Indian pastor tied to tree and beaten by radicals, charged with forced conversions
A pastor in India is in hiding after receiving charges for "illegal conversion" following a beating by more than 150 Hindu radicals.
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Iranians to be released from prison in droves as government fumbles to contain coronavirus
Iranian Christians are asking for prayer support as the Islamic Republic, in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus, has begun releasing huge crowds of prisoners that include persecuted Christians.
...continue reading this storyAdditional information surfaces about kidnapping of Christian Rohingya pastor
More information has surfaced about an attack on Rohingya Christian refugees in a Bangladeshi refugee camp last month by their fellow Muslim Rohingya, confirming earlier reports about the brutal assault.
...continue reading this storyChristian leader in India run over by Hindu nationalists on motorcycles
Hindu nationalists in India ran over an evangelical leader with motorcycles, accusing the Christian man of forcibly converting Hindus to Christianity.
...continue reading this storyIranian Christians, denied justice, face five years in prison
The sentences of nine Iranian Christian converts were upheld after a judge who has become notorious for persecuting prisoners of conscience barred them from using their own lawyers.
...continue reading this storyIranian Christian man denied asylum in UK after judge claims he won't face persecution in Iran
An Iranian Christian convert from Islam has been denied asylum in the UK after a judge concluded he would not face a 'real act of persecution' by staying in his home country.
...continue reading this storyDisappeared Iranian convert rediscovered after more than a month in prison
An Iranian convert from Islam arrested during anti-government protests following the downing of a Ukrainian jet in Tehran last month was released on bail from Iran's most dangerous prison after over a month during which her whereabouts were not known.
...continue reading this storyPastor of Wuhan church says coronavirus an "opportunity to glorify God"
A church in Wuhan, China recently testified to God's grace in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak that has infected 90,000 people and killed 3,100 people worldwide.
...continue reading this storyAl-Qaida-linked terrorists order Christians to leave northeast Kenya
Somali terrorist group al Shabab has ordered all Christians to leave three counties in northern Kenya, where the group hopes to give their jobs to local Muslims.
...continue reading this storyNigerian government acknowledges for first time that Christians are being targeted by Islamic terrorists
The Nigerian government has done an about-face in regard to its assessment of Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacks that have slain thousands of Christians in the last few years.
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