GENEVE – On 30 May 2017 a delegation led by WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit met with the President of the Republic of Korea, Moon Jae-in, who took office on 10 May 2017.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Crisis-trained chaplains with the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team are deploying to Manchester, England, following last night’s terror attack at an Ariana Grande concert. The latest report indicates that 22 people died in the blast, which was carried out by a suicide bomber.
On Tuesday, May 23, “I Am Israel” will premiere and be released free of charge to churches, synagogues and Bible study groups around the world. This special event will honor the 50th anniversary of the freedom and unification of Jerusalem, which commenced after the Six-Day War of 1967.
Washington – Yesterday, Rev. Franklin Graham appeared on Washington Watch with Tony Perkins, a national radio show which airs on more than 240 stations across the country. On the show, Graham discussed the persecution of Christians around the world and the need to stand for religious liberty both at home and overseas.
For most of the world’s newest nation, wracked by internal conflict, joy seems far away, and yet for Christians, Easter is still a time of hope. A recent message from the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) says the Resurrection reminds us that even in this world there is “goodness and light with triumph.”
In response to yesterday’s ISIS terror attacks on three separate churches in Egypt during Palm Sunday services, David Nekrutman, the Executive Director for the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation in Jerusalem and Pastor Steven Khoury, President of Holy Land Missions, are partnering together to help the Christians who have been injured as well as the families who lost loved ones. “Tonight, Jews around the world are celebrating our freedom from Egypt 3,500 years ago; it is our mandate to help those who are still suffering from Pharaoh like acts,” remarked Nekrutman. He added, “Passover is not only a holiday to celebrate on how we became a nation, it is the eternal critique of power used by humans to take away the image of G-d from a human being.”
