13Aug17 MYANMAR PASTORS FACE PRISON

BAPTIST PASTORS FACE PRISON

The Baptist Standard reports that two Baptist pastors in Myanmar who have been imprisoned since Christmas Eve face up to eight years in prison for helping a journalist who photographed evidence of the Myanmar military’s bombing of a Roman Catholic church.

IRAQUI TOWN ELECTS CHRISTIAN WOMAN AS MAYOR

A Catholic woman has made history by being elected as the new mayor of an Iraqi town according to Premier.org. Lara Yussif Zara has become the first Christian woman to be mayor of Alqosh, a small town on the Nineveh Plain in Iraq, after the Municipal Council of Qaraqosh voted unanimously for her election.

ACTOR OVERCOMES ADDICTION

Christianheadlines.com tells how actor Kelsey Grammer overcame his alcohol addiction with God’s help. Grammer said that, without God, he turned to drugs and alcohol to cope with the pain of a series of tragic events. Grammer’s drug and alcohol addiction became so bad that he was caught drunk driving and spent time in prison. The consequences of his actions made him come to grips with what was happening in his life. He ended up giving his life to Christ, and through Jesus’ power, turned his life around. "As a Christian, we always fail because we can't become Christ," the now 62-year-old said. "But I can try to at least emulate the best qualities, even if I may fall short."