A $300,000 ransom payment has failed to free American missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham from a militant Muslim group in the Philippines linked to Osama bin Laden's terrorist network.
...continue reading this storyThe Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Organization, VHP) is secretly conducting large-scale conversion drives in India's Marxist-ruled state of West Bengal. More than 16 tribal Christians were forced to re-convert to Hinduism on April 22 at a purification ceremony in Chopra village in the Malda district about 300 kilometers from Calcutta, NGO sources said. Ten other animist tribals were also converted to Hinduism in the village.
...continue reading this storyA Presbyterian church close to the Kashmir border was attacked by a group of Islamic extremists on Sunday April 7.
...continue reading this storyA three-day Baptist convention for 100,000 people, which was due to be held in Burma, has been cancelled on the orders of the junta.
...continue reading this storyA Presbyterian church close to the Kashmir border was attacked by a group of Islamic extremists on Sunday April 7.
...continue reading this storyTwo well-known Baptist ministers from Dagon North Township were arrested by the military junta on 5th April. They are currently detained in Burma's notorious Insein prison.
...continue reading this storyNew Tribes Mission has issued a news release denying "any participation in attempts to pay ransom or raise money for ransom" for the release of missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham who were kidnapped in the Philippines on May 27 of last year.
...continue reading this storyUnidentified terrorists hurled grenades into a Protestant worship service in the diplomatic quarter of Pakistan's capital city yesterday, killing five worshippers and wounding another 40 members of the congregation.
...continue reading this storyChristians in Vietnam are virtually being denied the right to exist, according to a visit there by a representative of a Washington, DC, based ministry recently.
...continue reading this storyChristians in Laos still suffer from strict oppression of religious activity, according to recent reports, while at least one brother's Christian work is being tolerated.
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