Christian Nurse Shot Dead at Lebanese Clinic
A female American missionary has been shot dead at a Christian heath clinic in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, according to the Reuters news agency.
...continue reading this storyMore Than 200 Churches Destroyed in Kaduna, Nigeria
Christian University Worker Arrested for Controversial Prayer by Obed Minchakpu KADUNA, Nigeria (Compass) -- A total of 294 churches have been burned in Kaduna city of northern Nigeria during Muslim-Christian clashes since the Kaduna state government decided to adopt and implement the Islamic legal system last year. The violence has also left thousands of Christians ... Read more
...continue reading this storyChristians Killed and Churches Burned in Nigerian Riots Sparked
by Miss World Protests At least one hundred people were killed and 200 injured yesterday as Muslim youths rampaged through the capital of Kaduna State in Nigeria in protest at a newspaper article that was said to have blasphemed the Prophet Mohammed. Muslim youths arrived in Kaduna city in a convoy of buses bearing Arabic ... Read more
...continue reading this storyChristians Shot at Israeli-Jordan Border
Retired missionary of the Christian radio network HCJB World Radio, Gustavo Molina, and his daughter Kathy were among five Ecuadorian tourists wounded Wednesday when a gunman opened fire on the group at the Israel-Jordan border near Israel's Red Sea resort of Eilat, a Christian station said Friday, Nov 21.
...continue reading this storyTurkish Authorities Block Use of Protestant Church
Seven months after the newly constructed Diyarbakir Evangelical Church opened in southeast Turkey, a local council under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has again protested against the building’s use as a place of worship.
...continue reading this storyTurkish Churches Face Twin Hurdles
Two major hurdles face evangelical churches in Turkey: lack of trained leadership and suitable buildings. A Turkish church planter says conditions are now right to do something about both.
...continue reading this storyChristian Persecution in Chiapas Goes On
Since the armed attack on indigenous Mexican evangelicals in the southern province of Chiapas in 1995, the situation has not changed in favor of the persecuted Christians. (Pictured: Indian Christian woman and her child in Chiapas).
...continue reading this storyMore Than 350 Churches Closed in Vietnam
Information has been pouring out of Vietnam about a recent wave of government repression against Montagnard evangelicals in Vietnam’s Central Highlands.
...continue reading this storyKazakstan Baptist Bible Study Ends in Police Raid
Baptist Christians in Kazakstan are pressured to no longer express their faith in Christ publicly while their leader is facing possible jail time for refusing to stop bible study meetings in his home, reports said Monday, November 11.
...continue reading this storyBaptist Church Threatened with Demolition
A Baptist church in Azerbaijan is threatened with demolition amid growing concern about wide spread violence and persecution of Christians across the former Soviet Union, news reports said Friday November 8.
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