Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
President Bush Visit Officially Staged Church Service
Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008
As President Bush today (Sunday) visited and attended a service at the Three Self Patriotic Movement's (TSPM)Kuanjie Church established by the government, a renowned Christian social activist in Beijing was arrested once again by the Chinese police, but…
Laos: Authorities Detain 90 Christians
Posted on Sunday, August 10, 2008
Authorities in Laos have detained or arrested at least 90 Christians in three provinces in recent weeks, including an arrest last Sunday (Aug. 3) of a pastor and two other believers from a house church in Boukham village,…
Pakistan: Christian Allegedly Murdered
Posted on Sunday, August 10, 2008
Local Pakistani police declared the death of a young Christian man in May to be a suicide requiring no investigation, but a high inspector has reopened the case and taken two Muslim suspects into custody.
Gospel for Asia Missionaries Released
Posted on Sunday, August 10, 2008
Four Gospel for Asia missionaries being held in a Karnataka, India, jail were released Friday after spending more than a week there. They are now being taken to a hospital for medical treatment.
China Detains House Church Leader As Olympics Begin
Posted on Sunday, August 10, 2008
As China prepared for the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games Friday, August 8, a key Chinese house church leader and his wife remained detained amid signs government leaders fear Christians will use the event to highlight reports…
India Christian Couple Detained On “Forced Conversion” Charges
Posted on Friday, August 8, 2008
The pastor of a Full Gospel Church of God (FGCB) congregation and his wife remained detained Wednesday, August 6, in India's state of Madhya Pradesh on changes of "forced conversion," church members and investigators told BosNewsLife.
China: House Church Pastor Detained
Posted on Friday, August 8, 2008
Chinese police detained house church leader Zhang Mingxuan, along with his wife Xie Fenlang and co-pastor Wu Jiang He, at a police station in Hebei after a BBC journalist attempted to interview him on Monday (August 4).
American Christian “Deported” From China After Beijing Detentions
Posted on Friday, August 8, 2008
Three American Christian leaders were deported from China Thursday, August 7, after being arrested for the second time in as many days for publicly praying and protesting against China's "religious persecution", the "policy of forced abortion" and other…
Bangladesh Christians Flee After Attack On House Church
Posted on Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Muslim militants raided and destroyed a 'house church' in Bangladesh as part of an operation to expel Christians from the region, a group representing the believers said Tuesday, August 5.
Iranian Christian Couple Dies from Police Attack
Posted on Wednesday, August 6, 2008
An Iranian Christian couple in their 60s died last week from injuries sustained when secret police raided a house church service hosted at their house and severely beat them, a source told Compass.
China: Authorities Banish Pastor From Beijing Prior to Games
Posted on Wednesday, August 6, 2008
As U.S. President George W. Bush attends Olympic events in Beijing this week and a church service in the capital next Sunday, Chinese authorities have banished house church pastor Zhang Mingxuan from the city for the duration of…
Saudi Arabia to Deport 15 Christians
Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2008
The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has learned that Saudi Arabia is deporting 15 Christians on Tuesday, August 5th, for holding private worship meetings in a house in the city of Taif.
Nigeria State Orders Christians To Leave Damaged Churches
Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Christians in two churches that were were extensively damaged last year during religious violence in northern Nigeria were without places of worship Sunday, August 3, after authorities reportedly ordered them to vacate their premises.
