by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) – The ongoing crisis of Christian persecution worldwide was highlighted at the European Parliament last week, at a special presentation of the Open Doors 2023 World Watch List (WWL) of the top 50 countries where believers are […]

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Thursday, January 26, 2023 | Tag Cloud Tags: Artic, church, CIA, Faith, Gospel, IRS, life, Media, News, Protestant, UN, US, WHO, Worthy News by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) – A new study shows that the Hispanic protestant community in the US is […]

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by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) – America’s United Methodist Church has now lost over 1,800 congregations as conservative churches have disaffiliated with the denomination over UMC acceptance of same-sex marriage and the ordination of LGBTQ clergy, Christianity Today (CT) reports. Nevertheless, analysts […]

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Masterpiece Cakeshop owner and devout Christian Jack Phillips is facing another bout of legal persecution after the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that he violated the state’s anti-discrimination laws for refusing to bake a cake celebrating transgenderism. A three-judge panel determined on Thursday that Phillips’s […]

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by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) – The Church of England has published draft prayers for God’s blessing for same-sex couples, the denomination said in a press release last week. The move follows the Church of England’s recently announced plans to continue the […]

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News WELLINGTON (Worthy News) – Education Minister Chris Hipkins, 44, is due to become New Zealand’s next prime minister after he was the only candidate to enter the race Saturday to replace Jacinda Ardern. Hipkins was still […]

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by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) – The Church of England has announced it cannot change its doctrine to allow same-sex couples to be married in the church but proposes that clergy may voluntarily choose to hold blessing ceremonies for homosexual couples in […]

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – One Christian out of seven in the world suffers high levels of persecution and discrimination for his or her faith, and North Korea appears again as the most dangerous place for devoted […]

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News BRASÍLIA (Worthy News) – Two top Brazilian security officials faced detention Tuesday after a senior judge on Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered their arrests over attacks on key government buildings. Tuesday’s order came after rioters claiming to […]

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by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) – A new report shows that, while religious identity among US adults has remained “mostly stable” since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of Americans who regularly attend worship services has declined significantly, the Washington […]

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by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) – A Christian couple leading an urban church ministry in Buffalo, New York, gave shelter to 154 people during the historic deadly blizzard which tore into the area over the 2022 Christmas weekend, the Roys Report said. […]

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Sunday, January 1, 2023 | Tag Cloud Tags: Christian, ICE, India, Indiana, Library, News, Police, Time, Twitter, US, Washington, Worthy News (Worthy News) – Christian actor Kirk Cameron’s debut story hour for his Christian story book drew an overflow crowd to the Indianapolis Public Library. […]

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News BEIJING (Worthy News) – A Christian leader has been released after spending four years in a Chinese prison for his involvement in a banned church, but concerns remain about other jailed church members, Worthy News learned […]

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by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) – The world and the Church were largely silent as almost 6,000 Christians around the globe were murdered by Islamic jihadists in 2022, most of them in Africa, Israeli journalist Hananya Naftali reports for the Christian Post. […]

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(Worthy News) – President Joe Biden signed Congress’ annual defense bill for 2023 into law Friday, giving his approval to a bill that overturns his own administration’s mandate that servicemembers must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2023 authorizes […]

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(Worthy News) – A new survey shows that 31% of Americans go to church, synagogue, or mosque every week or almost every week. However, the same poll shows that 58% seldom or never go to church. In the survey of 2,019 adults living in all […]

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by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) – A high-ranking UK government lawyer admitted last week that it was wrong of Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service to have argued that sections of the Bible are ‘no longer appropriate in modern society’ when it charged a […]

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by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) – Thousands of Christians are preparing to distribute millions of Gospel tracts to people gathering for the coronation of Britain’s King Charles III next year, Christian Headlines (CH) reports. In a Bible-centered ceremony that has remained relatively […]

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by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) – A new study by the conservative Christian Family Research Council (FRC) shows there have been over 400 hostile acts committed against US churches since 2018, with the rate of hostile incidents increasing significantly from last year, […]

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by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) – Archaeologists excavating south of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem have uncovered a rare 2,000-year-old silver “half-shekel” coin, which appears to corroborate the Biblical account in Exodus that every Jewish man must pay an annual tribute of […]

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