Posts Tagged ‘christianity’
Causes
Lebanese man gets 300 lashes, 6 years for helping woman convert to Christianity
A Lebanese man was sentenced to 300 lashes with a whip and six years in prison for his role in helping a Saudi woman convert to Christianity and flee the Saudi kingdom.
Causes
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill Christian leader in Borno State, Nigeria
Gunmen believed to be members of the Islamic extremist Boko Haram group yesterday killed the Rev. Faye Pama Musa, secretary of the Borno state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). He was 47.
News
10 million tithers donate more than $50 billion
There are an estimated 10 million tithers in America that donate more than $50 billion annually to religious and charitable causes. A new 5-year constituency study released by the State of the Plate gives an inside, in-depth lo...
Causes
Christian Widow in Somalia Killed Four Months after Husband Slain
Clothing on Fartun Omar when her body was found outside Buulodbarde, Somalia. NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamist militants in Somalia have killed the widow of a Christian who was slain for his faith in December, leav...
Christian Living
Do all religions teach the same thing?
In a word, no. Many religions have elements in common, such as a belief in a divine being, rules for living, a belief in an afterlife, and heroes from the past. It’s tempting to think all religions are essentially the s...
Causes
Beyond Boko Haram: The Lethal Persecution of Nigeria’s Christians
Regina Luka lost her husband and two children, ages 2 and 4, in Feb.
News
Jackie Robinson’s faith missing from ’42′ movie
A new film about Jackie Robinson, titled 42 — the number he wore during his historic career — tells the triumphant story of how the Civil Rights icon integrated professional baseball by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers. But the...
Causes
Church closures, demolition spark protest in Indonesia
Demolished Batak Protestant Christian Church (HKBP) building in Bekasi, outside Jakarta. NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Hundreds of Christians hit the streets of Indonesia’s capital this week to urge government action after lo...
Causes
Officials in Vietnam claim Christian who died in police custody committed suicide
Vietnamese officials are calling the death of a Christian in police custody a suicide – a claim family members of the severely beaten Christian strongly refute.
Arts & Culture
Marcus Mumford and the trouble with labels
Labels can be helpful when, for instance, applied to cans of soup or barrels of toxic waste. But they are less so when affixed to human beings – particularly when labels are meant to summarize, indelibly, one's spiritual identity.