Christians in a tribal village in India had their bamboo hut church burned down by animists on December 1st, 5 days after their Bibles were confiscated and set to a bonfire.
...continue reading this storyThe Chinese government crackdown on unofficial Christianity continued late summer into early fall, with house churches in Yunnan province and Shandong province shut down in August and October.
...continue reading this storyIn the past 7 days, 8 Christians were attacked in India and charged with forced religious conversions, radicals landing them in prison under an oft-misused law against religious coercion.
...continue reading this storyHong Kong Christian leaders are coming under fire for their involvement in protests, with many receiving threatening messages that reflect a disturbing amount of surveillance.
...continue reading this storyA Korean evangelist was murdered in Turkey this month, and local believers are seeing it as a harbinger of things to come.
...continue reading this storyIranian church leader Matthias Haghnejad and eight members of the Church of Iran denomination who were on trial with him have each been sentenced to five years in prison following a short trial on 23 September.
...continue reading this storyChina is cracking down on a phenomenon that has allowed North Korean defectors to receive Bible teaching across the border in the communist superpower to the south.
...continue reading this storyAn escapee of Eritrea’s prison camps and pastor recently spoke with persecution relief agency Barnabas Fund about the horrible conditions facing imprisoned believers there.
...continue reading this storyChina is implementing its 'sinicization' campaign to change Christianity into an arm of the state.
...continue reading this storyThree Christians have been arrested in Nepal since June, all on charges of 'attempting to convert.'
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