Mar 6, 2011
Hello fellow Jesus Freaks! Thanks for checking in!
Good news! We've just completed a total makeover of our weekend programming lineup. For those who love Christian teaching, you'll be pleased to see our new weekend lineup is all teaching, with a spot program and a couple of songs closing out the hour. Our strategy was to NOT duplicate some of the other teaching stations nor a KLOVE-style music station, but to present to you a wide variety of continuous ... Read More
Nov 16, 2010
By Joseph C. DeCaro, Worthy News Correspondent
JAKARTA, Indonesia (Worthy News)-- The 13 suspects in the September attack on two leaders of the Batak Christian Protestant Church will now go on trial after police gave their completed case files to the prosecution.
The prosecutors' office declared that everything it received was in complete order.
In addition to handing over the files and evidence, police also turned-over custody of all the suspects, including the suspended leader of the Islamic Defenders Front in ... Read More
Nov 16, 2010
By Joseph C. DeCaro, Worthy News Correspondent
MINSK, Belarus (Worthy News)-- A pastor in Belarus was fined for alleged unsanitary conditions at his church's summer Bible school while another church in Minsk must exist without a legal bank account.
Belarusian Pastor Nikolai Borichevsky of Grace of Jesus Pentecostal Church in Krupki, paid a fine of 700,000 Belarusian Roubles for for food served to children at its summer Bible school supposedly under unsanitary conditions.
When health inspector Aleksandr Khodorovich and an official from the Commission for ... Read More
Nov 16, 2010
By Joseph C. DeCaro, Worthy News Correspondent
JOS, Nigeria (Worthy News)-- Fulani Muslims were blamed for a series of attacks on the Christian communities in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.
The villagers of those communities are all ethnic Irigwe Christians.
According to Stefanos Foundation, gunmen raided Ranwianku the night of Oct. 25, attacking villagers with rifle fire and machetes in spite of the presence of an army barracks about a mile away; homes were burned and cattle killed.
Eyewitnesses said the gunmen spoke Fulani; all ethnic Fulani ... Read More
Nov 15, 2010
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent with Worthy News Asia Service
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (Worthy News)-- Relatives of a Pakistani Christian mother sentenced to death for "insulting" Islam's Prophet Muhammad have filed an appeal against her conviction, Worthy News established Monday, November 15.
The appeal comes after a lower court in the town of Nankana, around 75 kilometers (45 miles) from the city of Lahore in Punjab province, sentenced 45-year-old Asia Bibi to death for blasphemy.
Bibi was also slapped with a fine of about ... Read More
Nov 15, 2010
By Jawad Mazhar, Worthy News Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan
KARACHI, PAKISTAN (Worthy News)-- A Christian worker, his Muslim wife and their baby remained in hiding Sunday, November 14, nearly a month after some 20 armed Muslim gunmen allegedly attacked their rented house in an area of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city.
Shahbaz Javed told Worthy News that the armed mob "invaded" the home in Gulzar Colony on October 16 to protest against his marriage with Mehwish Naz, a Muslim. He said the attack began ... Read More
Nov 15, 2010
By Worthy News Asia Service
RANGOON, BURMA (Worthy News)-- Burma's military government on Saturday, November 13, freed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent most of the last two decades in detention.
The release of the military arch-rival was expected to be welcomed by minorities such as the embattled Karen community, which include many Christians who were forced to flee the country in recent days following controversial elections.
The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), an outgunned rebel force fighting for more rights and autonomy, ... Read More
Nov 15, 2010
By Worthy News Asia Service
NEW DELHI/THIMPHU (Worthy News)-- Police in Bhutan attempted to arrest two more Christians Friday, November 12, for involvement in showing a film about Jesus, shortly after another believer was jailed for similar activities, Christians said.
The two Christians were not found and were still in hiding, said advocacy group International Christian Concern (ICC), which closely monitors the case.
Last month a court in Bhutan already sentenced a Christian to three years imprisonment for "attempting to promote civil unrest" by showing ... Read More