Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Egypt Christians ‘Killed’ After Election Morsi
Posted on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Native Christian missionaries in Egypt remained concerned saying at least two fellow believers were killed by suspected Islamists since Mohammed Morsi was declared the country's president.
Iranian Imams Fear Spread of House Churches
Posted on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The rise of Christianity and the accompanying spread of its clandestine house churches in Iran is seen as a serious threat by the Islamic state's senior clerics.
Vietnam Destroys New Churchs
Posted on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Vietnamese officials in Dien Bien Province recently destroyed two new church buildings belonging to minority Hmong Christians.
Kazakhstan Acquits Pastor; Azerbaijan Church Threatened With Closure
Posted on Monday, July 2, 2012
Kazakhstan's Supreme Court has acquitted an evangelical pastor on charges of "severe damage to health due to negligence" after praying for an ill man, but devoted Christians in another former Soviet republic, Azerbaijan, were awaiting whether a high…
Boko Harem Declares War on Christians
Posted on Friday, June 29, 2012
The militant Islamist group Boko Haram recently declared war on the Nigerian state and its Christians, vowing to attack them both until it establishes an Islamic state in place of the current secular government.
Vietnam ‘Destroys’ Churches of Hmong Christians
Posted on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Vietnamese security forces have destroyed two churches of minority Hmong Christians in northwestern Vietnam and threaten to tear down a third, a Christian news agency said Wednesday June 27.
Nigerian Missionaries Trapped As Militants Embrace Christ
Posted on Thursday, June 28, 2012
A group of Nigerian missionaries and Christian converts have managed to escape a battle field in northern Nigeria where some militants embraced Christianity, but elsewhere Christians faced Islamic attacks, a key mission leader told Worthy News.
Laos Detains Thai, Lao Christians for Bible Study
Posted on Monday, June 25, 2012
Lao authorities have jailed four Christians, including two Thai citizens, in northern Laos after they were caught explaining the Bible to at least one Lao man, their supporters told Worthy News.
200,000 Plus to Die in North Korean Camps
Posted on Monday, June 25, 2012
As many as 200,000 people are being held in North Korean labor camps; many inmates have no hope of release because their keeper's ideology considers human criminal behavior to last "for at least three generations," according to Jo…
300 Islamist Bombers to Attack Churches
Posted on Friday, June 22, 2012
Members of the Nigerian Islamist sect, Boko Haram, intend to make June their bloodiest month as they continue their attacks on Christians, according to International Christian Concern.
Pakistan’s Christian Slaves
Posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Thousands of Pakistani Christians live like slaves in Punjab's Muslim-owned brick kiln industry.
Blasts Rock Three Churches In Nigeria, Dozens Killed
Posted on Monday, June 18, 2012
Suspected Islamic militants attacked three churches in northern Nigeria Sunday, June 17, killing dozens of people and injuring over 100 others an evangelist and Worthy News reporter said, citing officials.
Tunisia: Muslims tape murder of Christian convert
Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2012
Talk show host Tawfiq Okasha recently appeared on "Egypt Today" by showing a video of Muslims beheading a man for the Islamic crime of apostasy: the "crime" of converting to Christianity and then refusing to renounce that conversion.
India Police Investigating Murder Pastor, Church Burning
Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Police investigations continued Monday, June 11, into the reasons behind the murder of a Protestant pastor in southern India and the destruction of a church in the north where hundreds of Christians have reportedly fled their homes, Worthy…
Nigeria Church Attacks Kill 7; Christians ‘Gunned Down’
Posted on Monday, June 11, 2012
Islamic group Boko Haram claimed responsibility Sunday, June 10, for bombing a church and spraying another congregation with bullets in Nigeria's troubled northern and central region, killing at least seven people, including a suicide bomber and injuring over…
