Police in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh searched Monday, June 19, for suspects involved in the killing of a 67-year preacher from the Church of South India, while another church leader was still recovering from injuries following an attack against him, religious rights investigators said.
...continue reading this storyTwo jailed Christian government workers were struggling Friday, June 16, to avoid serving years of imprisonment for showing the internationally acclaimed 'Jesus' film in a Buddhist home, BosNewsLife learned.
...continue reading this storyHindu extremists on Sunday (June 11) dragged an independent pastor to a police station in Karnataka state, accusing him of converting Hindus to Christianity.
...continue reading this storyTwo Ethiopian and two Eritrean Christians remained in a deportation jail Thursday, June 15, after Saudi Arabian police armed with wooden clubs reportedly raided a private Christian worship meeting in the coastal city of Jeddah.
...continue reading this storyA well-known disabled Chinese 'house church' leader has been detained on charges of "illegally printing and distributing Bibles and other Christian literature," church sources confirmed Thursday, June 15.
...continue reading this storyA convert Christian jailed six weeks ago in northern Iran was released last night and reunited with his family.
...continue reading this storyThe body of Prem Kumar, a 67-year-old preacher from the Church of South India, has been found in a forest in Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh state, a Christian news agency reported Monday June 12.
...continue reading this storyA Baptist Pastor in Kazakhstan was preparing for a difficult period Sunday, June 11, after being fined more than three times the estimated average monthly salary for leading "registered religious activity," Christian rights investigators said.
...continue reading this storyChristians in India's volatile state of Andhra Pradesh were anticipating more attacks against them Sunday, June 11, amid reports of sectarian violence in which at least 13 people died, a police raid and threats in a village where women were allegedly raped for refusing to abandon their faith in Christ.
...continue reading this storyThree small children in Vietnam's Central Highlands were without caring adults Saturday, June 10, nearly three weeks after their mother and mother-in-law were arrested for refusing to join the official church which they claim worships a Communist leader instead of Jesus Christ, friends said.
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