Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Suspected Drug Traffickers Kill Pastor In Guatemala
Posted on Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Christians in Guatemala were mourning Monday, January 30, a pastor who was shot and killed by suspected drug traffickers on his way to a regional meeting of church leaders in a violent border area near Mexico.
Indonesia: Yasmin Services Disrupted
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012
A mob of Muslims disrupted the worship services of about 100 members of a GKI Yasmin congregation that were being held at a member's home in Bogor, West Java on Sunday.
Nigeria Christians Flee As Bombs, Shootings Claim 185 Lives
Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Christians are fleeing northern Nigeria where bomb blasts rocked the Bauchi and Kano states over the weekend, killing at least 185 people, including Christians, said rights activists and church officials.
Christians in Sudan, South Sudan Facing Death and Detention
Posted on Monday, January 23, 2012
Christians in Sudan and newly created South Sudan face possible detention, beatings and even death amid a "deteriorating humanitarian situation" with thousands of people being killed this year alone, aid workers and Christians said in statements obtained by…
Somalia Militants Flogging Woman Over Christian Conversion
Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2012
A Somali woman, who converted from Islam to Christianity, was nursing her injuries Wednesday, January 11, after she was reportedly paraded before a cheering crowd and publicly flogged as a punishment for embracing a "foreign religion."
Burma Kachin Christians Flee Deadly Attacks; Fighting Spreading
Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Churches and Buddhist monasteries in a mining area of Burma's northern Kachin state have taken in nearly 1,000 refugees, many of them Christians, since New Year's Day, after the Burmese military reportedly attacked a church and killed several…
‘Santa Claus’ Kills Christian Leader in Israel
Posted on Monday, January 9, 2012
A leader of Israel's Christian minority has been stabbed to death by a man dressed as Santa Claus, prompting the arrest of six locals in connection with the murder, church and police officials said Saturday, January 7.
Nigeria Militants Kill 6 In Church Attack
Posted on Friday, January 6, 2012
Suspected Islamic militants attacked an evangelical church in northeast Nigeria during a worship service late Thursday, January 5, killing at least six people and injuring 10 others, Worthy News learned.
Persecution Christians Seen Rising In Islamic Nations
Posted on Friday, January 6, 2012
North Korea leads a list of nations where "Christians face the most severe persecution", but "Muslim-majority" countries represent nine of the top 10 amid spreading Islamic extremism around the world, a major Christian watchdog said in comments obtained…
Iran Frees Jailed Christian Executive After 287 Days
Posted on Monday, January 2, 2012
A Christian woman who was detained as part of Iran's crackdown on devoted Christian converts has been released after more than nine months imprisonment, but concerns remain over other jailed believers, Worthy News learned January 1.
