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Wheaton College Student Pelted With Apple as a ‘Warning Against Insulting Spirit of Grace’ after Questioning Treatment of Gays
A student at a prominent evangelical Christian college outside Chicago questioned his school’s stance in regards to homosexuality, which led to an apple being thrown at him on Monday as a “warning against insulting the Spirit of grace.”
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Pro-Family Group Releases ‘Bigotry Map’ That Lists Over 200 ‘Anti-Christian’ Groups in U.S., Prompting National LGBT Group Response
A Christian group calling itself the American Family Association (AFA) has claimed to identify over 200 groups across the United States in an “anti-Christian bigotry map” that highlighted which organizations were hostile to Christianity, including the Human Rights Campaign.
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Coptic Christians Protest Outside White House Wearing Orange Jumpsuits, Hoping For Aggressive US Response
In light of the 21 people who were beheaded by ISIS militants in Libya, Coptic Christians in the United States donned orange jumpsuits and marched in protest in Washington, hoping that the U.S. government would take more aggressive measures against Islamist groups.
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FCC Net Neutrality vote: Prominent Christian Organizations Largely Support Concept, Team Up With Those on Other Side of Political Spectrum
In a ruling that could reshape the way the Internet works in the United States, the Federal Communications Commission will vote on Thursday whether or not to enforce the concept of Net Neutrality, which many Christian organizations support. It also brought up some unusual alliances.
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Activists: Christianity Could Disappear from Middle East Entirely If Persecution Trends Continue
Activists have warned that thanks to increasingly brutal persecutions of Christians, most notoriously under ISIS, Christianity may disappear entirely from the Middle East if trends continued.
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Survey: Hong Kong teens generally identify with traditional Chinese cultural values
In order an effort to promote traditional Chinese culture, the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong, in collaboration with Macao YMCA, Guangzhou Suigang'ao Teenagers Institute, and the Teacher Chang Foundation of Taiwan, has conducted a survey on teens measuring their cultural awareness. They found that Hong Kong youths generally identify with and support the values of traditional Chinese culture.
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Global Lutherans celebrate Reformation Day, ‘trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time’.
Yesterday, October 31, was Reformation Day, and Lutherans around the world held various events in commemoration. In Singapore, the Lutheran Church advocated for Christian communion, while the German Lutheran Church encouraged believers to face the challenge of “trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time.”
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Many American churchgoers expect their pastors’ sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues
American churchgoers are looking for more than biblical explanation from their pastor each week. Many expect the sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues.
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2.1M Korean Christians estimated at joint worship service to affirm family, oppose gay marriage, pray for nation
In the afternoon of Reformation Sunday, Oct. 27, some 2.1 million Christians gathered for a joint worship service from 2pm to 5pm in Seoul, Korea to “unite for repentance, revival, and restoration of holiness in our society.” According to organizers, an estimated 1.1 million joined onsite despite the bad weather with another 1 million joining online. The unprecedented joint worship service brought together Korean churches across denominations as they affirmed traditional marriage and family and
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Willow Creek Community Church invites believers to write prayer cards for the next president
This past Sunday, Willow Creek Community Church based in Illinois invited believers to “pray for the next president” during the service. The church not only expressed its concern for the upcoming election but also emphasized the role believers should play in the process and the importance of offering prayers for the nation's leaders.
