Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Pakistan Funeral For Burned Christian
Posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Hundreds of people attended the funeral Wednesday, March 24, of a young Christian man who was allegedly burned by Muslim extremists and police officers for refusing to convert to Islam.
Over 1,000 Anti-Christian Attacks In Indian State, report
Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010
An official of one of India's largest evangelical umbrella groups says his organization recorded over 1,000 anti-Christians attacks in 500 days in the Indian state of Karnataka and that the number is growing "by the day."
India Pastor Jailed For Converting Hindus, Corpse Exhumed
Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010
Police in India's southern state Karnataka detained a pastor for "forcing" Hindus "to convert" to Christianity, while Hindu extremists exhumed a Christian's dead body saying it "contaminated" a cemetery's soil, evangelical leaders confirmed Friday, March 19.
Prayer Vigil For Murdered American Evangelists
Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2010
Christian leaders are preparing a major prayer vigil in Florida "to honor the lives" of two young street preachers who were shot and killed while evangelizing on the streets of the U.S. state's Boynton Beach, organizers said.
BREAKING NEWS: Over Dozen Christians Killed In Nigeria
Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
A group of Muslim herdsmen disguised as soldiers "butchered" and then burned over a dozen Christians Wednesday, March 17, in a small Christian village in central Nigeria, near the location where hundreds were killed last week, witnesses and…
Vietnam Priest Released After Three Years Imprisonment
Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Christian rights activists on Wednesday, March 16, welcomed the early release by Vietnam of a prominent Catholic priest from prison after he served just three of an-eight year sentence, but they expressed concerns over his health.
Nigeria Women Protest Against Massacre of Christians
Posted on Monday, March 15, 2010
Thousands of women dressed in black have marched through the streets of the troubled Nigerian city of Jos "to mourn, pray and protest" against the killings of possible hundreds of people, most of them Christians, by suspected Muslim…
Pakistan Couple, Man, Jailed For Blasphemy
Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010
A Christian couple, were detained Thursday, March 11, as they began serving a 25-year prison term for blasphemy against Islam shortly after another Christian received a similar sentence, the latest in a series of cases that have worried…
Pakistan Christian Dies After Gunmen Storm House
Posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010
A young Christian man died of a heart attack after armed Muslim gunmen stormed his house in the outskirts of Lahore, the capital of Pakistan's Punjab province, where Islamic attacks against minority Christians are increasing, two advocacy groups…
NEWS ALERT: Tortured Iran Pastor Facing Execution, Christians say
Posted on Tuesday, March 9, 2010
The detained Assyrian pastor of an evangelical church in Iran has been tortured and told he may be executed for converting Muslims to Christianity and related charges, his wife and Christians with close knowledge about his situation said.
NEWS ALERT: Christians Anxious As 30 Die In Iraq Election Violence
Posted on Sunday, March 7, 2010
Minority Christians in Iraq anxiously awaited the outcome of a parliamentary vote testing the country's still fragile democracy Sunday, March 7, as suspected Islamic militants killed up to 30 people in the capital Baghdad and other areas of…
Christians Worldwide Pray For Burma
Posted on Saturday, March 6, 2010
Thousands of Christians worldwide will unite in prayer for Burma next week as part of global day of prayer for the nation, organizers said.
India Police Detain Bishops In Dalit March
Posted on Friday, March 5, 2010
Several bishops were detained Friday, March 5, in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu where police halted a protest march against the alleged discrimination of Dalit Christians here and elsewhere in this mainly Hindu nation, Christian officials said.
