A Pentecostal church is celebrating what it calls a major victory for Christian freedoms after Hillingdon Council backed down from enforcing a ban on street preaching, leaflet distribution, and the public display of Bible verses in Uxbridge town centre.
...continue reading this storyIranian Christian convert Mehran Shamlooei was arrested on July 3 upon arrival at Mashhad International Airport after being deported from Turkey, where he had sought refuge to avoid serving a harsh prison sentence handed down for his faith.
...continue reading this storyA devastating plea for prayer has emerged from Lebanon as Pastor Chady El Aouad of Abundant Life Church in Beirut confirmed the martyrdom of a fellow minister and over 20 of his family members amid the violent upheaval in Suweida, Syria. Pastor Khaled Mezhir, leader of the Good Shepherd Evangelical Church in Suweida, was reportedly killed along with his wife, parents, and extended family during fierce fighting between Druze militias and Sunni Bedouin factions in the war-torn southern province.
...continue reading this storyA young Christian has been detained in Pakistan’s second-largest city after he was reported to local police over alleged “blasphemous” remarks about Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, which could carry the death penalty in the Muslim-majority nation.
...continue reading this storyChristians in Indonesia’s West Java province are reeling from mob attacks carried out by Muslim hardliners seeking to prevent church services and halt the construction of places of worship.
...continue reading this storyConcerns are mounting over the fate of six Americans detained in South Korea for attempting to send 1,600 bottles filled with Bibles, rice, $1 bills, and USB drives toward North Korea by sea.
...continue reading this storyEvangelical Christians in Nigeria’s northwestern Kaduna state were grieving Wednesday after mainly Muslim Fulani herdsmen reportedly killed five believers and injured three others during a church gathering.
...continue reading this storyIn a chilling expansion of state surveillance, China is now requiring facial recognition cameras in all registered churches--part of a sweeping crackdown on Christianity amid rising unrest and economic pressure under Supreme Leader Xi Jinping.
...continue reading this storyA Pakistani court has upheld the death sentence of a Muslim man for killing a Christian because he married his sister after she turned to faith in Christ.
...continue reading this storyA Sunday morning turned into a tragedy in Lexington after a gunman shot a Kentucky state trooper and then opened fire inside Richmond Road Baptist Church, killing two women and injuring several others before being fatally shot by police.
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