Christian-Backed Youth Centers Vandalized in Israel
Christian-funded youth centers in Acre, a city in northern Israel, were vandalized last week after residents expressed concern that their … Read More
Category: World
Convert From Islam Shot Dead in Somalia
Muslim extremists early this morning killed a Christian convert in Mahadday Weyne, Somalia, 62 miles north of Mogadishu. Al Shabaab … Read More
Officials Announce Ban on Christianity in Lao Village
Following the confiscation of livestock from Christian families earlier this month, officials in a village in Laos on Saturday … Read More
Forgiving After Genocide
As the 15th anniversary of Rwandan genocide comes to a close this week, a documentary showing how some Rwandans are … Read More
Israeli Supreme Court Declares Messianic Bakery Kosher
Following a lengthy legal battle, Israel’s Supreme Court on June 29 ordered the Chief Orthodox Rabbinate to grant kashrut certification … Read More
First Century Holy Land Artifact Popularized in U.S.
A Holy Land artifact that dates back to the time of Jesus is expected to draw Christians’ interest in celebrating … Read More
Honduran Christians Respond to Political Unrest With Prayer
As ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya meets with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week in Washington, D.C., Christians in … Read More
Pentecostal Church Buildings Burned Down in Tanzania
Two church buildings were razed June 28 on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar after Sunday worship services. Suspected radical Muslims … Read More
World’s Oldest Bible Goes Digital
The surviving pages of the world’s oldest Christian Bible have been digitally reunited and are available online, according to the … Read More
Café Serves Up Missionaries
An Atlanta-area “café” is serving up missionaries to take the gospel into the least evangelized parts of the world. Launched … Read More
Christians in Mauritania Tense after Murder of Aid Worker
As funeral services were held in Tennessee for Christian aid worker Christopher Leggett Tuesday, tensions remained high for Christians in … Read More
Former Prime Minister Now Professes Christ
A former prime minister of Ethiopia who spent years as a freedom fighter says he’s on a new mission: to … Read More
Iran Scraps Mandatory Death Penalty for ‘Apostates’
A member of Iran’s Parliament reportedly revealed last week that the country’s Parliamentary Committee has stricken the mandatory death penalty … Read More
Film Exposes Human Rights Abuses in Iran
Although protests over Iran’s disputed presidential elections have died down, a new film by the Christian filmmaker who helped produce … Read More
Marching for Jesus in Secular France
In France, a country known for its secularization and growing Islamic population, tens of thousands of Christians will take to … Read More
Church Under Fire for Gay Exorcism
A Connecticut church has come under fire for a YouTube video showing ministry leaders attempting to cast a “homosexual demon” … Read More
Al-Qaida Claims Responsibility for Christian Aid Worker Murder
Al-Qaida’s North Africa branch on Thursday said it killed an American aid worker in Mauritania this week for allegedly trying … Read More
Christians Still Hope for Freedom in Iran
As protests of Iran’s presidential election results went into their sixth day today, Christians in the nation remained hopeful that … Read More
Police in Vietnam Attack House Church, Jail Leaders
HANOI, Vietnam– Police invaded the Sunday service of the Agape Baptist congregation in Vietnam’s Hung Yen Province on June 7 and beat worshippers, including women, and arrested a pastor and an elder.
Christian sources said police put the two church leaders into separate cells, and each man was beaten by a gang of five policemen. Pastor Duong Van Tuan of the house church in Hamlet 3, Ong Dinh Commune, Khoai Chau district said that officers beat them in a way that did not leave marks: hard blows to the stomach.
Iran Election May Be Turning Point for Christians
For many Christians in the rapidly growing church in Iran, Friday’s presidential election could be life-altering. The underground Iranian church … Read More
Underground Church Growing in Muslim-Dominated Indonesia
Pentecostals on the tsunami-ravaged coast of Indonesia are experiencing a wave of conversions and healings.
In the strongly Muslim Aceh province of northern Sumatra—where 167,000 people died in the 2004 tsunamiâ—the underground church movement is growing, with Pentecostal congregations thriving.
Indonesia has an official policy of religious tolerance, but in Muslim-dominated areas Christians face open hostility and persecution. In Aceh province, churches must register with the authorities and are not permitted to evangelize. Many Christians choose to meet in unregistered—or underground—churches.