Religion In The News

BREAKING REPORT: Execution and religious persecution facing an Iranian Pastor. An immediate call to intercessory prayer.

I am urgently asking for believers around the world to intercede in prayer on behalf of the condemned-to-death Iranian pastor, Yousef Nadarkhani, who refuses to reject his belief in Jesus Christ.

An Awakening in Japan

By Lucille Talusan, CBN News Asia Correspondent

TOKYO -- Whether they're in church or standing on a street corner, the members of Grace Tokyo Church loudly sing their songs of praise. The congregation's young people are part of a new youth movement that many Japanese Christians hope will revive Japan's churches. Philippines native Glen Nabarrete, who serves as the head pastor at Grace Tokyo, was born and raised in Hawaii. He and his family answered God's call to Japan in 1992.           
  
The church in Japan is getting smaller every day. The average Japanese church has 30 people and many have less than 10 members. Church historian Masakazu Suzuki says traditional churches are dying out. "After the war, a lot of American GI's who came to Japan are Christians and later came back to Japan as missionaries. So, after the war, the Japanese churches grew a lot," Suzuki told CBN News. 

"Now after 50, 60 years, a lot of pastors are getting older, facing retirement," he said.  "Also many members are getting older too."Like most Christians, Suzuki believes God is using the recent disasters to open the hearts of the Japanese people.

Press Release: Benny Hinn Live from London on God TV

Benny Hinn is a household name among Christians worldwide. His daily TV series, ‘This is Your Day’ is televised in 200 countries by numerous networks, including GOD TV. He also conducts mass crusades across the globe, which are rarely broadcast LIVE. Now in a GOD TV exclusive, Pastor Hinn will air LIVE on the GOD Channel, direct from his Miracle Crusade in the UK this weekend.

Healing Evangelist, Benny Hinn is in Europe for a three-nation tour, which will take him to Dublin, Ireland; London, England; and Paris, France. His meetings at the ExCel International Convention Center in London are billed as “three days of power, miracles, and fresh manna from Heaven.”

GOD TV will broadcast two meetings from the crusade LIVE on the GOD Channel around the globe for four hours each day – and time shifted for peak viewing in the USA on Saturday July 2nd at 7pm (Eastern) and Sunday July 3rd at 6pm.