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Worthy News provides verified, timely Christian persecution news — reporting on believers facing pressure, discrimination, and violence worldwide, along with actionable prayer updates and ways to respond.

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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USCIRF Investigates Continuing Christian Persecution in Myanmar
Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2025
The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar since a military coup overthrew the government was the focus of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) hearing held in late February, according to a leading Christian advocacy group.
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Iran Sentences Christian Converts To Long Prison Terms
Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2025
An Iranian court has sentenced a Christian woman pregnant with her first child to 16 years imprisonment while two other believers also received lengthy jail terms for activities related to the Christian faith, trial observers confirmed Wednesday.
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Los Angeles County Bans Church On Beach
Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Authorities in the most populous county of the United States have banned meetings of Church on the Beach, which had been holding public beach services for nearly two decades.
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Christians Fear Britain Could Introduce Blasphemy Legislation
Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2025
British Christian leaders and politicians fear a new working group advising the government on “anti-Muslim hatred /Islamophobia” will lead to blasphemy legislation that would further limit freedom of expression.
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Christian Girl Rescued by Police from Kidnapper in Pakistan
Posted on Monday, March 10, 2025
Police in Pakistan rescued a 12-year-old Christian girl who was abducted two month ago by a Muslim neighbor who forcibly converted her to Islam and coerced her into marrying him, the Morning Star News reported.
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70 Christians Beheaded In DRC; Hungary Helps Families
Posted on Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Hungary says it is rushing aid to families of 70 Christians who were beheaded by Islamist fighters in a Protestant church in the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and urges the world “not to…
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Christian Slaves Freed In Pakistan
Posted on Wednesday, March 5, 2025
A Christian family held as modern-day enslaved people by a Muslim brick kiln owner in Pakistan has been rescued, Christians involved in the case told Worthy News Tuesday.
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Hungary Urging Mideast Christians To Remain In Homeland
Posted on Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Hungary’s anti-migration government says it will step up support for Christians in the Middle East to enable them “to remain in their homeland” despite concern about persecution and wars.
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India: 10 Christians Arrested On Charges of Illegal Conversions
Posted on Monday, March 3, 2025
More than 10 Christians were recently arrested in various regions of Uttar Pradesh, a northern state in India, on charges of illegal religious conversions under the Uttar Pradesh Unlawful Religious Conversion Prohibition Act, according to a prominent Christian…
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Uganda: Muslims Stab Evangelist in Attack
Posted on Thursday, February 27, 2025
Muslims in eastern Uganda attacked and stabbed an evangelist who, along with his team, had converted a Muslim widow to Christianity during an open-air preaching session on February 15, according to Morning Star News.
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Nigeria: Pastor Shot, Church Members Kidnapped
Posted on Wednesday, February 26, 2025
A Nigerian pastor was recovering from his injuries Wednesday after gunmen shot him and severed his fingers while abducting six worshipers from a Pentecostal church in Nigeria’s southern Delta state, his wife and other sources said.
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India Church Attack Injures Dozens
Posted on Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Some 50 Christians were attacked during a Sunday service in western India, the latest in a series of attacks targeting churches in the mainly Hindu nation, Worthy News learned Wednesday.
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Thailand Detains Dozens Of Montagnard Christian Refugees
Posted on Wednesday, February 26, 2025
More than 60 Montagnard Christian refugees from Vietnam — including men, women, children, and pregnant women — were detained in Thailand, adding to concerns among Christian asylum seekers, rights activists said Tuesday.
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International Court Asked To Condemn Nicaragua Over Jailing Pastors
Posted on Monday, February 24, 2025
A leading international court is deliberating on whether to punish Nicaragua after it sentenced 11 Nicaraguan pastors and ministry leaders to prison and forced them to pay millions in fines for spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ in…
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70 Christians Discovered Beheaded in Church in the DRC
Posted on Thursday, February 20, 2025
Seventy Christians were discovered beheaded in a church in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), marking the latest tragic attack on believers in the country, according to Open Doors.
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Family Asks Pakistan To Free Tortured Christian From Jail
Posted on Tuesday, February 18, 2025
The family of a young Christian man who has been jailed in Pakistan for nearly eight months and almost died of torture on alleged false charges of “blasphemy” against Islam appeal for his release.

What is Christian Persecution?

Christian persecution includes any form of harassment, discrimination, legal restriction, or violence targeted at believers because of their faith in Jesus Christ. It ranges from social and economic pressure to imprisonment, torture, and martyrdom.

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