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(South China Morning Post) A Protestant house church pastor in China has been charged with fraud over her handling of church offerings, raising fears that her conviction could set a dangerous legal precedent for other “house church” leaders. Hao Zhiwei, a former minister at a Protestant church in Ezhou in central Hubei province, was arrested in July last year and charged … [Read more...] about Chinese Protestant House Church Pastor ‘Faces Decade in Prison’ on Fraud Charges

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France's prime minister joined demonstrators on Sunday who rallied together across the country in tribute to a history teacher who was beheaded near Paris after discussing caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad with his class. The demonstrations came hours after U.S. President Donald Trump sent France a message of … [Read more...] about French Premier Joins Nationwide Tributes To Beheaded Teacher

(The Guardian) The Dutch government will permit doctors to euthanise terminally ill children aged between one and 12 after months of debate within the ruling coalition. The country’s health minister, Hugo de Jonge, said a change in regulations was necessary to help “a small group of terminally ill children who agonise with no hope, and unbearable suffering”. The … [Read more...] about Dutch Government Backs Euthanasia for Under-12s

(Bitter Winter) Protestant missionary Verner Wester and his six family members were buried nearly a century ago in the Swedish missionary cemetery in Xiezhou town, administered by the Yanhu district of Yuncheng, a prefecture-level city in the northern province of Shanxi. He was a member of the Swedish Mission in China (Svenska Missionen i Kina (SMK)), who lived in China from … [Read more...] about China Government Orders to Destroy Swedish Missionaries’ Gravestones

(Christian Headlines) China has escalated its ban on the printing of religious materials in recent months, inspecting printing houses for possible violations and even prohibiting the copying of hymns, according to a new report. The manager of a printing house in Luoyang in the province of Henan said his business was inspected on Sept. 14 for religious … [Read more...] about Photocopying Hymns Is Now Illegal in China: ‘I Don’t Even Dare’ Do it, Shop Owner Says