Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Muslim Kidnappers Ransom Christians
Posted on Monday, August 17, 2015
Hundreds of kidnapped Arab Christians have been ransomed last year by Islamist terror groups trying to raise funds by spreading terror across the Middle East, according to The Christian Post.
Syria: IS Abducts Dozens of Christians
Posted on Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Islamic State jihadists have captured several Christian families after seizing Qaryatain, a town in the Syrian province of Homs.
Iraqi Christian Martyrs Commemorated
Posted on Monday, August 10, 2015
The Assyrian community commemorated the 1933 massacre of an estimated 3,000 Christian martyrs in the town of Semele in Iraq's Mosul district on Aug. 7.
Philippines: Christians Subjected to Shari’a
Posted on Monday, August 10, 2015
In the wake of public alarm over the imposition of shari'a upon Christians caught in the newly proposed Islamic sub-state of Bangsamoro, the Filipino Congress has introduced House Bill 5811.
Sudanese Pastors Acquitted, Released
Posted on Friday, August 7, 2015
Sudanese Pastors Yat Michael and Peter Yein Reith were both acquitted Wednesday by a court in Khartoum after serving months in prison on charges that included espionage and waging war against the state.
Indian Pastor Accused of Illegal Conversions
Posted on Monday, July 27, 2015
The pastor of a church in the village of Raiguda in India's Orissa state was arrested earlier this month for "illegally" converting 300 people to Christianity.
U.K. Denies Refuge to Christians Fleeing Islamic State
Posted on Monday, July 27, 2015
With the rise of the Islamic State, we are seeing what may become a "genocide" of Christians in the Middle East, yet the U.K. has closed its doors to them, according to Barnabas Fund International Director Patrick Sookhdeo.
Nigeria: Church Saved from Bomb
Posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Mass murder in Plateau State was narrowly averted July 12 after a security guard spotted a bomb at a church's entrance and threw it away just before it exploded.
India: Churches Attacked
Posted on Monday, July 20, 2015
In the early hours of June 28, suspected Hindu nationalists destroyed the cross of a church in India's Bhiwani district, Haryana state, according to Barnabas Aid.
Mexico’s Persecution of Protestant Christians
Posted on Friday, July 17, 2015
United States officials have questioned Mexico's government regarding reports of widespread discrimination and displacement of Protestant Christian communities in Chiapas and other Mexican states.
Egypt: Coptic Christians flee Sinai
Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Coptic Christians continue to flee the Sinai after Islamists accused them of helping to oust Egypt's president back in 2013.
China: Communist Cross Demolition Spreads
Posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2015
The demolition of church crosses by Chinese Communists has spread from Wenzhou to Zhejiang province after five Catholic churches had their crosses forcibly removed last week.
