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India’s Lawmaker Arrested for Human Trafficking and Rape of 16-Year-Old Girl
A lawmaker and former education minister of India was arrested for the rape of a 16-year-old girl- a leap to the country's crackdown on human trafficking closely watched by anti-slavery activists.
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Christian and Internationally Acclaimed Anti-Corruption Lady in South Africa Receives Death Threat
Christian and South Africa's top anti-corruption official fear for her life after learning that a group of men has been hired to kill her.
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Prominent Right Activist And Former Journalist in Pakistan Shot Dead For Being Critic to Extremism
A leading right activist in Pakistan known for being vocal against Taliban and other radical Islamist group was shot dead while on a dinner with a journalist in an outdoor café in southern port city of Karachi.
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Brazilian Scientists Hope To Uncover Clues on Zika Virus From Studying Twins of Christian Parents
Scientists in Brazil are focused on women and their new-born twins in their investigation of the mysteries of Zika epidemic in their country, and among their subjects are the twins from a Christian couple in Santos, Sao Paulo state.
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Fitness Instructor Found Murdered Inside Texas Creekside Church. No Arrest So Far, and Motive Not Yet Identified
Midlothian Police is facing a blank wall in the case of a 45-year-old fitness instructor who was found dead inside Creekside Church near Dallas on April 18 with multiple puncture wounds in the head and chest.
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A church in South Korea’s Guri City suffers fire damage, no injuries reported
A church in Guri City, near Seoul, South Korea, experienced a fire on July 3 that caused damage to parts of its main sanctuary building
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Bible scholar suggests ‘Mark of the Beast’ may not be 666 after all
Canadian Bible scholar Wes Huff is encouraging Christians to reexamine a widely held assumption about Revelation 13:18—that the number of the beast is definitively 666. According to Huff, some of the earliest and most respected manuscripts suggest a different number altogether: 616.
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‘Squid Game’ Season 3 raises spiritual questions about trust, despair, and redemption
In a recent column for Christianity Today, Michelle Park explores Squid Game: Season 3 through a biblical lens, arguing that the show’s narrative highlights not only societal decay but also a deeper, often unspoken, yearning for redemption and trust.
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“Sinners”: Gospel distorted by ethnicity and regionalism
In the latest installment of his Bricolage in the Movie series, Dr. Ukjoo Park offers a cultural-theological reading of Sinners, a supernatural drama directed by Ryan Coogler. Set in the racially segregated 1930s Mississippi Delta, the film follows two Black brothers who operate a juke joint while battling vampires—and racism.
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27 girls and 1 counselor missing after flash flood hits Texas Christian Camp
A sudden flash flood swept through a Christian summer camp in Texas early Friday morning, leaving 27 girls and one adult counselor initially unaccounted for, with 12 still missing as of Sunday.
