NAIROBI, Kenya, September 29, 2020 (Morning Star News) – A Christian boy has been killed after a woman said to be a radical Muslim opposed to his father’s conversion from Islam sold him and his sister to a witchdoctor for ritual sacrifice, their father said.

Sulaiman Pulisi, a former imam (mosque leader) who became a Christian three years ago, said that in July 2018 his daughter, then 13, and his then-11-year-old son, Abdulmajidu, disappeared from their home in eastern Uganda’s Kachiribong village, Kasasira Town in Kibuku District. Police rescued his daughter on Sept. 16.

“We are mourning for our son who is alleged to have been sacrificed,” the crestfallen Pulisi told Morning Star News. “We are mourning with my daughter, who has been used as a sex object by the Muslim shaman.”

The identity of the suspected kidnappers remained unclear. Pulisi’s daughter, whose name is withheld for security reasons, was rescued from the witchdoctor’s home in a village in western Uganda after a Christian shopkeeper there asked her where she had come from.

“A radical Muslim woman called Sania Muhammad [of Kasasira, in eastern Uganda] who had connections with Muslim men used to look for children of converts from Islam and sell them to this particular Muslim witchdoctor,” the shopkeeper, Joseph Sodo, told Morning Star News based on what police have told him about their investigations.

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It’s been said that some experiences you will never forget. James Roberson and Jon Tyson would agree with this sentiment after ministering in city of New York during this unique season.

“We are living in serious time,” Tyson, the pastor of Church of the City in New York and author of a Beautiful Resistance, said.

Tyson and Robertson, who pastors the Bridge Church, would both say that before COVID-19, ministering in New York city was already a unique and challenging endeavor.

According to Robertson, “Everything seemed to change at once. I can remember watching an NBA game and knowing that things were about to change.”

Tyson was struck with the realization that life was about to change when he was arriving back in New York from Hawaii.

Not soon after realizing the coronavirus’ impact, both men switched from pastoring churches that gathered together to pastoring churches meeting online.

Tyson and his family would soon have an even greater challenge to overcome, when they all contracted COVID-19.

“My entire family got COVID,” he shared. In his new book a, Beautiful Resistance, Tyson shares how God walked him through COVID. One thing, he shared, that really helped him stay strong as he battled the deadly disease was the love he received from his church and the love he has for his church.

One can tell in Tyson’s voice and through his book that he wants…

A Christian couple in Iran will be forced to relinquish their adopted child to the state because of their participation in a house church, according to Article 18, a Christian persecution watchdog group.

Sam Khosravi and Maryam Falahi were deemed “not fit” to be Lydia’s parents after nearly two years of care for the child. Judge Muhammad Hassan Dashti asserted that Lydia, though her parentage is unknown, is a Muslim child and therefore should have only been placed in a Muslim home.

Dashti also acknowledged that the toddler faced an “uncertain future” and that there was “zero chance” another adoptive family would take her in due to her health problems. Sam and Maryam took in Lydia after they were unable to conceive.

The couple have already appealed the case, but a court of appeals upheld the first ruling earlier this week. Sam and Maryam will file a second appeal.

Lawyers for the couple were able to obtain two fatwas from Grand Ayatollahs—the most senior Shia Islamic members in Iran—that gave the couple permission for the adoption because of Lydia’s poor health and “undisputed emotional attachment with her parents.”

Nonetheless, Dashti ruled the adoption was unlawful, though he was also sympathetic to the couple.

“In 13 years of marriage, [Sam and Maryam] didn’t have a child to bring light and warmth to their home,” he said.

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Conservatives are defending Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett after a Washington Post article implied her speaking at a Christian conference could be disqualifying.

The article noted that Barrett has spoken several times at the Blackstone‌ ‌Legal‌ ‌Fellowship,‌ ‌a‌ ‌summer‌ ‌program‌ ‌established‌ ‌to‌ ‌inspire‌ ‌a‌ ‌“distinctly‌ ‌Christian‌ ‌worldview‌ ‌in‌ ‌every‌ ‌area‌ ‌of‌ ‌law,”‌ ‌according to the story.

“It‌ ‌was‌ ‌founded‌ ‌to‌ ‌show‌ ‌students‌ ‘how‌ ‌God‌ ‌can‌ ‌use‌ ‌them‌ ‌as‌ ‌judges,‌ ‌law‌ ‌professors‌ ‌and‌ ‌practicing‌ ‌attorneys‌ ‌to‌ ‌help‌ ‌keep‌ ‌the‌ ‌door‌ ‌open‌ ‌for‌ ‌the‌ ‌spread‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌Gospel‌ ‌in‌ ‌America,’”‌ the story said.

The fellowship is run by Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal group. She spoke at it five times, according to The Post.

The headline read, “Amy‌ ‌Coney‌ ‌Barrett,‌ ‌Supreme‌ ‌Court‌ ‌nominee,‌ ‌spoke‌ ‌at‌ ‌program‌ ‌founded‌ ‌to‌ ‌inspire‌ ‌a‌ ‌‘distinctly‌ ‌Christian‌ ‌worldview‌ ‌in‌ ‌every‌ ‌area‌ ‌of‌ ‌law.’‌” 

Barrett, currently a judge on the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, would replace the…

Over a month ahead of election day, Pastor Tony Evans urged U.S. citizens to consider the value of life — both inside and outside the womb — before voting, warning that ignoring what God says about human dignity will result in “chaos.”

“When you don’t start with the image of God, then you make life what you call it to be, not what God has created it and stamped it to be,” Evans, the longtime pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Texas, said on Sunday. “Till we see it through God’s eyes, then we will not start in the right place.

“God views it as a personal insult when life is not given the value He gives … to it because what you said is what God did is not worth protecting. So any discussion of life has to start there. Any discussion of life has to start with the divine mark. And the job of government, the Bible says, is to protect that life.”

When God is left out of government, “life and its value gets downgraded, reduced, dishonored and attacked,” he warned. “So when you think about Kingdom voting, you must think about the question of life.”

“Life,” Evans explained,…

By Leonardo Blair, Christian Post Reporter Follow | Monday, September 28, 2020

A group of white clergy asked their black counterparts for forgiveness and prayerfully committed to actively work to achieve racial justice as they marked four months since the death of George Floyd at the Bethel AME Church in Spokane, Washington, Friday.

“Our nation suffers under the burden of its original sin of racism and white supremacy. And far too often the church has been complicit and let me add particularly my branch of the church — evangelicals,” said Joe Wittwer, lead pastor of Life Center Church, at the “Count Us In: Beyond Words” event, organized by the Beyond Words Movement.

The movement brings together leaders from across the nation, including pastors, attorneys and corporate diversity managers, who are united in their desire to make racial justice a reality in America. Spearheaded by the Justice Journey Alliance, the Beyond Words Movement collaborates with ReWire to enlist church leaders nationwide to lead their communities into…