Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Iran Launching Massive Arrests Of Evangelicals
Posted on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Massive arrests of evangelical Protestant Christians, including many former Muslims, are reported in Iran, with men and women being dragged to prisons across the Islamic nation.
Security agents scare parishioners from churches
Posted on Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Although Halloween isn't celebrated in an Islamic Republic, state security agents have been scaring away potential parishioners from both St. Luke’s and St. Paul’s churches in Esfahan to prevent Iranians from following Christianity.
‘Iran To Prosecute Detained Christian Converts’
Posted on Friday, October 12, 2012
Five Christian converts will be tried in southwestern Iran on charges linked to their Christian activities, after spending eight months in prison, an Iranian Christian news agency reported.
Don’t get violent over Viral Videos
Posted on Friday, October 12, 2012
A open letter by the Bishop of Karachi reminded all religious that living in the Internet age means their faiths will be mocked and that the mockery will find its way to them anywhere in the world.
Pakistan Evangelical Pastor Shot By Militants
Posted on Wednesday, October 10, 2012
An evangelical Pakistani pastor was recovering of his injuries after he was shot by suspected Islamic militants who oppose his Christian activities, an advocacy group said.
Pakistan ‘Blasphemy Girl’ In Norway, Official Says
Posted on Wednesday, October 10, 2012
A mentally challenged Christian girl who was detained in Pakistan on charges of 'blasphemy against Islam' has fled to Norway with family members, a Christian official involved in the operation confirmed.
Egypt Frees Christian Boys Accused of Blasphemy
Posted on Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Egyptian authorities on released two Coptic Christian children who were accused of "insulting Islam" by allegedly urinating on a paper with verses of the Koran, prosecutors and other officials said.
Police: ‘Pakistan Christian Girl Innocent of Blasphemy’
Posted on Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Pakistani police say they have found no evidence that a mentally challenged Christian girl burned pages with verses of the Koran, deemed a holy book by Muslims, in a case that sparked international upheaval, Worthy News learned.
Kenya Church Attack Kills 1 Child, Injures 9
Posted on Monday, October 1, 2012
A grenade attack by suspected Islamist militants rocked an Anglican church in Kenya's capital Nairobi killing a nine-year-old boy and injuring several others, the church and police said Sunday, September 30.
Religious Expression Banned on Bourbon Street?
Posted on Monday, October 1, 2012
Last year, New Orleans’ Mayor Mitch Landrieu approved a ban prohibiting loitering on Bourbon Street "for the purpose of disseminating any social, political or religious message between the hours of sunset and sunrise."
Rising Persecution of U.S. Christians
Posted on Friday, September 21, 2012
A joint report by Liberty Institute and the Family Research Council shows that anti-Christian persecution is not only increasing in America, but that it's coming from our own government.
Yasmin Church forced to Relocate (again)
Posted on Friday, September 14, 2012
The Indonesian Minister for Home Affairs has told the GKI Yasmin Church congregation in Bogor, West Java, that it must again relocate.
Pakistan Christian Congress Prez demands ‘blasphemy’ review
Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The president of the Pakistan Christian Congress has urged that nation's president and prime minister to re-investigate all cases of blasphemy that have been officially filed with local authorities.
Moscow Destroys Russian Pentecostal Church
Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2012
A congregation of evangelical Christians in Russia's capital Moscow were without a church building Tuesday, September 11, after workers with bulldozers and other equipment destroyed their Holy Trinity Pentecostal Church complex, protected by local police, witnesses said.
Iran Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani Released; At Home
Posted on Monday, September 10, 2012
Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who was sentenced to death and became a symbol of what his church called "suffering Christians" in this heavily Islamic nation, could embrace his wife and children Saturday, September 8, after he was unexpectedly…
Missionary killed in Jordan
Posted on Monday, September 10, 2012
A missionary living in Jordan was stabbed to death by a teenager Tuesday after she caught him stealing in her apartment, police said.
Paki Imam arrested in Blasphemy Case against Christian Girl
Posted on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
A Pakistani Imam was arrested Saturday in what was initially thought to be a case of blasphemy by a Christian girl that has enraged an entire Muslim community already predisposed to violently deal with any non-Muslim accused of…
