Angola’s government has suspended a Pentecostal church from conducting any activities for 60 days after a New Year’s Eve stampede during an overcrowded religious vigil killed 16 people, the presidency said in a statement.
Daniel Kolenda said of the outpouring of healings, “It was holy chaos! The sick were healed in huge numbers—all in the name and to the glory of Jesus Christ!
Wednesday saw the deadliest violence in Iraq since late November. A series of morning attacks killed at least 31 people across the country. Some reports say it’s a mark of rising tensions between Iraq’s ethnic and religious groups, which could shove the country back into chaos.
Anti-abortion groups from 20 different countries have launched a petition to ask the European Parliament to recognize that life begins at conception.
Oldline church disputes, threats to religious freedom and Middle East proxy battles made news throughout 2012. Below are the Institute for Religion and Democracy’s (IRD) top church news stories for the year.
According to CBS, a church in New Zealand has put up a controversial billboard questioning Jesus’ sexual orientation.
