As news spread that a person with Covid-19 had attended his church, John, who does not wish to use his real name, made sure he got tested as soon as possible. He had been at the Assembly of God Church of Samoa on August 15, for an all-day event involving the church’s 27 congregations from Read more
Christian relief organisation World Vision has changed its position on same-sex marriage twice within days in the United States. On March 24, it announced it would no longer define marriage as between a man and a woman in its employee conduct manual in the US. But it reversed that stand soon afterwards and said it Read more
A senior pastor at New Zealand’s Assemblies of God church has been stood down for misconduct. Vosailangi Sikalu lost his job after being investigated for sending threatening text messages. He’s also accused of mismanaging church donations, but says in that regard he’s done nothing wrong. Mr Sikalu has been a pastor for more than 10 Read more
The Assemblies of God (AOG) Church in the Fiji’s Northern Division is aiming to build 40 churches. Divisional Superintendent of the church in the north, Pastor Jeremaia Radrodro, confirmed the north had hosted a total of 64 AOG churches and that there were plans to extend this number as part of a crusade the church planned Read more
Census figures revealing a sharp decline in Catholic numbers in Brazil have been released a year ahead of Pope Benedict’s planned visit to attend World Youth Day 2013. Out of 191 million Brazilians, 123.2 million define themselves as Catholics — more than in any other country in the world. But in the 10 years to Read more