BEIJING (BP)–Lay evangelists from numerous house churches in China are not alone as they direct their efforts toward unreached people groups and cities with the gospel.
...continue reading this storyOpen Doors with Brother Andrew, the ministry begun more than four decades ago by Brother Andrew, the Dutch-born author of “God’s Smuggler,” is urging Christians worldwide to join their “Wage Peace Upon Colombia” campaign and pray for peace in that trouble-torn country and also for persecuted Christians there.
...continue reading this storyThousands of extremist Muslim fighters armed with automatic weapons are attacking Christian villages in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province, burning churches and thousands of homes and sending residents fleeing.
...continue reading this storyBelieving for Bhutan
A Bhutanese man gives his grandson attention during a festival. It is illegal to hold Christian services and authorities have been cracking down on Christians. Pray that God will protect local churches. Pray that believers would also find favor in the eyes of the government to overturn this decision.
Details emerging from recent detentions and interrogations of Christians in Brunei point to a growing government concern that the growth of “cults” in this predominately-Muslim nation could lead to political and religious instability.
...continue reading this storyEvery Friday, during the Muslim holy day, a special group of Christians meet in a house.
...continue reading this storyWASHINGTON (BP)–Christians in the country of Bhutan are facing a much-escalated level of opposition and persecution, according to a report to the Baptist World Alliance from D. Kitbok Ryntathiang, director of the Christian Academy, Shillong, in northeast India.
...continue reading this storyReports from Laos say authorities closed two churches in the southern part of the country earlier this year.
...continue reading this storyChristian leaders in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara state have accused the government of coercing Muslim converts to Christianity into attacking Christians and demolishing church buildings.
...continue reading this storyMarch 25 was a special Sunday for the 18,000 evangelical Christians who attend the Bethesda Missionary Center church in Bogota, Colombia. It marked the fortieth day of captivity for their pastor, Jorge Enrique Gomez, kidnapped on Valentine’s Day by a band of heavily armed men.
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