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From Asia and Africa to the Middle East and Latin America, we work to amplify the voices of the persecuted, document violations of religious freedom, and bring biblically grounded context to the headlines.

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Chinese Prominent Pastor Forced To Leave US House
Posted on Thursday, October 15, 2020
Pastor Bob Fu, who fled China and launched the Christian rights group ChinaAid was moved to safety after Chinese Communist Party (CCP) operatives besieged his U.S. home, friends say.
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Florida-based missionary couple murdered in Haiti
Posted on Monday, October 5, 2020
A Haitian pastor and his wife who had immigrated to the US were found murdered upon returning to their island as missionaries, the Christian Post reported Sunday. Pastor Jean Phillippe-Quetant (57) and his wife Erna Plancher-Quetant (54) were…
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Tribal animists drive Christians out of their homes in India
Posted on Saturday, October 3, 2020
Thousands of tribal animists invaded three villages in Chhattisgarh, India last week, driving Christians out their homes in violent assaults, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. The attacks took place on September 22-23 by agitators believed to have been…
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Child Sacrifice continues in Uganda
Posted on Thursday, October 1, 2020
In further confirmation of evil conduct reported on by CBN News in the past, child abduction and sacrifice in the practice of witchcraft continues to plague Uganda, CBN New reported Wednesday.
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House church pastor summoned to court for home-schooling in China
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2020
The pastor of a house church in China’s southern Fujian province was summoned to appear in court earlier this month because he and his wife have chosen to home-school their children, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. According to…
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Chinese textbook changes Bible account to say Jesus is a sinner
Posted on Saturday, September 26, 2020
A Chinese textbook has changed the ending in the Biblical account of Jesus saving the woman caught in adultery by writing that Jesus kills the woman after telling her that He is also a sinner, Christian Headlines reports.
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Slaughter of Christians in Nigeria continues unchecked
Posted on Wednesday, September 23, 2020
According to the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom or Belief (APPG), Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari “has done virtually nothing to address” the killings and kidnappings of Christians in Nigeria by Muslim Fulani herdsmen. Therefore, the murderous…
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Official Condemns Indonesia’s Ban on Bible App
Posted on Wednesday, September 23, 2020
A senior Indonesian expert has condemned authorities for removing a mobile phone application that enabled an Indonesian ethnic group to read the Bible in their language.
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Dozens Killed In Christian Area Of DRC
Posted on Wednesday, September 16, 2020
At least 58 people were killed, and 17 kidnapped when Muslim militants attacked two villages in the mainly-Christian north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), aid workers said Tuesday.
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More Christian Converts Flee Iran As Crackdown Intensifies
Posted on Monday, September 14, 2020
Three Iranian Christian converts have fled Iran following the rejection of their appeals, rights activists confirmed. “Kvian Fallah-Mohammadi, Hadi Asgari, and Amin Afshar-Naderi were facing a combined 35 years in prison because of their faith,” said advocacy group…

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