Pentecostal Pastors Shot Dead In Colombia
Two Pentecostal pastors have been assassinated in Colombia by suspected leftist rebels, Christian rights activists said Tuesday, July 10.
...continue reading this storyChina Expels Over 100 Foreign Missionaries In "Secret Campaign"
China has secretly expelled more than 100 foreign missionaries in largest expulsion campaign of Christian workers over half a century, a Christian rights activists and other sources confirmed Tuesday, July 10.
...continue reading this storyChina House Church Leaders Sentenced To Labor Camp
Two leaders of China's growing house church movement were in a labor camp Sunday, July 8, after being sentenced to "one year re-education through labor" in Shandong province on charges related to their Christian activities, BosNewsLife learned.
...continue reading this storyTwo Protestants receive ten-day prison terms in Uzbekistan
Two members of God's Love Pentecostal Church spent ten days in prison in June after being found guilty of violating laws on religion and "illegal" religious teaching, Protestant sources told a western news service.
...continue reading this storyVietnam Christian Dies After Torture For Refusing To Recant Faith, reports
A young Hroi ethnic minority man who refused to recant his Christian faith reportedly died from injuries received while under official interrogation, BosNewsLife monitored Tuesday, July 3.
...continue reading this storyBangladesh: Officials Offer Protection for Attacked Converts
Intervention from high-ranking police officers and government officials has ensured temporary security for a group of Christian converts beaten last week in Nilphamari district, Bangladesh.
...continue reading this storyBangladesh: Christians Beaten; Mob Threatens to Burn Homes
Muslim villagers armed with bricks and wooden clubs savagely beat 10 Christian converts in Nilphamari district, Bangladesh, on Tuesday (June 26) and threatened to burn down their homes if they did not leave by today.
...continue reading this storyChina Detains Eight House Church Leaders in Shandong and Shaanxi Provinces
Eight Chinese 'house church' leaders from China's Shaanxi and Shandong provinces remained detained and faced the prospect of serving time in labor camps Wednesday, June 27, after a police crackdown on Bible distribution and worship services, rights watchers and fellow Christians said.
...continue reading this storyIraq: Christians Targeted in Baghdad
For one man, the release of eight kidnapped Christians from his hometown of Qaraqosh on Friday (June 22) was bittersweet.
...continue reading this storyIndonesian Christians Face Up To 20 Years Imprisonment Amid House Church Attacks
Seventeen Christians charged under Indonesia’s controversial anti-terror laws still faced an uncertain future Tuesday, June 26, just days after prosecutors demanded 15-to 20-year prison sentences.
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