2.16.2017
Alternative truths abounded last night after the General Synod vote on the bishops\’ report on human sexuality came through and the House of Clergy voted by a narrow margin not to take note of it.
CHR Comment: A closer look at the working of the Church of England’s General Synod as the three houses—bishops, clergy, and laity—vote on issues of human sexuality.
Source: Why The General Synod\’s Vote Last Night Was Bad For Everyone | Christian News on Christian Today
2.8.2017
Evangelical leaders have taken out a full-page newspaper advertisement to denounce President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on refugees.
CHR Comment: This issue illustrates a dividing point among American Evangelicals on issues of immigration and national security. Instead of using the Good Samaritan text to make their point, there are Old Testament texts about strangers and refugees that would better apply to the situation of modern refugees.
Source: Evangelicals buy ad to blast Donald Trump’s refugee ban – CNNPolitics
1.13.2017
Donald Trump has chosen the largest group of clergy and religious leaders to pray and speak at his inauguration next week.
CHR Comment: Evangelicals, a Catholic, and a Rabbi represent voters for Trump as well as his emphasis on traditional Judeo-Christian values.
Source: The 6 Religious Leaders Who Will Pray At Trump\’s Inauguration | Christian News on Christian Today
1.13.2017
Evangelicalism in France is on the rise, a study by the National Council of Evangelicals in France (CNEF) has found.
CHR Comment: A new church started every ten days. Other church bodies in the nation are declining. These Evangelical congregations may be picking up members from other churches.
1.12.2017
An Egyptian Christian couple were found dead on Coptic Christmas Day with their throats cut, according to World Watch Monitor.
CHR Comment: Other Coptic Christians were killed in Egypt on January 6. Police attributed the killings to a robbery but a brother of the victim found nothing missing from the home.
Source: Coptic Christian Couple Stabbed To Death In Their Beds | Christian News on Christian Today
1. 11.2017
Islamic extremism now has a rival, according to 2017 World Watch List.
CHR Comment: Islamic extremism and ethnic nationalism pose the greatest threats to Christians according to this report.
1.9.2017
The Church Society\’s Lee Gatiss reflects on the life and sudden death of his long-term friend and mentor, Oak Hill principal Mike Ovey.
1.6.2017
Allen Guelzo observes in his history of the Reformed Episcopal Church that historians of American Episcopalianism are misled by Anglo-Catholicism’s success in establishing “their own vision […]
CHR Comment: The review contrasts the views of Evangelicalism and Anglo-Catholicism within the Episcopal Church.
Source: Irony of Episcopal History
President Zuma leads tributes to the young South African star who made gospel music popular.
1.27.2017
CHR Comment: Gospel music has gained a broad audience in South Africa so that even the nation’s president paid tribute to this performer after his death.
Source: Lundi Tyamara: South African gospel star dies aged 38 – BBC News
For two years, Ismail and his mother, Jandar Nasi, were captives of the Islamic State
1.26.2017
CHR Comment: These Christians are Chaldean, from the ancient Syriac speaking church. They showed remarkable bravery during persecution.
Source: How an Iraqi Christian teen survived two years in ISIL ‘caliphate’
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