Author: Shalem John
Days after Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship church in Dallas, Texas, announced that its leader, Pastor Tony Evans, was temporarily stepping away from the pulpit due to an undisclosed sin, his Bible teaching ministry, The Urban Alternative, has canceled a Mexican Riviera cruise he was set to headline this fall. #TonyEvans #MexicanRiviera #Cruise #OakCliffBibleFellowship #Sin Days after Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship church in Dallas, Texas, announced that its leader, Pastor Tony Evans, was temporarily stepping away from the pulpit due to an undisclosed sin, his Bible teaching ministry, The Urban Alternative, has canceled a Mexican Riviera cruise he was set to…
6/14/2024 United States (International Christian Concern) — The IRF Secretariat released its latest International Religious Freedom Congressional Scorecard last week. The scorecard seeks to provide a nonpartisan “summary of actions taken by Congress on issues related to international religious freedom.” The scorecard tracks the sponsorship and co-sponsorship of bills, resolutions, and amendments that support international religious freedom (IRF) and membership in international religious freedom-related caucuses. From this data, experts use a predetermined scale to assign a score and grade to each member of Congress. The scorecard evaluated the 117th U.S. Congress, which was in session from Jan. 3, 2021,…
6/14/2024 Thailand (International Christian Concern) — Thai police arrested Vietnamese national Y Quynh Bdap, a Christian activist, on Tuesday following his meeting with the Canadian Embassy to obtain asylum. In January, a Vietnamese court convicted the co-founder of the Montagnards Stand for Justice group of terrorism for “organizing anti-government riots in Vietnam’s central highland province of Dak Lak,” according to the Associated Press. Bdap was in Thailand at the time of the riots. “I am a human rights activist fighting for religious freedom and advocating for people’s rights,” said Bdap, 32. “My activities are peaceful, consisting only of collecting and…