Christians in Egypt celebrated Christmas with the dedication of the largest church for Coptic Christians in the Middle East.

Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas Jan. 7, and Christians marked the day with the Nativity of the Christ Cathedral.

The building is a gift to the Church from President el-Sisi, who approved the cathedral in 2017, saying the church should be “a message of peace and love to the world.” He also attended the Christmas celebration and dedication.

“We are one and we will continue to be one,” he said at the dedication.

“This moment is very important in our history.”

Church leaders are also calling the church a “historic” event.

“I think what we have seen here is historic,” said Joel Rosenberg. “I really think it’s a game changer that a Sunni Arab Muslim President of the world’s largest Arab country has built a church, the largest in the Middle East and given it as a gift to the Christians of Egypt.  

“We’ve never seen anything like it in history. And I think President Sisi is sending a message not just to his own people but to all Muslims that Muslims and Christians can live together in coexistence. That’s an extraordinary development.”

President Donald Trump also voiced his support on Twitter this week, saying “Excited to see our friends in Egypt opening the biggest Cathedral in the Middle East. President El-Sisi…

Actress Chrissy Metz has inspired many, both through her role on the popular TV show ‘This Is Us and with her own real-life overcomer story. And now, playing a lead role in the faith-based film ‘Breakthrough,’ has brought attention to Chrissy Metz’s faith, something for which she refuses to apologize!

Chrissy Metz may be living the good life now. But that wasn’t always the case.

Before becoming the star she is today, Chrissy faced plenty of adversity, both personally and professionally. In fact, she was completely broke and ready to give up when her big breakthrough on ‘This Is Us’ hit.

The best way to handle hard times is to surrender to God’s will. But Chrissy Metz’s faith hasn’t been public knowledge until a real-life story of faith prompted her to speak out.

‘Breakthrough’ Film Inspires Chrissy Metz’s Faith

The movie ‘Breakthrough’ tells a true story of unwavering faith. Mother Joyce Smith fully surrenders to God when her adopted son, John, falls through an icy lake. John spent more than 15 minutes in the freezing water and his lifeless body gave doctors no hope. But John’s mom, Joyce, refused to give up and continued to pray over her son’s body. And just as doctors prepared to declare John dead, God sent a miracle (read the real news story HERE)!

Chrissy Metz plays Joyce Smith in the film ‘Breakthrough,’ which releases in…

Tragedy struck a Louisiana town this weekend when several vehicles struck a Louisiana church van headed to Disney World, killing 5 of its passengers, all of whom were children.

According to the Associated Press, a car and a tractor-trailer which were both traveling northbound on a Florida Highway when they hit into each other. This caused the vehicles to smash through a metal guardrail and hit another 18-wheeler truck and the Louisiana Avoyelles House of Mercy church van. The Church van was carrying nine children and three adults. According to a statement made by Florida Highway Patrol personnel, around 50 gallons of Diesel fuel then leaked out of the semi trucks and burst into flames.

A fifth car then drove through the accident, unable to avoid it, and hit several people who had been ejected from the vehicles. 

This led to the death of five of the children in the church van as well as both semi-truck drivers. 

The children killed in the accident have been identified as Joel Cloud and Jeremiah

Warren, both 14, Cara Descant, 13, Briena Descant, 10, and Cierra Bordelan, 9, WESH 2 News reports. Additionally, AP reports that several other people are in the hospital, some in serious condition.

As the small Louisiana town is grieving the loss of these five children, authorities are still trying to work out how and why the accident began. 

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DOGO AWO, January 7, 2019 (Morning Star News) – Ladi Yakubu does not know how her family will eat after Muslim Fulani herdsmen destroyed crops on their farm in Kaduna state, Nigeria on Nov. 26 and shot and killed her husband.

“My husband is no more alive, and so the burden to feed our children is on me,” she said. “How do I feed them without having a job? And I cannot go to the farm because of the murderous activities of these herdsmen.”

The 49-year-old Yakubu, a member of the Dogo Awo village congregation of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in north-central Nigeria, said she knew the gunmen were Fulani herdsmen because they have lived near the village for several years. Herdsmen also destroyed crops on their farm in late 2016 and late 2017, she said.

Her husband, ECWA elder Yakubu Musa, was 50.

Her 20-year-old son, Believe Yakubu, received a bullet wound in his leg in the attack. Her other children are ages 15, 18, 23, 26 and 28, but without access to their farm outside the village, the adult children have little income-earning power.

The attack was different from night-time raids that have terrorized Christians in north-central and other states in Nigeria. Church members were helping the family to harvest rice the morning of Nov. 26, she said, when they stopped for lunch at about noon.

“As we were eating, a Fulani man came over to where…

An upcoming DC Comics series will have a familiar character: Jesus.

The DC Comics imprint DC Vertigo will introduce Christ as a superhero in an upcoming series titled Second Coming, which has Him teaming up with Sun-Man. The first issue in the series goes on sale March 6, according to CBR.com. 

“Witness the return of Jesus Christ, as He is sent on a most holy mission by God to learn what it takes to be the true messiah of mankind by becoming roommates with the world’s favorite savior: the all-powerful super hero Sun-Man, the Last Son of Krispex!” the plot summary from DC Vertigo reads. “But when Christ returns to Earth, he’s shocked to discover what has become of his gospel — and now, he aims to set the record straight.”

Second Coming was written by Mark Russell, who previously authored God Is Disappointed In You, which was billed as a condensed version of the Bible.

Russell, who grew up in church and went to Christian schools, told BleedingCool.com he believes Jesus has been misrepresented in modern-day congregations.  

“The Christian religion doesn’t really base itself on what he taught, particularly in the modern Evangelical megachurches,” he said. “They have him more as mascot on t-shirts to prove they’re on the winning team. [Second Coming] is about Jesus coming down and being appalled by what he sees has been done in his name by Christianity in the last two…