Christian News Weekly Recap April 29 – May 4, 2019
This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section.
Monday April 29, 2019
Christians and Jews Should Be ‘Locked Up’ According to Speaker at Harvard Diversity Conference
United Methodist Court Upholds Ban on LGBTQ Clergy, Same Sex Marriage
Norman Geisler retiring from Southern Evangelical Seminary over health issues
Jeffrey McCall: From Transgender to Transformed by God
Tuesday April 30, 2019
New York Times Admits in Correction: Jesus Wasn’t Palestinian
How safe is your place of worship?
China in a persecution category ‘all by itself;’ USCIRF releases annual report
Students Win ‘Bible Ban’ Case as School Rewrites Policy
Wednesday May 1, 2019
Six Christians Killed in Church Attack in Burkina Faso
UMC on ‘wait and see’ mindset after church court upheld Traditional Plan on homosexuality
Thursday May 2, 2019
Hundreds Gather to Read Bible for 90 Hours on Steps of U.S. Capitol
‘Prayer Works Miracles and Prayer Saves Lives’: Trump Cites Power of Prayer
100 Nigerian Christians killed in April by Fulani militants, Boko Haram
Police in Nepal investigate Christians for proselytism
Friday May 3, 2019
National Day of Prayer: Americans called to ‘love one another’ or risk destruction as divided nation
Christian persecution ‘at near genocide levels’
Christians respond to devastation caused by Cyclone Fani in India
Saturday May 4, 2019
Rachel Held Evans, progressive Christian writer, dies at age 37
VP Mike Pence Praises Members of Black Churches Destroyed by Arson
Will Europe’s persecuted Christian refugees be acknowledged in Jeremy Hunt’s review?
Frenchmen campaign to save Notre Dame from ‘crazy’ modernist rebuild