In "a blow" to Christian pioneer work in the troubled African nation of Togo, a native missionary was seriously injured when he was thrown from his motorbike, Christian Aid Mission (CAM) said Tuesday, June 28.
...continue reading this storyA major human rights group said Wednesday, June 29, it has received "credible reports" from China "that a nationwide campaign against unregistered house churches is underway" and that "hundreds" of Christians have been detained.
...continue reading this storySources have told The Voice of the Martyrs that at 10 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, Christian homes in three areas near Peshawar, Pakistan were attacked by a radical Muslim mob.
...continue reading this storyChristian workers in India's tense state of Orissa faced an uncertain future Wednesday, June 22, after the Orissa High Court ordered the local government to ensure the prosecution of missionaries involved in forced conversions of Hindus to Christianity.
...continue reading this storyIntelligence agencies within the Turkish state have concluded in a new report that Christian missionary activities inside the country have a second motive, parallel to their spread of Christian propaganda.
...continue reading this storyThree Vietnamese house church leaders submitted written testimony to the International Relations Committee of the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., on Monday, June 20, the first working day of Vietnam Prime Minister Phan Van Khai’s historic visit to the United States.
...continue reading this storyFive months after he was forcibly committed to a mental hospital for converting from Islam to Christianity, Gasir Mohammed Mahmoud has been discharged from his locked psychiatric ward in Cairo and set free.
...continue reading this storyFive East Africans arrested and detained for a month for leading a private Christian worship service in Riyadh have been released and allowed to return to their jobs in the Saudi Arabian capital.
...continue reading this storyChristian Nail Kalinkin of Uzbekistan's embattled Baptist leaning Bethany Church in the capital Tashkent was believed to be in jail Saturday, June 18, after he was sentenced to 15 days in prison last week for "illegally" teaching his faith, a human rights groups said, citing Protestant sources.
...continue reading this storyAn Indonesian ministry says one of its workers escaped after being kidnapped in Aceh, and reports finding Tentena bombing victims in horrific condition.
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