An elder from the church of persecuted Chinese pastor Wang Yi was sentenced to four years in prison this week for possessing the church library, as the Chinese government continues to bear down on members of Early Rain Covenant Church.
...continue reading this storyChristians in Sri Lanka are expecting persecution to intensify under a new Buddhist leader whose brother once gave the green light for monks to harass churches.
...continue reading this storyA group of Indian Christians who suffered in prison for 11 years under false charges were finally released on bail, as advocates claimed they had been scapegoated by Hindu nationalists.
...continue reading this storyOver a dozen Christians in Burkina Faso were shot dead as an Islamist insurgency with links to ISIS and Al Qaida sweeps through the country.
...continue reading this storyA Christian boy in northern Cameroon was killed by Boko Haram.
...continue reading this storyThe owner of a Christian bookstore in China has been arrested.
...continue reading this storyA Christian man was poisoned in Uganda by his Muslim brothers.
...continue reading this storyA Christian evangelist in Iran was sentenced to two years of exile in a far-flung region near the border with Pakistan.
...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 storyA house church pastor in eastern India was accosted in his home by Hindu extremists while praying, leading to severe injuries for his whole family and accusations of witchcraft.
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