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Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh [1] were sentenced to execution by hanging in 2009 for converting to Christianity in Iran. [2] [3] [4] They were detained in the notorious Evin Prison for 259 days [5] [6] [7] where they were tortured and interrogated. [8] After gaining freedom, the two women wrote Captive in Iran which detailed their ...
Rifqa Bary is the only daughter of Mohamed and Aysha Bary. She grew up in Columbus, Ohio with her older brother Rilvan and her younger brother Rajaa. [5] Her parents initially came to the U.S. from Sri Lanka to seek medical care for Rifqa after she became blind in her right eye when Rilvan threw a toy airplane at her when she was 5. [6]
Christenson’s story isn’t just anecdotal. As more and more Protestant churches unfurl Pride flags and Black Lives Matter banners in front of their gates, young men are trending toward more ...
Conversion to Christianity is the religious conversion of a previously non-Christian person that brings about changes in what sociologists refer to as the convert's "root reality" including their social behaviors, thinking and ethics. The sociology of religion indicates religious conversion was an important factor in the emergence of ...
Brooke Walker grew up in an Arizona church community. Families, side by side, in communion with God and each other. But the church, she says, was actually a cult. Walker spent her formative years ...
Robia LaMorte Scott (born 1970) is an American actress and former dancer who initially retired after converting to Christianity, becoming a counsellor and preacher of her new faith. She may be best known as a dancer and spokesperson for musician Prince , or for appearing as Jenny Calendar in 14 episodes of the television series Buffy the ...
American Christianity is at an inflection point. There is “a war for the essence and character of American Christianity,” writes Tim Alberta, a national political reporter for the Atlantic.
Black women have been active in the Protestant churches since before the emancipation proclamation, which allowed slave churches to become legitimized.Women began serving in church leadership positions early on, and today two mainstream churches, the American Baptist Churches USA and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, have women in their top leadership positions.