Category: World

The Indonesian Council of Churches (PGI) has called for the rejection of two bills inspired by Islam’s strict sharia law. … Read More

Ahead of one-year remembrances of massive anti-Christian violence in the eastern state of Orissa, the U.S. Commission on International Religious … Read More

Attacks on Christians in Sri Lanka have surged noticeably in recent weeks, following the government’s defeat of Tamil separatists in … Read More

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at least 20 men accused of participating in a massacre in Chiapas state in December 1997 left prison early Thursday … Read More

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Amid a violent crackdown on protestors and a purge of opponents within the Iranian government, more than 30 Christians were … Read More

In the Netherlands, the first nation to legalize same-sex marriage, a cross-section of religious leaders, scholars and lawmakers from 61 … Read More

With 12 Christians, including three pastors, confirmed killed in rioting ignited by an Islamic sect opposed to Western education, the Christian community in northern Nigeria’s Borno state is still counting its losses.

The rioting instigated by an Islamic extremist sect known as Boko Haram, which initially attacked police and government bases, left hundreds of people dead and large property losses. Islam’s strict Shariah law is already in force for Muslims in 12 northern states, but the sect is fighting to have it enforced more broadly in those states and to impose it throughout Nigeria.

Local authorities in Vietnam have balked at registering house churches, contributing to a recent uptick in sometimes violent harassment of congregations.

Four police officers and two government officials broke up the Sunday morning worship service of a house church in Tran Phu Commune in Hanoi on July 26, announcing that it was illegal to worship and teach religion. The police chief of Tran Phu Commune in greater Hanoi, Dang Dinh Toi, had ordered the raid.

Evangelist Rodney Howard-Browne says a revival has broken out in his native South Africa that has seen more than 138,000 people make decisions for Christ in the last 46 days.

“In 30 years now of ministry, I’ve never seen anything like this in my life,” said Howard-Browne, founder of A Revival Ministries International and pastor of The River Church in Tampa, Fla. “It’s not about a meeting and it’s not about me; it’s about the power of God. It’s about Jesus. I’m just here with a message and people are grabbing a hold of it.”

Mob violence that killed at least eight Christians in Pakistan on Saturday is being linked to Islamic extremists from groups tied to al-Qaida and the Taliban.

A senior government official told Reuters news service on Tuesday that Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), an outlawed pro-Taliban Sunni Muslim group, and its al-Qaida-linked offshoot, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), were believed to be behind the weekend riot in Gorja, located in the central province of Punjab.

Dozens of people have died in Nigeria since Sunday in violent clashes involving Muslim militants who burned churches and a police station, and set off bombs near residential areas in the northern city of Maiduguri.

The violence began in Bauchi state on Sunday after the arrest of some members of a Muslim group called Boko Haram, which opposes Western education and wants Islam’s strict Sharia law adapted across Nigeria, Reuters reported.