Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
China Removed More Than 200 Crosses
Posted on Friday, August 29, 2014
Since April, more than 200 church crosses have been forcibly removed by the provincial government in Zhejiang, China.
Boko Haram takes over Nigerian town
Posted on Friday, August 29, 2014
Last week Boko Haram invaded the Gujba Local Government Area in Yobe State, Nigeria, enforcing Islamic law over the town of Buni Yadi.
Boko Haram Declares Nigerian Caliphate
Posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2014
In Gwoza, Abubakar Shekau -- the leader of the Islamist Boko Haram -- has declared an Islamic caliphate in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State.
Islamic State Threatens U.S. Pastor in Iranian Jail
Posted on Monday, August 18, 2014
Pastor Saeed Abedini is facing death threats from members of the Islamic State who are incarcerated in the same Iranian prison where Abedini is being held, according to CBN.
Missing Nigerian Schoolgirls Found?
Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2014
U.S. aerial imagery over northeastern Nigeria has recently detected large groups of girls being held in remote locations, raising hopes they are from the group of young women abducted by Boko Haram from a boarding school back on…
100 Dead in Gwoza, Nigeria
Posted on Monday, August 11, 2014
After weeks of looting and wanton destruction in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, Islamists from Boko Haram Wednesday had killed an estimated 100 people in and around the Christian town of Gwoza, according to Morning Star News.
Pastor Killed in Cameroon By Boko Haram
Posted on Friday, August 8, 2014
A church leader was among 25 people killed in Cameroon as Muslim militants unleashed a series of assaults at the end of July.
Boko Haram Now Using Female Suicide Bombers
Posted on Wednesday, August 6, 2014
The Islamist terror group Boko Haram has now resorted to using young female bombers to destroy churches, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
Christian Town Seeks Exclusion from Islamic Region
Posted on Monday, August 4, 2014
A Christian town in Mindanao is protesting its incorporation into the newly created, semi-independent Islamic region of Bangsamoro in the Philippines, according to BarnabasAid.
China Intensifying Persecution of Christians
Posted on Friday, August 1, 2014
Chinese authorities are escalating their attacks on churches since they perceive the growth of Christianity as a threat to their communist regime, according to The Washington Free Beacon.
