Our pick of the week’s happenings to inform your prayers.

Church News

• Former chaplain to the Queen speaks out about ‘why I left the CofE’: Rev Gavin Ashenden speaks exclusively to Christian Concern about how the established church has failed in its prophetic role to call the nation to repentance. Watch the video here.
  
• Archbishop of Canterbury to visit the Holy Land: Archbishop Welby will make a high-profile, 12-day trip to Israel in May, mainly to encourage Christian communities in the region. Read more here.

World Scene

• London terror attack not the only one this week: Less high-profile attacks have occurred this week in Paris and Antwerp. On the same day as the Westminster attack, Boko Haram took eight lives in a suicide blast on a Nigerian highway; the day before, car bombs in Afghanistan and Somalia killed at least ten, and on Monday an Islamic State car bomb in Baghdad killed 23 and injured more than 40. Sourced from this site.
  
• US-Israeli citizen arrested in Israel over anti-Semitic bomb threats: An 18-year-old male has been arrested on suspicion of being behind the spate of fake bomb threats sent to Western Jewish communities in the last six months. Read more here.
  
• Anti-BDS summit to be hosted at UN next week: A special conference on the de-legitimisation of Israel will be held at the UN headquarters in New York on 29 March. Read more here.

Israel & Middle East

• UN ‘apartheid’ report shelved and senior official resigns: Outcry at a UN report accusing Israel of ‘apartheid’ has led to the report being taken down and the resignation of Rima Khalaf, head of the sub-group that authored it. Read more here.
  
• Israel 11^th happiest country in the world: according to the World Happiness Report – read more here. The World Economic forum has also stated that Israel is the best country in the Middle East for women – click here to read more.
  
• BDS co-founder arrested for tax evasion: prominent anti-Israel campaigner Omar Barghouti has been arrested by Israeli authorities for concealing some $700,000 worth of income. Read more here.

Upcoming Events

• ‘What are we teaching the Children?’ Conference (25 March): Find out how current education policy is influencing children in Britain and how Christians can respond, with Voice for Justice. Emmanuel Centre, Westminster. Click here for information and tickets.
• Foundations 8 Annual Weekday Conference (3-7 April): A few tickets are left for Steve Maltz’s Cumbria conference. Speakers to include David Andrew and Chris Hill. Click here for more information.
  
• Prom Praise at the Royal Albert Hall (22 April): International gathering of both classical musicians and worship leaders, with a Gospel message. Find out more and buy tickets 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 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)
• Family Watch International
• Barnabas Fund
  
• Kehila News (Israel)