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TopTV CEO on way out over porn plans

2012-02-01T15:19:00.002+02:00

Source: Gateway News1st February 2012TopTV CEO Vino Govender is getting axed because of his misguided porn plans and slow growth in subscriber numbers, reports TV writer Thinus Ferreira. Govender outraged South Africans in early December when he backtracked on a 2010 pledge that TopTV would adhere to Christian family values and would not broadcast porn. The broadcaster’s porn plans were met by

Immorality driving AIDS pandemic

2012-02-01T08:31:00.003+02:00

South African condom failures result in massive recallThaddeus Baklinski in LifeSite News1.35 millions condoms given out prior to celebrations put on by South Africa’s governing political party, the African National Congress, have been recalled due to complaints that the locally made prophylactics were defective. Spokesman Jabu Mbalula of the health department of the province of Free State,

Canadian honor killings and Islam

2012-01-31T18:13:00.003+02:00

George Conger in Get Religion31/01/12An Ontario jury has convicted three members of the Shafia family — father, mother and son of an Afghan family living in Quebec — of murder in what has become Canada’s most notorious “honor killings” case. There has been some great crime and court reporting in the Shafia case, and the articles in the major newspapers are really quite good. But some of the

RISING ISLAMIC PERSECUTION

2012-01-31T14:29:00.001+02:00

Source..There is a rising tide of Islamic persecution of Christians in countries from Nigeria to Afghanistan, writes Philip Rosenthal of Christian View Network.A number of Christians have been sentenced to death for their faith.Hundreds of thousands of Christians have fled their homes, numerous churches have been burned and some of these countries such as Egypt, Iraq and Afghanistan face the

Haitians Turning to Christ, Abandoning Voodoo Practices 2 Years After Earthquake

2012-01-31T14:10:00.006+02:00

Stoyan Zaimov in The Christian Post27/01/12Two years after a devastating earthquake killed an estimated 300,000 people in Haiti, Christianity is fast replacing Voodoo in the lives and practices of the people, a missionary has revealed.According to the Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook, there is a fusion of beliefs in Haiti – 80 percent of people profess to be Catholic, and another 16

Senior clergy back Christian Counsellor in 'Homosexual Treatment Trial'

2012-01-30T09:17:00.003+02:00

Press release from Christian Concern29th January, 2012SENIOR churchmen have backed Lesley Pilkington, a Christian Counsellor whose appeal against the decision of her professional body, The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) will be heard this week. Lesley Pilkington is to appeal and seek to have her disciplinary case ‘struck out’ on the basis that the original hearing

AMIA Split - Another View

2012-01-30T06:49:00.002+02:00

Former Episcopalians face more upheavalBob Smietana in The TennesseanJan. 28, 2012For the second time in a decade, the Rev. Thomas McKenzie has found himself in an ugly church fight.Back in 2004, it was over sexuality and salvation in the Episcopal Church.Now it’s over power and money, the spat between leaders of the Anglican Mission in the Americas — made up mostly of former Episcopalians like

‘To Hell with you!’ That’s what Obama just told Catholics, says bishop

2012-01-29T15:19:00.003+02:00

Kathleen Gilbert in LifeSite NewsJan 27, 2012Saying it’s “really hard to believe that it happened,” the bishop of Pittsburgh has taken aim at the Obama administration’s birth control mandate.“It comes like a slap in the face. The Obama administration has just told the Catholics of the United States, ‘To Hell with you!’” wrote Bishop David Zubik in a hard-hitting column appearing on the diocese’s

Icasa refuses TopTV porn application

2012-01-29T14:59:00.001+02:00

Andre Viljoen in Gateway NewsJanuary 27, 2012The Independent Communications Authority (Icasa) has turned down Top TV’s application to launch a new, standalone hardcore pornography package of channels.The Icasa decision brings to an end a stormy two months battle during which South Africans across a broad spectrum made it clear they were opposed to the pay broadcaster’s plans to introduce the

The Abortion Holocaust and Christian Silence

2012-01-29T14:36:00.002+02:00

Bill Muehlenberg's commentary on issues of the day… In the nineteenth century, most Christians remained silent about the horrors of slavery. In the twentieth century most Christians remained silent about the horrors of Nazism. In the twenty-first century most Christians remain silent about the horrors of abortion. There is blood on the hands of the Christian church. We have remained

Women bishops are coming to the Church of England, says leading opponent

2012-01-29T11:46:00.002+02:00

The Church of England is on an unstoppable path to women bishops, their most senior traditionalist opponent has conceded. Edward Malnick in The Telegraph29 Jan 2012The Rt Rev John Hind, the Bishop of Chichester, has led opposition to ordaining women as bishops but said that it was now certain to happen.He spoke ahead of a key vote next week by the General Synod, the Church's governing body, on

Don't legalise gay marriage, Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu warns David Cameron

2012-01-28T17:24:00.002+02:00

Marriage must remain a union between a man and a woman, says the Archbishop of York, and David Cameron will be acting like a “dictator” if he allows homosexual couples to wed. Martin Beckford, Religious Affairs Editor, in Kingston, Jamaica27 Jan 2012n an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Dr John Sentamu, the second most senior cleric in the Church of England, tells ministers they should not

Peter Tatchell comes clean that homosexuality is neither biologically determined nor fixed

2012-01-28T06:32:00.003+02:00

Christian Medical comment26 January 2012 Many people think that homosexuality is a biological characteristic like race or sex – biologically fixed and genetically determined.They think this because this is the view that has been successfully propagated by the gay rights lobby for decades in order to provide a justification for arguing that ‘homophobia’ is a form of discrimination akin

Message from Bishop David Anderson - American Anglican Council

2012-01-28T06:12:00.002+02:00

Link to AAC pageDear Anglican Brothers and Sisters and those who wish us well,The world is becoming an increasingly dangerous place for all Christians, and especially for Anglicans. In some places our property and churches are being taken from us by misguided judges who are unwilling to go beyond the rhetoric of Episcopal Church assertions to find the facts, justice and fairness that would

News Bulletin 27 January 2012 -- The Christian Institute

2012-01-28T04:44:00.001+02:00

Time for SA Christians to engage with abortion?

2012-01-27T20:15:00.003+02:00

Andre Viljoen in Gateway News January 26, 2012Thirty nine years ago the landmark US Supreme Court ruling known as Roe vs Wade gave American women the right to choose to abort during the first three months of pregnancy. The ruling purportedly acknowledged women’s constitutional right to privacy.Before that judgement many US states had their own laws restricting access to abortion but thereafter

Major victory for life in Europe: ‘Euthanasia must always be prohibited’

2012-01-27T09:01:00.002+02:00

John-Henry Westen in LifeSite NewsJan 26, 2012Yesterday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a non-binding resolution stating: “Euthanasia, in the sense of the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit, must always be prohibited.” The purpose of the resolution, entitled “Protecting human rights and dignity

Govt backs down in face of Nigeria’s general strike

2012-01-26T15:28:00.004+02:00

George Conger in CofE Newspaper20/01/12The Bishop of Lagos has called upon the President of Nigeria to convene an all-party, all-ethnic congress to negotiate the future of the West African nation in the wake of a week-long general strike that followed the government’s lifting of price controls on fuel. On 16 January 2012 President Goodluck Jonathan capitulated to union demands and partially

Rise in dishonesty signals looming 'integrity crisis' in Britain

2012-01-26T08:47:00.002+02:00

British people have become less honest in the last decade, according to a study suggesting moral decline. John Bingham in the Telegraph25 Jan 2012 Lying, adultery, drug taking, breaking the speed limit, drink-driving, and handling stolen goods are all seen as more acceptable than they were at the turn of the century, it suggests. Disapproval of so-called “low level dishonesty” has

GPs told to quiz elderly with serious health problems about 'how they want to die'

2012-01-26T04:23:00.004+02:00

Sophie Borland in MailOnline25th January 2012GPs must ask the elderly with serious health problems if they want ‘do not resuscitate’ orders put in their files, according to senior doctors.They should also find out if patients want to die at home and whether they would rather refuse certain drugs or treatment in their final hours.Doctors who carried out a study found discussions about death

Anglican Unscripted Episode 25

2012-01-26T04:07:00.000+02:00

Not sure how to translate English to American? Kevin and George offer their years of experience in interpreting MISC 1011. They also take a gander at the news of AMiA, PEAR, and Moving Forward. And then there is that HIstory

Captain Coward’: Behold our brave new sexually emancipated world

2012-01-25T15:00:00.004+02:00

Hilary White in LifeSite News24/01/12What kind of man sneaks away under cover of darkness from his own sinking ship, leaving nearly 4200 passengers and crew to fend for themselves? What kind of men knock aside old ladies, little girls and young mothers to get to lifeboats first? Why, modern men, sexually emancipated men who have been raised on the tenets of feminism and our “contemporary”

AMiA break with Rwanda and Anglicanism complete

2012-01-24T18:53:00.004+02:00

George Conger in CofE Newspaper20/01/12Bishop Chuck Murphy along with the other former bishops of the Anglican Mission in America (AMiA) have rejected the protocol for reconciliation with the Church of Rwanda brokered by the Archbishop of Kenya at the 4 January 2012 meeting in Nairobi. Speaking at a conference in Houston this week, Bishop Murphy reiterated his plans to form a mission society

RESIST MILLITANCY – CHRISTIANS TOLD

2012-01-24T14:31:00.005+02:00

FOLUSO TAIWO in the Church of NigeriaThe Archbishop of Canterbury the Most Rev Rowan Williams has in continuation of dialogue and mutual support, sent his sympathy to his colleague the Primate of all Nigeria (Anglican Communion) the Most Rev Nicholas .D. Okoh on the national strike and the continuing dastardly acts and campaign by Boko Haram. Speaking through the Rt Rev

The new outlaws: how same-sex marriage suffocates freedom

2012-01-23T17:58:00.002+02:00

Bryce J. Christensen in Mercator.net23 January 2012Those advocating the radical social innovation, which they label “same-sex or gay marriage,” typically claim that they are fighting for freedom, championing a basic liberty. “Freedom to Marry” is indeed the name of a national organization devoted to the advocacy of same-sex marriage. Established in 2003 by civil-rights advocate Evan Wolfson

Why being Christian gets you crucified

2012-01-23T15:45:00.003+02:00

Miranda Devine in the AU Sunday TelegraphJanuary 22, 2012THE cyber bullies who piled onto anti-porn activist Melinda Tankard Reist last week are behaving like 17th century witch hunters, not the enlightened tolerance queens they claim to be.Tankard Reist's crime was to be profiled not unfavourably in a magazine which described her as "one of Australia's best-known feminist voices".This infuriated

AMiA Break with Rwanda and Anglicanism Complete

2012-01-23T08:45:00.003+02:00

Bishop Murphy tells Winter Conference the AM is ready to go it aloneGeorge Conger in Anglican InkBishop Chuck Murphy along with the other former bishops of the Anglican Mission in America (AMiA) have rejected the protocol for reconciliation with the Church of Rwanda brokered by the Archbishop of Kenya at the 4 January 2012 meeting in Nairobi. Speaking at a conference in Houston this week,

Church of England General Synod Report Encourages “Open-Ended Engagement”

2012-01-22T09:18:00.003+02:00

Link:The General Synod, the national assembly of the Church of England, released a report this week providing further clarity on its working relationship with the Anglican Church in North America, and encouraged an “open-ended engagement with ACNA on the part of the Church of England and the (Anglican) Communion.” “We are encouraged by the desire of the Church of England to

Presbyterian group breaks away over gay clergy

2012-01-22T06:27:00.004+02:00

Barbara Liston (Reuters) Jan 19, 2012 Presbyterians opposed to gay clergy split from the church on Thursday, announcing in Orlando a new denomination called the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians.More than 2,000 Presbyterians from 500 churches witnessed the launch of the new group, which was formed in reaction to a decision in July by the 2.3 million member Presbyterian Church (USA)

Special Offer

2012-01-21T15:14:00.002+02:00

January 21st, 2012 Anglican Mainstream By David Lindsay If you won't advertise abortion, then don't allow abortion. To cite only one among many possible examples, will these adverts mention Marie Stopes's extravagant, versified love letters to Hitler? Or that she disowned her own son because he married a woman who wore glasses? Or her campaign for the compulsory sterilisation of "

Message from Bishop David Anderson - AAC

2012-01-21T07:23:00.003+02:00

20th January, 2012Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Anglican family,Over the last few months, the Anglican Mission and its relationship with the Anglican Province of Rwanda has been a subject of intense interest on blogs and internet postings. Various letters have circulated, and most of you have read them. This week, the Archbishop and Primate of Kenya and chairman of the GAFCON Primates

News Bulletin 20 January 2012 -- The Christian Institute

2012-01-21T05:53:00.001+02:00

UK: MP: the dying need care not assisted suicide

2012-01-21T05:45:00.002+02:00

January 20th, 2012 From The Christian Institute David Burrowes MP led a Westminster Hall debate on palliative care on the 17 January 2012. He spoke out against assisted suicide, instead backing end-of-life care services. He commented: "Rather than legislating for an abrupt end to life, we need to find better ways to help care for the dying".

A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Christian Population

2012-01-20T14:47:00.005+02:00

ANALYSIS December 19, 2011Executive SummaryA comprehensive demographic study of more than 200 countries finds that there are 2.18 billion Christians of all ages around the world, representing nearly a third of the estimated 2010 global population of 6.9 billion. Christians are also geographically widespread – so far-flung, in fact, that no single continent or region can indisputably claim to be

Christians in Uganda demand protection from Muslim extremists

2012-01-20T06:05:00.003+02:00

Islam devotees go on defense after acid attack on preacherIoannis Gatsiounis inThe Washington Times18/01/12A Pentecostal preacher who has converted thousands of Muslims to Christianity was disfigured when men shouting “God is great” in Arabic threw acid in his face in a Christmas Eve attack that has stoked religious tensions here.The victim, Umar Mulinde, is a Muslim convert to Christianity

My Take: The Bible really does condemn homosexuality

2012-01-19T18:15:00.005+02:00

Source:Editor’s Note: Robert A. J. Gagnon, Ph.D., is associate professor of New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and author of The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics and (with Dan Via) Homosexuality and the Bible: Two Views. In her recent CNN Belief Blog post “The Bible’s surprisingly mixed messages on sexuality,” Jennifer Wright Knust claims that Christians can’t

The Torah Declaration is a public statement signed by 1 8 0 Rabbis, Community Leaders, and Mental Health Professionals

2012-01-19T17:45:00.004+02:00

Source: Torah DeclarationAnglican MainstresamSocietal Developments On HomosexualityThere has been a monumental shift in the secular world’s attitude towards homosexuality over the past few decades. In particular over the past fifteen years there has been a major public campaign to gain acceptance for homosexuality. Legalizing same-sex marriage has become the end goal of

Pro-life website to offer facts on abortion clinics

2012-01-19T06:38:00.002+02:00

Cheryl Wetzstein in The Washington Time17/01/12A pro-life group has launched a new website offering what it calls detailed “derogatory information” about the nation’s abortion clinics and abortion providers.“We get calls every day, ‘Oh, this happened at this clinic,’ and ‘This happened at this clinic.’ Now the whole world can see how horrible abortion is,” said Troy Newman, president of

ANGLICAN UNSCRIPTED EPISODE 24

2012-01-19T04:13:00.001+02:00