Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Ethiopian Officials Destroy Evangelical Church
Posted on Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Heaven's Light Church in Harare, Ethiopia, was demolished Nov. 28 by order of the Shenkore administrative district that just days before had forcibly removed the church's sign, according to International Christian Concern.
Displaced Nigerians Creates Crisis
Posted on Tuesday, December 9, 2014
More than 1.6 million Nigerians who were forced to abandon their homes by the belligerence of Boko Haram are creating a humanitarian crisis in Africa's most populous nation, according to Yahoo News.
‘Miracle-Faking Spree’: Kenya Bans New Churches
Posted on Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Frustrated by "fakirs" peddling false miracles, Kenya's attorney general has indefinitely banned the registration of new churches, mosques and temples, according to Christianity Today.
Pakistan: Christian Mother Files Final Appeal
Posted on Tuesday, December 2, 2014
A Christian mother of five who was sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan has filed an appeal to the country's top court, according to Barnabas Aid.
Al Shabaab Executes 28 Non-Muslims
Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Muslim insurgents from Somali's Al Shabaab terrorist group ambushed a bus in northern Kenya last week and killed 28 passengers, according to a Morning Star News source.
Church in Sudan Strives to Block Demolition
Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Hundreds of Christians in North Khartoum blocked repeated attempts by government authorities to destroy all the buildings inside their church compound last week, according to Morning Star News.
Lao Hmong Evicted after Converting to Christianity
Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Six Hmong families who converted to Christianity were forced to leave their village after local authorities ordered them to renounce their faith, according to Barnabas Aid.
Police: Woman Slain in Pakistan Innocent of Blasphemy
Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Police in Pakistan said that the Christian couple tortured and murdered this month over accusations that the wife desecrated the Koran were false, according to Morning Star News.
Bakers Who Won’t make “Gay” Cake May Face Legal Action
Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2014
A Christian bakery in Northern Ireland must pay compensation or face legal action after an equality commission declared that it was guilty of committing "unlawful religious, political and sexual orientation discrimination" for declining to bake a "gay" cake,…
ISIS Militants Booby-trap Christian Homes
Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2014
A Christian who fled his village in northern Iraq claimed that ISIS jihadists are placing explosives in Christian homes just in case they decide to return, according to the Christian Post.
Schoolgirls Abducted by Boko Haram won’t be Freed
Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2014
On All Hallows Eve, the leader of Boko Haram announced that the 200 or more schoolgirls his Islamists had abducted in April from Chibok in Borno state, Nigeria, will not be freed as they have already converted to…
IS Publish Prices for Christian Slaves
Posted on Sunday, November 9, 2014
The Islamic State has published the prices that captured Christian and Yazidi women and children are to be sold for, according to Barnabas Aid.
Pakistan: Christian Couple Burned Alive
Posted on Sunday, November 9, 2014
A Christian husband and his pregnant wife were beaten and then burned to death Tuesday by a mob of angry Muslims at a brick kiln in Chak village, Punjab Province, Pakistan, according to International Christian Concern.
Despite ‘Reform,’ Iran’s non-Muslims Face prison, execution
Posted on Sunday, November 9, 2014
According to a soon to be released UN report, Iran's Islamic Republic has raided worship services, shut down licensed churches, arrested Christians and subjected converts to Christ to death threats and psychological abuse.
