Discovery Plus on Thursday released the trailer for its upcoming original three-part documentary series about Hillsong church, saying it will “explore the high-profile, star-studded church’s alleged exploitation, abuse and cover-ups” of the global movement.Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed will premiere on Discovery Plus on March 24.Hillsong was founded in Australia by Brian Houston and has congregations…Continue Reading

Some Christian sellers of Young Living essential oils are leaving the multilevel marketing company because they say demonic forces are “spreading darkness” in the organization.In one case, influencer and seller Madison Vining announced on Instagram that she was quitting Young Living. Vining had worked for the company for more than eight years and had reached…Continue Reading

The government of Cuba has failed to respond to a joint request from five United Nations human rights advocates concerning the status of a Protestant pastor who has been in prison for the past seven months.Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo, the pastor of the Monte de Sion Independent Church in Palma Soriano, was arrested in July 2021 for…Continue Reading

A spokesperson for the Christian persecution watchdog group The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) warned that the Chinese government is currently attempting to rewrite the Word of God in accordance with communist values.”This is a project that the Chinese Communist Party announced in 2019. At the time, they said it would be about a 10-year…Continue Reading

OTTAWA, Ontario — Police began arresting demonstrators and towing away vehicles Friday in Canada’s besieged capital, and a stream of trucks soon began leaving under the pressure, raising authorities’ hopes for an end to the three-week protest against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions.The crackdown on the self-styled Freedom Convoy began in the morning, when hundreds of…Continue Reading

Fears of an assault rose when the Russian-backed leader of a separatist-controlled area of eastern Ukraine said officials there were launching a mass evacuation of civilians into Russia, citing a threat of military action by Ukraine. But confusion surrounded the announcement by Denis Pushilin, head of the Donetsk People’s Republic in Ukraine’s Donbas region. Kremlin…Continue Reading

BERLIN — Geopolitical tensions, including the current crisis between Russia and Ukraine, could hamper international efforts to curb global warming even as time to tackle the problem is running out, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Friday.Speaking at the annual Munich Security Conference, the former Secretary of State warned that the rise in the cost…Continue Reading

RIO DE JANEIRO — The landslides that devastated Petropolis this week demolished houses and ripped families apart, scarred hillsides and hearts, left at least 126 dead and more than 200 missing.And it was all largely predictable — and to some degree, preventable.Rapid urbanization, poor planning, lack of financing for subsidized housing — all of these…Continue Reading

In just a matter of weeks, Canadian truck drivers protesting coronavirus vaccine mandates became the unexpected darlings of the global right wing.Republican politicians showered the truckers, who descended on the Canadian capital, with praise. Copycat convoys gathered from New Zealand to France.The protests against U.S. and Canadian regulations barring unvaccinated truck drivers from crossing the…Continue Reading

If China continues to control the production and supply of rare earth elements, the western world will suffer immensely. Qian Yuanying, Deputy Chairman and CEO of China Rare Earth, meets the media after their Annual General Meeting in 2014. (Photo by Jonathan Wong/South China Morning Post via Getty Images) Until recently, discussions involving rare earth…Continue Reading