It’s Wednesday, July 10th, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. ([email protected])

By Jonathan Clark

Indonesian officials stop wedding and ban church

On Sunday, June 30th, local officials in Indonesia stopped a wedding ceremony and banned the church from further worship meetings at the site, reports Morning Star News.

Village head Eko Santoso halted the wedding at the Pentecostal Church in Indonesia and banned them from meeting, claiming the congregation lacked a building permit and that area residents opposed their church.

A video by the Hagios Legal Aid Institute shows Pastor Setiawan telling the officials that they might first ban the prostitution taking place in front of the village head office. 

According to Open Doors, Indonesia is the 42nd most difficult country worldwide in which to be a Christian.

In John 15:18, Jesus said, “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated Me first.”

Church of England endorses sexual perversion

The Church of England voted to move forward with authorizing blessing services for homosexual couples this week.

The Alliance network of conservative Anglicans is already prepared to create their own “parallel Province” within the Church of England if such services are approved.

Rev. John Dunnett is the National Director of the Church of England Evangelical Council. He said, “The leaders of the Church of England seem intent on leading the church away from the Biblical teaching and doctrine passed down through the centuries and shared by millions of Christians in the Anglican Communion today.” 

780,000 German church members left

Over 400,000 people left the Roman Catholic Church in Germany in 2023. And 380,000 people left Protestant churches in the country last year as well. 

Meanwhile, those who identify with no religion are rising in Germany, making up about 40 percent of the population. 

However, young Germans are pushing back against those trends. A recent survey by a German-based research firm found 11 percent of Gen Zers read the Bible daily, compared to two percent of all Germans. Gen Z is also more like to believe in God than the general population and more likely to attend church than their grandparents. 

New Republican Party Platform’s 20 promises

As The Worldview reported on Tuesday, the National Republican Party released its new platform on Monday. Former President Donald Trump backed the policy document.

The party made 20 promises, including these: 

The platform stated, “Today and together, with love for our country, faith in our people, and trust in God’s good grace, we will make America great again!” 

Tony Perkins not pleased with new GOP Platform

However, the new Republican platform is soft on abortion and faux homosexual marriage. 

For the first time in 40 years, the party is no longer calling for a federal abortion ban. Republicans also removed their definition of marriage, as being between one man and one woman. 

Tony Perkins is the President of the Family Research Council and a member of the Republican platform committee. He has opposed recent changes, saying, “America can't be great until it's morally good. It has to have that foundation.” 

Micah 6:8 reminds us, “He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?”

Military chaplains needed ASAP

Right now, there is a 50% vacancy in the chaplain positions in the Oregon Air National Guard. Sadly, it’s indicative of the absence of military chaplains nationwide.

As Kevin Swanson travels and speaks abroad, I guest host for him today on Generations Radio. I interview Brigadier General David Unruh, a regular listener to Generations Radio and the commander of 2,400 Airmen in Oregon. He sees a great opportunity for ministry. 

He hopes Worldview listeners who are pastors will prayerfully consider serving one weekend per month in the Oregon Air National Guard -- or the National Guard of their home state -- as a chaplain.

UNRUH: “I need ministers in the military to serve as chaplains to meet those spiritual needs, to help instruct the members of my military organization in the nature of what they believe is morally, ethically right in those foundations of liberty that we stand for.

“And today in the Oregon Air National Guard, I'm short of Chaplains. I'm not just hiring chaplains that are like Pastor Jonas Clarke. I hire all sorts of chaplains. But his specific events in history are really the genesis of the email that are reached out to you that those heroic type of pastors are the kinds of pastors we need today more than ever.”

Listen to my 39-minute interview with Brigadier General David Unruh who commands 2,400 airmen in the Oregon Air National Guard. Just go to Generations.org/radio. That’s Generations.org/radio.

1,500-year-old ivory relic depicts Moses receiving 10 Commandments

And finally, archaeologists recently announced their discovery of a 1,500-year-old relic in Austria, reports The Christian Post.

Experts from the Innsbruck University discovered the ancient reliquary box made of ivory in a previously unknown church. They believe it depicts Moses receiving the Ten Commandments as well as Christ’s ascension. 

Archaeologist Gerard Grabherr said, “We know of around 40 ivory boxes of this kind worldwide and, as far as I know, the last time one of these was found during excavations was around 100 years ago.”   

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And that's The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Wednesday, July 10th, in the year of our Lord 2024. Join me, Adam McManus, and my two sons, Honor and Valor, at the Colorado Father-Son retreat Thursday, August 15th through Sunday, August 18th. Go to ColoradoFatherSon.com. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I’m Adam McManus ([email protected]). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.