• Abortion, euthanasia lobbies hijack virus outbreak: Activists seeking to liberalise the laws surrounding assisted suicide and abortion are using the coronavirus pandemic to further their agendas. Read more here and here.
  
• BBC confirms own pro-abortion bias: A complaint about BBC bias in its coverage of abortion issues has been upheld, adding to the weight of evidence already showing that the news provider is vehemently anti-life. Read more here.
  
• Orthodox school faces shutdown over LGBTQ+: A Jewish school which refuses to promote LGBTQ+ lifestyles to its pupils faces being shut down by the Department for Education. Read more here.

Church Issues

• Inspirational journalist graduates to glory: Dan Wooding, founder of ASSIST News, has died aged 79, following a two-year battle with cancer. Prophecy Today’s Charles Gardner describes Dan as “one of the most passionate and effective Christian journalists for a generation…I am forever grateful for Dan’s inspiration and encouragement”. Dan is survived by his wife, two sons and six grandchildren. Read more about his life here.
  
• World Evangelical Alliance calls global day of prayer: 29 March has been designated a global day of prayer and fasting by the WEA, which represents some 600 million evangelicals worldwide. Read more here.
  
• Lambeth 2020 conference postponed: The gathering of Anglican bishops, which was already fraught with theological controversy, has been deferred until 2021 due to the coronavirus crisis. Read more here.

World Scene

• Gordon Brown calls for global govt to fight Covid-19: The former UK PM has called for a temporary global government in order to fight the outbreak – one that extends beyond the G20, which met this week to agree a global economic rescue package. Read more here and here. Major banks are considering investing more in digital currency following the suggestion that cash may help spread the virus. Read more here.
  
• EU dream unravels: The Gatestone Institute has claimed that the European Union is ‘unravelling’ as member states default to nationalist strategies in order to counter Covid-19. Read more here.
  
• Anglicans, Catholics join in prayer for mercy: The Archbishop of Canterbury has joined millions of others in responding to a papal call for prayer on 15 March over the coronavirus outbreak. Interfaith groups also held prayers the same day. Read more here. Also this week, the US President and Vice-President joined in a conference call of more than 700 pastors to pray for strength. Read more here.
• Two Nigerian Christian captives released: Two Christian women kidnapped by Islamist gunmen on 10 March have been safely released, according to the Church of Nigeria. Read more here.

Israel & Middle East

• Israeli coalition govt agreed, Blue and White collapses: Amid a turbulent week in Israeli politics, a coalition agreement has been reached between Netanyahu and rival Benny Gantz, with Gantz serving as Foreign Minister and taking over as premier in 18 months’ time. Gantz’s Blue and White Party has collapsed in the process. Read more here.

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