Church Issues

• Victories for mistreated British Christians: Complaints against a former mayor from County Durham based on his biblical views about gender have been formally dismissed. Read more here. Restrictions placed on Sarah Kuteh, a Kent nurse who was sacked for giving a Bible to a patient and then prevented from further practising, have been lifted. Read more here.
  
• Huge crackdown on believers in China: The authorities are shutting down house churches, seizing Bibles, raiding meetings and interrogating believers. Other religions are also being targeted in what is feared to be the biggest crackdown on religious freedom for decades. Read more here.

World Scene

• Argentina rejects bill to legalise abortion: The bill was overturned by 38 votes to 31 amidst great public jubilation, and despite considerable international pressure as well as violent behaviour from pro-abortion activists. Read more here and here.
  
• US pledges to end practice of influencing other nations’ abortion laws: The Trump administration has announced that it intends to end the Obama-era practice of using foreign aid as leverage to pressure other countries to liberalise their laws on abortion and homosexuality. Read more here.

Israel & Middle East

• Maoris apologise to Israel: At the end of last month, in a remarkable ‘ceremony of apology’, the indigenous people of New Zealand sought forgiveness for standing against Israel at the UN. Read more here.
  
• Jared Kushner pushing to close UNWRA: The move would also include the removal of international refugee status from millions of Palestinians who are not themselves refugees but descendants of refugees. Read more here.
  
• Gaza border escalation: A barrage of rockets and mortar shells were fired from Gaza into Israel on Wednesday night, causing injuries and trauma and prompting an IDF retaliation. Read more here. The exchange is the worst since the 2014 Gaza War. A fragile truce is holding at the time of this publication, but war is still an imminent possibility. Read more here and here.

Upcoming Events

• Moedim meeting (London): *date and venue change* Saturday 18 August, 6:30-9:30pm, Porsoken Community Centre, Aldgate (E1 8AH). Hebraic teaching and worship with Steve Maltz and Richard Teideman. For more information, contact Richard on 07973 147494, or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
• Day of Prayer for Britain: Brexit, Unity & Reformation (Central London): Saturday 8 September, 10am-6pm, Westminster Central Hall. “Until Britain, and the Church, turn back to the Truth of the Word of God, there is no hope for this nation.” Intercessions led by David Hathaway, Dennis Greenidge, Barry Segal and others. Tickets £10 + booking fee. Find out more by clicking here.
• European Creation Conference (Central London): 21-22 September. Creation Ministries International’s two-day conference including fascinating presentations on a range of subjects from 16 speakers, as well as a youth programme. Emmanuel Centre, Westminster. Full price £20, day tickets £12, kids go free. Click here for full details and to book, or call 01162 848999 (normal office hours).
• Foundations 10 (Devon): 29 October-2 November. Theme: Further into the Lion’s Den. Join David Andrew and Steve Maltz for Hebraic teaching and worship at the Sidholme Hotel, Sidmouth. From £280pp. Click here to find out more and for booking information.

Recommended Sources

At Prophecy Today UK we are aware that the world is moving very quickly and it is difficult to keep up with all the latest developments – especially when the material circulated by our mainstream media is increasingly far from reality and definitely not devoted to a biblical perspective!

Though we are not a news service, we want to help keep you informed by passing on updates and reports as we are led. This will be a selective, not an exhaustive, round-up, which we hope will be helpful for your prayers. Click here to browse our News archive.

We also recommend the following news services for regular updates from a Christian perspective:

• Christian Concern (UK)
• Christian Institute (UK)
• JNN News (Barry and Batya Segal, Israel)
• Worthy News (Israel)
• Family Watch International
• Barnabas Fund
• Kehila News (Israel)