Native missionaries in Liberia are rebuilding damaged churches and evangelizing to help end ethnic and religious strife in the African nation, where two United Nations peacekeepers were injured Wednesday, March 23, UN and Christian officials said.
...continue reading this storyA simmering dispute over the closing of dozens of evangelical churches by the government broke into the open when a leading evangelical member of Costa Ricas Congress staged a protest by climbing the country’s principal monument.
...continue reading this storyIn early March, China adopted the new Regulations on Religious Affairs, first announced by the government in December 2004. The government claims the new regulations are a step towards religious freedom. However, some Christian leaders have expressed serious concerns, particularly with the issue of church registration.
...continue reading this storyA leading evangelical pastor disappeared off the streets of Asmara four days ago, presumably detained by Eritrean security forces and jailed at some unknown location.
...continue reading this storyUnited States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to attend a church service for Palm Sunday in Beijing, aides said Saturday, March 19, just hours after a Christian news agency published letters of alleged persecuted Christians.
...continue reading this storyCorrespondence reveals personal trials, challenges facing house church Christians in China.
...continue reading this storyLast Sunday evening, Eritrean security police arrested 16 Protestants for watching a Christian video together in a church member’s home in the town of Adi-Kibe.
...continue reading this storyHindu extremists have violently assaulted several Christians in Rajasthan, India, over the past two weeks. Local observers say the attacks are a strategy to push forward the enactment of anti-conversion laws in the state.
...continue reading this storyAn influential Christian advocacy group in India expressed concern Monday, March 21, about "increasing persecution and harassment" of Christians in the north-eastern state of Manipur.
...continue reading this storyThe last 30 from a group of 131 Sunday school leaders and children have been released from custody, but a further church leader has been arrested.
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