Church Issues

• 1 in 6 young people practising Christianity: New statistics suggest that numbers of young people converting are much higher than previously thought. Read more here.
  
• Anglican churches pass votes of no confidence in Welby and Tutu: In an unprecedented move, two churches in Essex have passed votes of no confidence in the two archbishops because of their ‘unbiblical’ leadership on the issue of sexuality. Read more here.

World Scene

• New Zealand musical seeks to erase ‘Israel’ from Joseph story: A Wellington production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical rendition of the famous Bible story tried to remove a reference to Israel from the song lyrics – but has apologised following criticism. Read more here.
  
• Muslims protecting Christians in the Philippines: Local Muslims have been lending hijabs to Christians in Marawi city to help them escape the attentions of ISIS militants, who stormed the city a month ago and still retain some control. Read more here.
  

Israel and Middle East

• Abbas pushes for Hamas/Israel conflict: The PA leader has been steadily cutting off resource supplies to the Gaza Strip to weaken his rival, Hamas. This week the Israeli Defense Minister suggested he might also be trying to provoke war between Hamas and Israel – read more here.
  
• Haley calls on the UNSC to condemn Hamas: The US Ambassador to the UN continues her war on the UN’s Israel-bashing by calling for a similar resolution against Hamas. Read more here.
• ISIS in Israel? The recent killing of a female IDF soldier in Jerusalem has been claimed variously by the PLO/Hamas and ISIS, sparking concern that the latter group is finally turning its efforts on Israel. Read more here.

Upcoming Events

• Kelvin Crombie / CMJ tour: Please click here for the full list of Kelvin's June/July UK tour, in partnership with the Church's Ministry among Jewish People and based around his up-coming documentary '31 October, Destiny's Date?'.
• Foundations Taster Day, Somerset (8 July): 10am-5pm, Rockwell Green Christian Centre, Wellington. Free. Click here to find out more and register your interest.
• London Bible Week (17-22 July): Emmanuel Centre, Westminster. Click here to find out more.
• Foundations South (11-13 August): High Leigh Conference Centre, Herts. Weekend conference of Hebraic teaching, worship and fellowship, on the theme of 'controversy'. Featuring teaching from Prophecy Today's Resources Editor Paul Luckraft. Click here for more 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)
• Family Watch International
• Barnabas Fund
• Kehila News (Israel)