Guest Commentary

• Israeli Political Parties Face Deadline to Form Unity Government Yet again, a deadline is looming for Benny Gantz and/or Benjamin Netanyahu to form a unity government in Israel, or else the country will be forced into yet another election. Apr 14, 2020

  

  Israeli Political Parties Face Deadline to Form Unity Government
• At Least 30 Dead after String of Tornadoes Rip through Southern States A string of tornadoes across the southeastern United States claimed the lives of more than 30 people and left over a million people in the dark. Apr 14, 2020

  

  At Least 30 Dead after String of Tornadoes Rip through Southern States
• Christians Killed in Ambushes in Two North-Central States in Nigeria This week, Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria decapitated two Christians in Benue state. In the Plateau state over the weekend, another group of herdsmen shot a Christian farmer dead. Apr 14, 2020

  

  Christians Killed in Ambushes in Two North-Central States in Nigeria
• Greenville Mayor Waives $500 Tickets Given to Congregants Attending Drive-In Church Service The Mayor of Greenville, Mississippi has waived all $500 tickets passed out to church congregants attending a drive-in church service earlier this month. Apr 14, 2020

  Greenville Mayor Waives $500 Tickets Given to Congregants Attending Drive-In Church Service
• We Know How to Survive, and Have Faith, in Apocalyptic Times As entertaining as those stories are, apocalyptic times are rather less entertaining to live through. None of us wants to be an extra in a reboot of “Outbreak” or “Contagion,” and yet that’s where we seem to be right now.Rather... Apr 14, 2020

  We Know How to Survive, and Have Faith, in Apocalyptic Times
• Pope Francis Delivers Easter Address: 'This Is Not a Time for Indifference' On Sunday, Pope Francis delivered an Easter message of hope for those affected by the coronavirus, challenging world leaders to work together for the common good while addressing the pandemic. Apr 14, 2020

  Pope Francis Delivers Easter Address: 'This Is Not a Time for Indifference'
• His Exile Extended 11 Months, Christian in Iran Finds Warm Welcome When a convert from Islam in Iran was sentenced to two years in exile in Sarbaz last year, the judge warned him that religious extremists in the remote desert town would treat him harshly.When Ebrahim Firoozi arrived in... Apr 13, 2020

  His Exile Extended 11 Months, Christian in Iran Finds Warm Welcome
• Authorities Singling Out Religious Groups to Enforce Social Distancing Rules Will Face Action for Discrimination, AG Barr Says Attorney General Bill Barr said in a statement over the weekend that authorities singling out religious groups to enforce social distancing rules will face action for discrimination. Apr 13, 2020

  Authorities Singling Out Religious Groups to Enforce Social Distancing Rules Will Face Action for Discrimination, AG Barr Says
• Mississippi Church Sues City after Police Ticket Congregants Attending Drive-in Service A Mississippi church is filing a suit against the city of Greenville after police officers were instructed to ticket church congregants attending a drive-in church service. Apr 13, 2020

  Mississippi Church Sues City after Police Ticket Congregants Attending Drive-in Service
• Megachurches Can Be Particularly Vulnerable to COVID-19 But as Lakewood, along with Hillsong, Willow Creek, Saddleback and other prosperous megachurches in the United States, has closed its campus for the next few weeks or months out of concern for spreading COVID-19, its finances... Apr 13, 2020

  Megachurches Can Be Particularly Vulnerable to COVID-19