Nigerian Court Sentences Three Masqueraders to Death
On February 28, a Nigerian court sentenced three men to death for killing a Christian pastor and attacking worshippers at his the church seven years ago.
...continue reading this storyIraqi Christians Threatened by Interim Constitution, says Group
A leading human rights group investigating the plight of persecuted Christians in Islamic nations warned Friday, March 5, that Iraq's interim constitution will not end Muslim violence and discrimination experienced by Iraq's Christian minority.
...continue reading this storyChristians Axed to Death in Church Meeting by Muslim Warriors
A recent upsurge in violence in southern Plateau State in Nigeria has claimed at least 100 lives and in the worst single incident so far, at least 48 people were murdered, many during an early morning prayer service on February 24.
...continue reading this storyAngry Mob Destroys Church in Bolivian Andes
An angry mob of Quechua-speaking Indians destroyed the only evangelical church in the remote village of Chucarasi in the Bolivian Andes on February 28 after beating a congregational elder unconscious. Villagers apparently attacked their Christian neighbors because they blamed them for a hail storm that damaged local crops.
...continue reading this storyVietnamese Evangelists Severely Beaten in Police Custody
Law enforcement authorities in Vietnam are subjecting house church leaders who confront injustice to relentless harassment, according to sources in Ho Chi Minh City. The renewed pressure is thought to be retaliation for recent incidents where police have had to retreat from persecuting Christians because of effective local and international advocacy.
...continue reading this storyChristians in Laos Threatened with Death or Eviction unless they give up their Faith
Christians in Laos have been told they will be killed if they do not give up their faith or leave their village.
...continue reading this storyHuichol Christians Ordered to Leave Mexican Town
Eighteen families of the indigenous Huichol tribe in Tenzompa, Jalisco, Mexico, -- more than 80 adults and children, in all -- are threatened with expulsion from their homes for the “crime” of believing in the Christian gospel.
...continue reading this storyChristians in India Respond to Charges of Evangelistic "Conspiracy"
Christian leaders in India have released a joint statement in response to allegations made by the weekly newspaper Tehelka against the Christian community. In its inaugural issue on January 30 and a second issue on February 8, Tehelka claimed Christians were carrying out “the conversion agenda of U.S. President George Bush,” and using the HIV/AIDS problem as “an opportunity for evangelism.”
...continue reading this storyChinese Pastor on the Run
A Chinese house church leader is on the run from Public Security Bureau officers after his church was raided February 9.
...continue reading this storyChina: Crackdown on House Churches
In January 2004, top cadres of China’s Religious Affairs Bureau and the policy-making United Front Work Department met for the annual National Religious Working Conference.
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