New Tribes Obeys Order to Leave Tribal Venezuela
Complying with President Hugo Chavez's order to leave Venezuela's indigenous lands by today, the last two New Tribes Mission (NTM) workers left the area late last week.
...continue reading this storyEvent in India Shows Extent of Fear of Christianity
Christianity is a major threat to Indian nationalism, organizers of a "reconversion" rally held last weekend in Gujarat indicated yesterday during the closing ceremony.
...continue reading this storyChristian Nursing Student Apparently Kidnapped in Nigeria
School authorities closed a nursing institution here yesterday following the suspected kidnapping of a Christian student by Islamic militants on Friday (February 10).
...continue reading this storyChina Security Forces Monitor Freed Christian Rights Activist
A prominent Christian rights activist who was recently released last month after spending two years in jail, was under strict secret service surveillance Tuesday, February 14, as part of efforts by the authorities to monitor his activities, a watchdog said.
...continue reading this storyPeru Releases "Unjustly Jailed" Evangelical After 13 Years
Peruvian evangelical Christian Walter Wilmer Cubas Baltasar was spending another day in freedom Monday, February 13, after serving 13 years in prison for terrorist crimes he did not commit, human rights groups confirmed.
...continue reading this storyKenya Christians "Starving" of Hunger
Christian aid workers were closely monitoring the situation in Kenya Saturday, February 11, amid reports that Christians are starving as famine spreads across the African nation and nearby countries, effecting millions of people.
...continue reading this storyNew Tribes Missionary Returns To Papua New Guinea Amid Deadly Violence
A staff member of the American mission group New Tribes Mission (NTM) has returned to his home in the dense jungles of Papua New Guinea to ease tensions following bloodshed in the region, missionaries said Friday, February 10.
...continue reading this storyLebanon Christians Attacked, Church Stoned, By Angry Muslims
Lebanon's Interior Minister resigned late Sunday, February 5, after an estimated 20,000 angry Muslims not only torched the Danish Embassy but also attacked the Christian community in the capital Beirut over published cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad.
...continue reading this storyPhilippines Christians Mourn Believers Killed in Muslim Violence
Christian believers in the Philippines on Sunday, February 5, mourned 6 Christians, including an infant, who were killed by Muslim militants shortly after a missionary couple died in an ambush.
...continue reading this storyChristians in Pakistan Fear More Violence Over Cartoon Row
Christians in Pakistan feared more attacks against them Sunday, February 5, after at least one church was attacked by militants as anger spreads throughout the Muslim world over Prophet Mohammad cartoons in European media.
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