Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
China: Christians in custody after Henan church raid
Posted on Friday, June 22, 2018
More than 10 officials from various government departments, including the local religious affairs committee, raided Gusui Church in China’s central Henan province on May 22. The government agents forcibly removed several congregants and the lecturer for that day’s…
How Muslim Mobs Attack Christian Churches in Egypt with Impunity
Posted on Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Christians coerced into an out-of-court settlement following an Islamist attack on a church building in Egypt recently saw the usual outcome – a closed church – a practice that has long oppressed Christians, according to Middle East observers.
Two Christians Ambushed, Killed in Central Nigeria
Posted on Monday, June 18, 2018
Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Sunday (June 10) killed two Christians and seriously wounded another in central Nigeria as they made their way home from a church service, local sources said.
Authorities in Zanzibar, Tanzania Close Down Church
Posted on Friday, May 25, 2018
The pastor of a church on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous Zanzibar Island was preaching earlier this month when a plainclothes police officer and local officials strode into the church service.
Nepal Four Churches Targeted in Arson Attacks
Posted on Friday, May 18, 2018
Four Christian Churches in Nepal have been attacked over a five-day period by unidentified assailants. The attacks, which began on the 9 May, targeted Mahima Church in Dhangadhi, Emmanuel Church in Kanchanpur and Emmanuel Church Budor in Doti,…
Beijing house churches investigated, shut down
Posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Two house churches in Beijing reported that authorities in the past week have investigated churches and pressured landlords to cancel the leases on houses of worship.
House church pastor tried for leaking state secrets in China
Posted on Wednesday, May 9, 2018
A pastor of a now-closed house church in the capital of China’s inland Guizhou province was found guilty of 'intentionally disclosing state secrets' at a trial on April 26, but the announcement of the verdict was delayed.
Pentecostal Pastor Beheaded in India
Posted on Friday, May 4, 2018
Indian police say they have found the beheaded body of a popular Pentecostal pastor near a thick forest in the eastern state of Jharkhand.
