Pastor Reports 100,000 New Converts to Christ Per Year Despite Ongoing Crackdown in China

Pastor Reports 100,000 New Converts to Christ Per Year Despite Ongoing Crackdown in China

(Worthy News) – The growth of the Christian faith in China continues its remarkable rise, with one pastor reporting as many as 100,000 new followers of Christ per year, despite the worsening human rights abuses and crackdown by Communist authorities.

“Like Jesus said to Peter, ‘On this rock I will build my church.’ When He said that, He said, ‘I will build my church.’ Not, ‘You Christians build my church,’ but, ‘I will,'” Burklin told Mission Network News.

Groups such as Freedom House have said that 100 million people face persecution in China, including Christians of various denominations, with Protestants facing “high” levels of persecution. [ Source ]

Comey Assured Trump Three Times He Was Not Being Personally Investigated

Comey Assured Trump Three Times He Was Not Being Personally Investigated

(Worthy News) – James Comey told President Donald Trump three times that he was not personally being investigated by the FBI, confirming the president’s account.

The Senate Intelligence Committee released the fired FBI director’s prepared remarks ahead of his testimony Thursday, which refute numerous news reports that claimed President Trump was not telling the truth about his conversations with Comey.

In his letter firing the FBI director in May, Trump said he was grateful to Comey for telling him he was not under investigation “on three separate occasions.” Trump then repeated his account during an interview with NBC News’ Lester Holt. [ Source ]

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US says ‘both sides will be forced to compromise’ for Mideast peace deal

US says ‘both sides will be forced to compromise’ for Mideast peace deal

(Worthy News) – A State Department official said Tuesday that Israelis and Palestinians will “be forced to compromise” in order to achieve US President Donald Trump’s goal of brokering peace between the two sides.

In her first press briefing as the department’s spokesperson, Heather Nauert wouldn’t address a question about UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s statement lamenting 50 years of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, but pivoted to say that both Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson were committed to forging an agreement despite the inevitable challenges that will arise.

“Middle East peace is something that’s very important to this administration,” Nauert told reporters. “The president and the secretary have both said they recognize that it will not be easy, that both sides will be forced to compromise.” [ Source ]

U.S.-backed forces seize Raqqa ruins; U.N. sees ‘dire’ situation

U.S.-backed forces seize Raqqa ruins; U.N. sees ‘dire’ situation

(Worthy News) – U.S.-backed Syrian forces aiming to oust Islamic State from its Syrian stronghold Raqqa captured a ruined fortress on the edge of the city on Wednesday and a U.S. coalition official said the attack was set to accelerate.

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which includes Arab and Kurdish militias, on Tuesday declared the start of its offensive to seize the northern Syrian city from Islamic State, which overran it in 2014.

With tens of thousands of people uprooted by the fighting, a U.N. official warned of a dire humanitarian situation, with shortages of food and fuel. The YPG militia, which is part of the SDF, called for international humanitarian aid. [ Source ]