Christian Leader Murdered in Mozambique
A top leader of Timothy Training Institute in Mozambique was murdered Sunday in a robbery in Maputo.
...continue reading this storyChristian Persecution
Violence Continues in Indonesia while Rescue Proceeds
Work is underway to resettle Indonesian Christians rescued from violence that continues in this country's Molucca Islands, while thousands more remain to be rescued.
...continue reading this storyChristians Attacked in Sri Lanka While Praying
One Christian was seriously injured and 35 more were hospitalized when about 100 Buddhist extremists assaulted the congregation of the Sanasum Sevana (New Life) Christian Center as they prayed on Sunday morning, February 18. The church is located in Nurwarawatte, near Hinguragoda, 220 kilometers northeast of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo.
...continue reading this storyChristian Aid Responds to Horror in the Moluccas
Responding to urgent pleas for help, Christian Aid has joined a campaign to raise $1.2 million to rescue Christians feared targeted for conversion or extermination by Muslim jihad warriors in Indonesia.
...continue reading this storyBill would urge peace, relief efforts in Sudan
Legislation designed to further the United States' involvement in helping end a Sudanese campaign marked by religious persecution has been reintroduced in Congress.
...continue reading this storyFate of Kidnapped Colombian Pastor Still Unknown
Jorge Enrique Gómez Montealegre has prayed for years for Colombia's guerrillas to lay down their arms and surrender to Christ. His family believes that now he's preaching to them.
...continue reading this storyChristian Youth Workers Slain In Columbia; "Wage Peace" Campaign at Critical Stage
As a result of continued escalating violence, Open Doors USA President and CEO, Terry Madison, is urging Christians around the world to join in the "Wage Peace Upon Colombia" prayer campaign on July 28.
...continue reading this storyTurkmenistan: Authorities Strip Closed Baptist Church Bare
The authorities of the Niyazov district of the Turkmen capital Ashgabad broke their own seals on the doors of the city's Baptist church on 2 March and confiscated everything inside. The move was timed on the last working day before nearly a week of public holidays in the country. Keston News Service has been able to find no Turkmen local or national government official prepared to discuss why the contents of the country's last Baptist church have been carted away in several lorry loads, despite repeated telephone calls.
...continue reading this storyPanel examining Indonesian persecution hears Christian prof, Muslim leader
Sharply different perspectives on religious persecution in Indonesia have been laid before the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.
...continue reading this storyMore Churches Destroyed in Northern Nigeria
At least five churches were destroyed during February in northern Nigeria as the controversial implementation of Islamic law continued in several states.
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