Influential Christian groups will hold a major rally to protest against “the alarming increase” of persecution of Christians in the Indian state of Karnataka, a key organizer told BosNewsLife Thursday, September 13.
...continue reading this storySeveral Degar Montagnard House Church Christians in Vietnam’s Central Highlands remained detained Tuesday, September 11, for refusing to abandon their faith, and authorities denied Christian villagers access to local wells, investigators and missionaries said.
...continue reading this storyChinese secret service agents are massively infiltrating China’s growing house church movement and pressure its leaders to leave Beijing before the Olympic Games are held there in 2008, well-informed Chinese sources and rights investigators told BosNewsLife Friday, September 7.
...continue reading this storyA well-known Chinese house church leader was believed to be behind bars Sunday, September 9, after he was detained by Chinese security forces and allegedly beaten for receiving three tons of Bibles from South Korean churches, fellow believers said.
...continue reading this storyChristians in Eritrea confirmed that Migsti Haile (33) passed away at the Weaa Military Training Centre. She reportedly died yesterday morning, September 5, as a result of torture for refusing to sign a letter recanting her faith.
...continue reading this storyFive Christians have been sentenced in Algeria for preaching Christianity, with some of them receiving one year imprisonment, Algerian media reported Tuesday, September 4.
...continue reading this storyAn Egyptian court on Monday (September 3) adjourned the hearing of young Christian twins legally forced to take Islamic education after their estranged father became Muslim.
...continue reading this storyDespite reported execution threats and police abuse, Iranians “massively” turn to Christianity, fueling an “unprecedented” demand for Persian Bibles and New Testaments, BosNewsLife learned from Iranian sources Saturday, September 1.
...continue reading this storyAfghanistan’s militant Taliban movement released the last seven remaining South Korean Christian hostages Thursday, August 30, ending their six-week kidnapping ordeal.
...continue reading this storyThe pastor of a Christian church and his American wife were shot dead in their home in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, police said Thursday, August 30.
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