Ethical Principles Protect Patients--Not Personal Opinions
January 16, 2008
The Christian Medical Association (www.cmda.org) voiced strong opposition to an assisted suicide bill introduced today in the Washington legislature, saying the measure puts patients at risk by supplanting longstanding, recognized ethical principles with personal opinion. Full Story...Tian Min-ge, Su Dean, Prominent Leaders of Fangcheng House Church of Henan Arrested
January 16, 2008
China Aid has learned from well-known Chinese House church historian Mr. Zhang Yinan that on December 20, 2007, the prominent leaders of the Fangcheng parent house church, Tian Ming-ge and Su Dean, were detained by local police in Jiuquan City. Full Story...
Bob Boyd Ministry Brings Hope to Kenya in the Midst of Chaos
January 16, 2008
In the midst of wide-spread chaos, death and destruction in Kenya, the Norfolk- based Bob Boyd Evangelistic Association (BBEA) is aggressively pursuing a program of aid and outreach that addresses the challenges of tribal conflict and AIDS that are at the heart of today's African crises. Full Story...
Churches and Convents Bombed in Iraq
January 15, 2008
Four churches and three convents were damaged in coordinated bombings in Iraq on January 6, a day on which many Iraqi Christians celebrate either the Feast of Epiphany or Christmas Eve. Full Story...
In South Carolina, the Thompson Surge is Working
January 15, 2008
Just days after announcing his campaign was literally moving to South Carolina, Fred Thompson is enjoying a remarkable spike in support across the state and from donors around the country. Full Story...
United Methodist Women's Division Defends Alleged Black Panther Police-Killers
January 15, 2008
The Women's Division of the United Methodist Church is vigorously defending eight former Black Panthers accused of conspiracy and killing a police officer after California's attorney general re-opened the case last year. Full Story...
Day Gardner: The Black Church and Obama
January 15, 2008
The following statement was released today by Day Gardner, president of the National Black Pro-Life Union: I was very disturbed by an article published on January 7, 2008 in The Atlanta Journal which stated that Sen. Barack Obama garnered praise and prayers from several African-American pulpits for his landmark victory in the Iowa caucuses. Full Story...
Catholics and Protestants Urged to Come Together to Back Huckabee
January 15, 2008
"Governor Mike Huckabee is the only candidate for President we can support with confidence," said Douglas R. Scott, Jr., president of Life Decisions International (LDI). "I urge my Protestant brothers and sisters to join me in doing all they can to advance Mike Huckabee's campaign." Full Story...
NBC Producers Need Sensitivity Training-L&O Episode Defames Christians and Student Ministries
January 14, 2008
Last week an episode of Law & Order on NBC, which regularly adopts real life events and blurs the line between fiction and fact, portrayed a leader in a college Christian ministry as being guilty of making death threats against a professor because the Christian was anti- homosexual. The lead detective calls Christians "Bible thumpers." Full Story...
Dr. Alveda King to Address 'Let Them Live Rally' at State Capitol Today
January 14, 2008
Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life, will speak today in support of Georgia's Human Life Amendment at the "Let Them Live Rally" to be held at the State Capitol. She issued the following statement in advance of the rally. Full Story...
Court Disregards Petition Conditions, Allows Distrusted Prosecutor to Direct Tiller Grand Jury
January 14, 2008
A grand jury was impaneled today and instructed that the prosecutor who would be directing the investigation of late-term abortionist George R. Tiller is Deputy District Attorney Ann Swegle. Full Story...
Beijing Christian Businessman Shi Weihan Released on Bail -- Government Officials Decide Not to Pursue Criminal Charges
January 14, 2008
China Aid Association has learned that on January 4, Christian bookstore owner, Shi Weihan along with two dozen others associated with his case, have been released on bail. Chinese officials have decided against a formal trial for Shi, and criminal charges against the accused have been dismissed. Full Story...
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