However, the country is now experiencing the worst internal Jewish-Arab conflicts since the last Intifada (“uprising”) in 2000. Here is how Christians can intercede biblically in these tragic days.
Annette Odneal, 62, had just left Abounding Life Church of God in Christ after attending a service when she was struck by a speeding car and killed. According to police, a 17-year-old boy was driving a speeding Dodge Charger – which he had allegedly stolen – when it collided with Odneal's car, killing her.
According to sources, Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda are suspected to have killed a Christian pastor hours after he engaged in a public debate about Christianity and Islam.
