Today's Christian News
• China: House Church Raid & Update on Pastor Gong - Worthy News
At 4 a.m. on Sunday morning 13 July, officers of the Chinese Public Security Bureau (PSB) raided a house church prayer meeting in Xiao Shan City, Zhejiang Province. The prayer meeting was broken up, the Christians assaulted, and three leaders were arrested.
• Believer Murdered, Pastor Clubbed in South India - Worthy News
Hindu extremists clubbed a Christian believer to death in Karnataka state recently, beat another pastor till he was unconscious, and then hindered relatives from conducting Christian burials.
• UAE Formally Deports Filipino Pastor - Worthy News
Following lengthy judicial delays, the United Arab Emirates allowed Rev. Fernando P. Alconga to be deported back to Manila on July 23, more than nine months after he was arrested in Dubai for illegal Christian activities.
• Three House Church Leaders Imprisoned In China - Worthy News
On July 13, police raided a house church in Xiaoshan City, Zhejiang province, China, and arrested at least three church leaders. According to a China Aid Association press release dated July 24, the raid came at 4 a.m. on a Sunday morning while the Christians were meeting for prayer and worship.
• Buddhist Mobs Attack Five Churches in Sri Lanka - Worthy News
Mobs attacked five churches in the southern district of Galle, Sri Lanka, on August 2. Initial information from the Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (EASL) suggests the organized attack on the churches is part of the government’s plan to introduce anti-conversion legislation.
• Peru: Mission Leader Requests Prayer in Face of Terrorism - Worthy News
Terrorists now pose a serious threat in Peru, and one Peruvian mission leader is asking that Christians everywhere band together in prayer to protect God's people from violence.
• Bangladesh: Systematic Persecution of Religious Minorities - Worthy News
On 1 October 2001, as U.S. and coalition forces were assembling in Pakistan in preparation for the bombing campaign in Afghanistan, Bangladeshis were heading off to vote in their national elections.
• Iraq's Revival: Christians Risk Their Lives for Church - Worthy News/ANS
Iraqi Christians who have become targets of attacks by Muslim extremists and bandits are risking their lives to attend church services, ASSIST News Service (ANS) has established.
• Yemeni Gets Death Sentence for Killing U.S. Missionaries - Worthy News
A Yemeni court sentenced a man to death on Saturday for the murder of three U.S. missionaries last year because he wanted to get closer to God. Abed Abdel Razzak Kamel testified in court that he killed the Americans to defend Islam because he believed they were sterilizing Muslim women and trying to convert Muslims to Christianity.

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Today's Spiritual Warfare News
• Haitians Hail the 'President of Voodoo' - LA Times
"Aristide is the only president in our history who has done something for us. We will stay with him forever and perform every ceremony necessary to keep him in power. We will not negotiate with any country on this, no matter how much pressure they put on us. We will eat rocks if we have to, as long as we can keep him in power."
• Sodomy Ruling Spurs Challenges To Military's Policy on Gays - Washington Post
The first aftershocks of the Supreme Court's landmark decision striking down a Texas sodomy law have reached the U.S. military, where the ruling is sparking new court challenges to the armed forces' ban on openly gay personnel and other rules affecting sexuality.
• Gay man clears first of 2 votes to be bishop - Washington Times
A New Hampshire clergyman moved a step closer yesterday to becoming the first openly homosexual elected bishop in the Episcopal Church, winning one of two final votes required to be confirmed.


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