It’s Thursday, September 4th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com)
By Jonathan Clark
Sudanese police interrupt funeral service to arrest 5 Christians
Police in Sudan disrupted a funeral prayer meeting last month to arrest five Christians.
The Christians are South Sudanese. Police have been targeting Ethiopian and South Sudanese nationals for deportation as civil war rages in Sudan. Muslim extremists in the country are also calling for officials to arrest South Sudanese Christians in particular.
A local church leader told Morning Star News, “There is a growing fear among the South Sudanese Christians. So, they remain indoors in order to avoid being arrested.”
Please pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ in Sudan. The Northeast African nation is ranked fifth on the Open Doors World Watch List of the most difficult countries to be a Christian.
Sudanese landslide killed 1,000 people
Speaking of Sudan, the country suffered one of its worst natural disasters in recent history.
On Sunday, a landslide wiped out the village of Tarasin in the western region of Darfur. Only one person survived, leaving an estimated 1,000 people dead.
The landslide came after weeks of heavy rainfall in the mountainous region. Getting aid to the area is already difficult due to the ongoing civil war. In recent years, Sudan’s conflict has generated what is considered the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
25.9 million digital Bible downloads in 2024
The United Bible Societies Fellowship reached 240 countries and territories with millions of copies of the Bible last year.
The Fellowship of Bible Societies facilitated 25.9 million digital Bible downloads in 2024. This outpaced full Bible printings for the first time. The fellowship distributed 22.5 million printed Bibles last year. It also distributed 8.6 million printed New Testaments and over 118 million printed portions of Scripture.
Brazil led the way in printed and digital distribution, followed by India, China, Nigeria, and the Philippines.
Brazilian homeschool mom lost her case in court
Earlier this week, a Brazilian court heard a case of a mom prosecuted for homeschooling her son.
Regiane Cichelero was facing fines of $20,000 and threats of losing custody of her child, for daring to choose home education on religious grounds.
Alliance Defending Freedom International has taken up the case. Her legal counsel, Julio Pohl, points out that “No parent should fear state punishment for choosing to homeschool their child. Regiane made a lawful and conscientious decision to teach her son at home. We are hopeful that the court will affirm her rights and take an important step toward protecting parental rights in Brazil.”
Sadly, Cichelero lost the case.
She was ordered to re-enroll her child in Brazilian public school and ordered to pay the equivalent of $20,000 for not complying. She said, “We will take the case to the Supreme Federal Court and from there, if we continue to receive a ‘no,’ we will take it to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.”
She had a special message for the Christian homeschoolers who have been praying for her.
Cichelero said, “To you who prayed, my sincere thanks. Remember, prayers never return empty. The Lord is sovereign over all things. The Lord has called us for this time, for this cause, for this moment. We are writing history. … He is still the God who controls everything. He has not abandoned us!”
US military strike kills 11 Venezuelan terrorists in boat with narcotics
The United States conducted a military strike on Tuesday on a drug boat from Venezuela.
On Truth Social, President Trump wrote, “The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States. The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action.”
Listen to comments from President Trump.
TRUMP: “On the boat, you had massive amounts of drugs. We have tapes of them speaking. It was massive amounts of drugs coming into our country to kill a lot of people. Everybody fully understands that. In fact, you see it, you see the bags of drugs all over the boat. And they were hit obviously. They won’t be doing it again. And I think a lot of other people won’t be doing it again when they watch that tape. We have to protect our country, and we’re going to.”
President Trump said the terrorists belonged to Tren de Aragua. The Venezuelan gang is responsible for mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and acts of violence.
Trump supports Christian pregnancy centers
The Trump administration is supporting Christian pregnancy centers in New Jersey in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
First Choice Women’s Resource Centers is challenging New Jersey’s unconstitutional investigation into its operations.
Erin Hawley, Senior Counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, said, “New Jersey’s attorney general is targeting First Choice—a ministry that provides parenting classes, free ultrasounds, baby clothes, and more to its community—simply because of its pro-life views. The Constitution protects First Choice and its donors from demands by a hostile state official to disclose their identities.”
50% of Congress are people of Biblical principle
The Christian Employers Alliance released their new report card on U.S. Congressional leaders.
The index scores lawmakers on a 0-to-100 scale based on their alignment with Biblical principles. Republicans tended to score better than Democrats. Of the 535 members of Congress, half scored 50% or better.
Margaret Luculano is the president of the Christian Employers Alliance. She told the Washington Examiner, “Our faith is the foundation of how we live and lead, and lawmakers need that same compass as they face complex policies. That’s why we launched the Biblical Business Index — a first-of-its-kind tool bringing together theologians and policy experts to connect Scripture with today’s legislation.”
Wisdom says in Proverbs 8:15, “By me kings reign, and rulers decree justice.”
Gen Z & Millennials attend church more often than older Americans
And finally, the Barna Group released new research from its ongoing State of the Church initiative.
The report found Christians from younger generations are attending church more frequently than before. They also attend more often than Christians from older generations.
Churchgoers from Gen Z attend 1.9 times per month, while Millennials attend 1.8 times per month. The average for U.S. churched adults is 1.6 per month.
Also, Gen Z and Millennial churchgoers attend nearly twice as much as they did in 2020.
Psalm 122:1 says, “I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go into the house of the LORD.’”
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