Mrs. Universe Tori Hope Petersen, a former foster child who defied the odds set against her at an early age, is a Christian foster youth advocate known for offering hope to children and encouraging adults to answer the call to provide a loving home to children in desperate need of stability. Petersen wrote about her …
Youth ministries in American churches must shift their efforts away from molding children to be “consumers” to involving them as “participants” in the “Gospel mission,” the head of the Barna Group has advised. David Kinnaman, who leads the prominent faith-based polling firm founded by Evangelical pollster George Barna, gave a video presentation Thursday at the Awana …
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A Christian teacher who refused to stay away from his school after being suspended in a dispute over gender neutral pronouns remains in prison. On Wednesday, the High Court in Dublin rejected the application of Enoch Burke for an injunction to overturn his paid suspension by Wilson’s Hospital School in County Westmeath, Ireland. The Church of …
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There is a great analogy that helps to explain why neurodiverse children (e.g. who are Autistic, or have ADHD) are often perceived to be able to ‘cope’ and be ‘fine’ at school, but can become overwhelmed by the time they get home. There are so many stories about children who appear to be totally different …
The 12th March for Life in Switzerland had a festive mood, with live music, testimonies, and a call to implement a 24 hours period of reflection before performing an abortion. Around 1,000 participants joined on Saturday 17 September the Swiss March For Life, in the Zürich district of Oerlikon. The theme, “24 hours for life”, pointed …
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A college at Cambridge University has canceled an event for young Christian professionals, saying that the values of the organizers, who do not support same-sex marriage, are “not compatible with the values of the college,” the group’s lawyers told the High Court this week. Cambridge University’s Fitzwilliam College has acted unlawfully and breached its duty …
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Prominent pro-life activist Lila Rose appeared on the syndicated talk show “Dr. Phil” Tuesday to debate the show’s host, Dr. Phil McGraw, about when life begins. They also discussed the morality of abortion when a baby has been diagnosed in-utero with a life-threatening condition. The episode’s focus on abortion came in response to the U.S. …
Churches that don’t invest more in discipleship-oriented children’s ministries will be “standing on a burning platform,” warned Matt Markins, head of the child discipleship organization Awana. For most people, their worldview formation is “largely fixed” by age 13, according to findings conducted by the research organization Barna Group. That’s why Markins believes strongly that worldview …
In recent Marches For Life, Christian organisations have suffered attacks and threats. The Evangelical Alliance says the “democratic heritage of Switzerland” must be protected. Swiss pro-lifers hold their annual March For Life on 17 September, and the pressure by pro-abortion activists and politicians has increased over the summer. In the last years, groups expressing …
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This year the theme of the march was ’10 million too many’, a reference to the number of abortions carried out in the UK since the approval of the Abortion Act in 1967. Over 7,000 people took the streets of London on 3 September for the 2022 UK March for life, a record in the history of this …