Three leaders of a prominent house church in China's Shanxi Province have been sentenced to prison on what advocates call baseless fraud charges, highlighting ongoing persecution of unregistered Christian groups under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
...continue reading this storyConcerns remained Wednesday about likely more restrictions on groups trying to spread the Gospel in North Korea and support Christians there, after the arrest of six Americans in South Korea.
...continue reading this storyMore than 30 Christians were injured in a brutal mob attack during a peaceful prayer gathering in Odisha's Malkangiri district, with no arrests made nearly two weeks after the incident, according to multiple rights groups and local sources.
...continue reading this storyDozens of residents, including Christians, have been rescued from a halfway house in Indonesia’s West Java province after local Muslims stormed the building because it had been used for church services, Christians told Worthy News.
...continue reading this storyPakistan’s Supreme Court has acquitted Anwar Kenneth, a mentally challenged Christian man who spent 23 years behind bars on death row for “blasphemy” against Islam, Christians confirmed Friday.
...continue reading this storySyria's top Christian leader has blamed Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's government for a deadly church blast on Sunday that killed dozens, while fellow persecuted Christians also expressed their sorrow.
...continue reading this storyThe family of a young Christian teenager was still searching for their daughter Tuesday after she was abducted by a Muslim man in Pakistan’s Punjab province earlier this month, Christians told Worthy News.
...continue reading this storyThe communist regime in Cuba is reportedly seeking a ten-year prison sentence for Alexander Verdecia, a 51-year-old Christian dissident and member of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), over Facebook posts critical of the government, according to Martí Noticias. Verdecia, who has long denounced poverty and repression in his hometown of Río Cauto, was arrested in February and charged with “propaganda against the constitutional order.”
...continue reading this storyA mentally troubled white man opened fire outside a church filled with worshippers in the U.S. state of Michigan before being struck by a vehicle and then fatally shot by security staff, local police said Sunday.
...continue reading this storyThe United Nations special envoy for Syria has condemned Sunday's attack at a church on the outskirts of Damascus that killed at least 20 people as a "heinous crime".
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