Thirty-five house church Christians were arrested in Inner Mongolia and 15 were sent to labor camps after police raided a worship meeting being held on May 26 in Dongsheng, the Associated Press reported on May 30.
...continue reading this storyFive Nigerian Christians -- two priests and three church members -- are currently facing trial for assisting two Christian girls who escaped from arranged marriages.
...continue reading this storyPushing aside years of internal disputes, churches in the West Africa country of Niger are finding unity is giving them a new boldness to face violent crime and a more aggressive Islam.
...continue reading this storyOpen Doors with Brother Andrew is urging Christians around the globe to join together for an international day of prayer and fasting for Colombia on July 29, 2001.
...continue reading this storyAlvaro Uribe won May's presidential election on a promise to step up the war against the country's Marxist rebels, but at least one of Colombia's mission leaders doesn't think it will make much difference.
...continue reading this storyRev. Al Sharpton recently returned from Sudan after a fact-finding trip to address the issue of slavery in the Africa’s largest nation.
...continue reading this storyTwo young men who lead a small Baptist church in the town of Kulsary, the centre of Jiloi district of Kazakhstan's Atyrau region on the Caspian Sea, have protested against an illegal order by the district prosecutor banning the church.
...continue reading this storyEthnic violence between the Bajju and Ikulu ethnic groups in the Zangon Kataf region of Kaduna state in northern Nigeria have led to the killing of a pastor and two others.
...continue reading this storyThe Bauchi state government in northern Nigeria has threatened to demolish two churches for zoning violations.
...continue reading this storyIn a fresh attack on Christians and Muslims, the Hindu nationalist Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in demanding the "Indianization" of Christians and Muslims in the country.
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