Religion
Increase in Anti-Christian Incidents in India
MORNING STAR NEWS
NEW DEHLI, India– Christians in India suffered high levels of violence and discrimination in 2024, with 640 cases marking a continued increase over prior years, according to the Evangelical Fellowship of India’s Religious Liberty Commission (EFIRLC).
Adventist Youth Society honours outstanding VG residents
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- As part of Adventist Global Youth Day activities on Saturday, March 15, 2025, the Adventist Youth Society on Virgin Gorda honoured three outstanding residents in the community.
Bishop Paul A. Ricketts elected new President of BVI Christian Council
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Bishop Dr Paul A. Ricketts has been elected the new President of the BVI Christian Council (BVICC).
Dr Pickering shares stories of faith & medicine in his new book
LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI- Former Deputy Premier and Legislator Dr Kedrick D. Pickering has added author to his list of titles following the release of his book ‘Walk in Faith & Medicine: Daily Lessons & Insights from a Doctor’s Handwritten Journal’.
BVI Christian Council engages Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The BVI Christian Council (BVICC) paid a courtesy call on Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) on Thursday, October 17, 2024.
'If I was the Premier', I would reshuffle my Cabinet- Pastor Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI—After a nearly 4-month hiatus, Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline returned to his show Honestly Speaking on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, and boldly stated that if he was Premier, a shakeup of his Cabinet would have been made.
‘Money has become our god’- Bishop John I. Cline
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- As the Virgin Islands celebrates Emancipation Day, John I Cline, Pastor at New Life Baptist Church in Duff's Bottom has warned that as a people “we have slipped away from God, money has become our god”.
Premier applauds SDA Church & Pathfinders for seeking to make VI ‘a much better place’
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) almost delivered a sermonette when he had the task of declaring the 48th VI/USVI Congressoree open on Friday, May 24, 2024.
Are you ready to go back to Africa?
ALRED C. FRETT
Facing the Reality of Racism:
If Life is good but Racism is bad, then living in denial will not alter a grain of sand or blade of grass... Racism is real and must be exposed in order to be defeated… Those Persons who claim that speaking about it, makes it worse, are wrong, because all our present progress, has resulted from public Debate, and the Caribs, Arawaks, and American Indians, who were silent on their Displacement, suffered badly.
Over 200 USVI delegates begin arriving today for Pathfinder Congressoree this weekend
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- More than 200 pathfinders begin arriving in the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) today, May 24, 2024, as the VI hosts the 48th VI/USVI Congressoree this weekend, May 24-26, 2024, under the theme ‘ENTER’.

