Hindu Violence Spreading In East India
Hindu violence and threats against minority Christians spread in eastern India, a leading advocacy group says.
...continue reading this storyChristian Persecution
Christians in India berated and falsely charged by police for handing out food to the poor
A pastor and a team of youth missionaries from his church were abused and falsely charged in India earlier this month for providing food and clothing to the poor, in another instance of police complicity with the radical Hindu nationalist agenda.
...continue reading this storyHindu nationalists and police in India siding together against Christians
A young pastor in India and his congregation were attacked by a 200-man-strong mob of Hindu nationalists brandishing hockey sticks last week, sending the Christians to prison, where they endured a demonic level of police brutality.
...continue reading this storyChina take advantage of crisis to demolish churches, destroy crosses
China is using the widespread coronavirus outbreak within its borders as an opportunity to attack Christian faith, with the communist government demolishing churches or removing their crosses over the month of March.
...continue reading this storyIranians 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 storyKidnapped Christian girl in Pakistan returned to family, which is still receiving threats from captors
A 14-year-old Christian girl kidnapped from her school in Pakistan in January as been restored to her family, but not before receiving severe beatings and being raped by her captors, who are still threatening her family.
...continue reading this story'Pirated Bibles' now the object of raids in China
Bibles have become a target of government raids in China, where the communist regime is now attempting to eliminate all 'pornography and illegal publications,' forcing some believers to consider hiding stashes of Bibles in the mountains.
...continue reading this storyChristians deploy to help east Africans against locust swarms 'as big as major cities'
Christian aid groups, along with pesticide-wielding UN troops, are deploying to eastern Africa to fight a locust swarm that experts say is the worst to hit the region in 70 years and could grow by 500 times between now and June.
...continue reading this storyOpen Doors CEO: China creating 'system of persecution for the future'
Open Doors USA CEO David Curry issued a major warning about China following the release of the most recent World Watch List, saying that it was creating a technological apparatus that could become the "blueprint" for Christian persecution worldwide.
...continue reading this storyOpen Doors: China 'nearly single-handedly responsible' for all church closures in 2019
Attacks on churches exploded in China in 2019, according to a new Open Doors USA report, increasing from 171 in 2018 to 5,576 in 2019, as the Chinese government attempts to 'Sinicize' faith.
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