Christian Newswire

African American Pastor Sent to Jail for Offering Abortion Alternatives on Public Sidewalk

Today the Rev. Walter Hoye of Berkeley, California, was ordered to serve 30 days in county jail by Judge Stuart Hing of the Alameda Superior Court. Rev. Hoye had been found guilty on January 15, 2009, of unlawfully approaching two persons entering an abortion clinic in Oakland. Judge Hing had also ordered him to stay one hundred yards away from the abortion clinic for three years. However, Rev. Hoye refused this term of probation and would not agree to a stay-away order. Therefore, the judge denied the defense motion to stay the sentence pending appeal. Mr Hoye was taken into custody from the courtroom.

ChinaAid Receives Letter from Wife of Christian Prisoner Alimujiang Yimiti

According to an inside source, the case of Alimujiang Yimiti, a Uyghur Christian whom authorities have held in detention since January 12, 2008 for preaching Christianity, has been sent to a Communist Party committee at the highest government level in Xinjiang Uyghur Antonymous Region. This committee, which is the final arbitrator on all cases among the law enforcement agencies in the region, will make the final decision on Alimujiang's case.

Legislative Attack on Connecticut’s Catholic Church Poses Threat to all Churches

An attack on the Catholic Church of Connecticut by leaders of the state legislature's Judiciary Committee "is clearly unconstitutional and poses a danger to all religions, even though its immediate target is the Catholic Church," Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, said today. The organization's international headquarters is located in New Haven, Connecticut.

Obama Pushes Killing Kind of Stem Cell Research

President Obama is scheduled to rescind by executive order the U.S. prohibition on federal funding of research on stem cell lines created by the destruction of living human embryos.

Church Pastor Shot, Killed During Sunday Service

The pastor of a Maryville, Illinois, church was shot to death during a service today in front of horrified parishioners, who then tackled the gunman, according to news reports. The pastor of the First Baptist Church of Maryville was shot and killed during the 8 a.m. service, and the attacker and two parishioners suffered knife wounds in the attack. The gunman walked in during the service, walked up to the pulpit and opened fire. The pastor was shot three times. The gunman then pulled out a knife and wounded himself. Two worshipers who were attempting to detain him were also injured by the knife.

16 Members of Congress Urge Secretary of State Clinton to Address Human Rights in China

Prior to Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi's visit to the U.S. on March 9, 16 members of the U.S. Congress have sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urging her to make certain her conversations with the Chinese government are consistent with the true state of deteriorating human rights conditions in China. The letter, which had bipartisan support, was issued in response to Secretary Clinton's controversial remarks before and during her visit to China indicating a retreat on the priority of human rights issues in U.S.-China relations.

Criminal Charges Filed in Born-Alive Baby Case

On March 3 criminal charges were filed against Belkis Gonzalez, co-owner of a Florida clinic where a teenager sought an abortion, but instead gave birth to a baby girl on July 20, 2006.

NY Times Omits Chandra Levy Murder Suspect’s Immigration Status

BoycottNYT.com editor Don Feder said today that in a recent story, The New York Times left out an important detail in the Chandra Levy murder case -- that the man who soon may be charged with her murder, Ingmar Guandique, is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador.

The United States Supreme Court Upholds the Public Display of the Ten Commandments in Public Parks

In a landmark 9-0 decision, the Court ruled the City of Pleasant Grove, Utah does not have to remove a Ten Commandments display from a public park.

Top Chavez Opponent Coming to Washington to Warn of ‘Soviet Union of Latin America’

With anti-American Marxist Hugo Chavez now dictator for life, his top opponent in Latin America Alejandro Peña-Esclusa, [url=http://www.unoamerica.org]http://www.unoamerica.org[/url], will visit Washington (Feb 27 - March 4, including CPAC) seeking meetings to warn media, government, academic and religious leaders that neo-Marxists and Jihadists seek control of Latin America right up to the border of a weakening United States.

Virginia Senate Kills Prayer ‘In Jesus Name’

On Monday the Virginia Senate Courts of Justice Committee voted 8-6-1 along party lines to kill a pro-faith bill, HB2314, which would have restored the rights of Virginia State Police Chaplains to pray publicly "in Jesus name."

Campaign Life Coalition Tells Obama: Stop the Black Genocide by Abortion

Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) is calling on US President Barack Obama not to preside over the greatest slaughter of African Americans in history via abortion. CLC President Jim Hughes noted that Obama, "the first black President" has a unique opportunity to "help save the lives of 1400 African American babies who die by abortion every day in the United States."

California Resident Peng Ming Writes to His Family from Chinese Prison

ChinaAid received a letter from imprisoned Christian human rights and democracy activist Peng Ming which he sent to his family on January 22, 2009. He is serving a life sentence in China, even though he is an official UN Refugee with transitional permanent resident refugee status in California, USA.

Black Religious Leaders Say Free Speech Rights Violated

Top leaders in the Black pro- life movement are flying here to attend the sentencing of an African American pastor they say was wrongly convicted of violating Oakland's ordinance barring contact with women approaching an abortion clinic.

Pro-Life Youth Arrested in Birmingham Call for Return of Camera Equipment to Prove Innocence

Kortney Blythe, Director of Survivors Campus Life Tours, will hold a news conference in front of the Birmingham Police Department Central Headquarters at 1710 1st Avenue North at 12:00 noon today. She will demand the release of the Survivors' cameras and videos that were confiscated and held by the Birmingham police following the Survivors' arrests last week Thursday.

President Obama, What About Equality for All…Once and for All?

This is Black History Month and the air is just beginning to settle on the fact that the United States of America finally has a black President.

Catholic Television Station Receives Record Financial Support Despite Recession

Many economists agree that America is in a full-fledged recession. Despite this, CatholicTV a non-profit, nationally broadcast television station headquartered near Boston, Massachusetts saw financial support surge in December 2008 right in the midst of these difficult financial times.

Calls Upon President Obama to Remove Governor Sebelius as a Top Contender for HHS Secretary

Governor Sebelius' radical stance on abortion makes her too extreme to oversee America's health, medical and social services.

Obama Stimulus Package—End of His Credibility?

President Barack Obama was quoted in the Washington Post saying if Congress does not pass his Stimulus Bill right away, "Our nation will slip deeper into a crisis that, at some point we may not be able to reverse."

Black Pro Lifers Find Obama’s Faith Based Initiative Thin on Faith, Fat on Abortion

When President Obama began his message by declaring "There is no God who condones taking the life of an innocent human being," Black Pro-lifers began to listen more closely, wondering if the President was realizing that babies are indeed innocent human beings. Their hopes were dashed, however when he went on to describe his plan to focus on family planning as a part of that initiative, code words for expanding government funding to abortion groups like Planned Parenthood.