Christians in Pakistan’s industrial city of Faisalabad remained on edge Thursday after a Christian railway employee was killed and two relatives seriously injured in an alleged nighttime stabbing attack by a Muslim suspect that community leaders say has renewed concerns about minority safety in the Islamic nation.
...continue reading this storyConcerns are growing over the fate of Iranian Christian convert, journalist, and human rights defender Mary Mohammadi after reports emerged that she disappeared following an apparent detention by Iranian authorities.
...continue reading this storyAuthorities in Vietnam’s Gia Lai Province have detained two Montagnard Christians on accusations of “undermining national unity” in the latest case involving ethnic minority believers in the communist-run nation, Christians told Worthy News on Monday.
...continue reading this storyThe U.S. Department of War is stepping up efforts to protect Christians in Nigeria after President Donald Trump directed military leaders to focus on terrorist networks targeting believers in the West African nation, War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday.
...continue reading this storyArmenian Christian leaders and global religious freedom advocates are condemning Azerbaijan after satellite imagery confirmed the demolition of two Armenian churches in Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, a region Armenians have long called Artsakh.
...continue reading this storyA Christian teenager died Wednesday after he and another Christian were shot by suspected Muslim gunmen in northwestern Pakistan, sparking fear among local believers, investigators told Worthy News.
...continue reading this storyInvestigations were ongoing Sunday into the killing of three senior Kuki-Thadou Christian church leaders by unidentified gunmen in India’s northeastern Manipur State, Christian investigators told Worthy News.
...continue reading this storySeveral Syrians who converted from Islam to Christianity while staying at a Dutch asylum seekers’ center in the southwestern port city of Vlissingen were threatened after publicly professing their faith through baptism, church leaders and politicians said.
...continue reading this storyA 79-year-old Protestant missionary remains missing in southern Mexico more than six weeks after armed men reportedly abducted him while he was preaching and distributing Bibles in Guerrero State, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
...continue reading this storyA Wall Street Journal exclusive is drawing renewed attention to the imprisonment of Pastor Ezra Jin, the founder of Beijing’s Zion Church, whose arrest has become a flashpoint in China’s intensifying campaign against unregistered Christian congregations.
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