A court in Finland has acquitted a Christian lawmaker and a Lutheran bishop who was indicted on charges of hate speech for sharing their belief that Biblical marriage is between one man and one woman, CBN reports.
...continue reading this storyA historic and symbol church in Myanmar’s Christian-majority Chin state has been looted and set on fire by the Tatmadaw (Burmese Army), in what local believers describe as an ongoing effort by the ruling military regime to suppress Christianity in the country, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
...continue reading this storyFuneral services have been held in northwest Nigeria's Kaduna State after gunmen killed 34 Christians, local residents told Worthy News late Wednesday.
...continue reading this storyHungary’s main opposition parties have condemned a raid by armed tax authorities of an evangelical church and its charities for the homeless and other vulnerable people.
...continue reading this storyHindu extremists on February 5 destroyed two church buildings in separate states in India, Voice of the Martyrs Canada (VOM) reports. Persecution against Christians in India has intensified greatly since the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in 2014.
...continue reading this storyCuban authorities have still not responded to a written request by five United Nations advocates for information on Pastor Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo of the Monte de Sion Independent Church in Palma Soriano, who has been in prison since his July 2021 arrest during a peaceful protest against the communist government, Christian Headlines (CH) reports.
...continue reading this storyA mentally challenged man was tortured to death by an angry crowd late Saturday in Pakistan’s Punjab province over alleged blasphemy against Islam, several sources confirmed to Worthy News.
...continue reading this storyRights activists have welcomed a decision by Nigerian authorities to release on bail a jailed journalist who publicly condemned the government's perceived lack of response to the massive killings of Christians.
...continue reading this storyA new report on the persecution of Christians in Iran has called on Tehran to end the criminalization of house churches and membership, and for the international community to hold the Islamic regime to account for ongoing human rights abuses against believers, Christian Today (CT) reports.
...continue reading this storyUS Christian ministry Heart4Iran has joined with CBN’s Superbook to conduct an outreach to thousands of desperately vulnerable children in Iran, CBN News reports. Many of these children are from families of Afghan refugees who escaped the Taliban, and many are orphans who lost their parents to COVID-19.
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