Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
GFA Missionaries Held Hostage to be Killed Within 48 Hours
Posted on Friday, September 10, 2004
Anti-Christian elements in Bihar have captured, severely beaten and are threatening to kill Gospel For Asia (GFA) native missionary Pastor Manrathan and his wife. GFA Bible woman Sarita is also being held hostage.
Indian Missionaries Released by Hostage Takers
Posted on Friday, September 10, 2004
Gospel for Asia (GFA) said late Friday, September, 10, that three of its native missionaries who were captured and threatened with death in India's north-eastern state of Bihar have been released by anti-Christian militants "in a miraculous turn…
Iran: Police Detain 80 Iranian Evangelicals
Posted on Friday, September 10, 2004
Iranian police invaded the annual general conference of Iran’s Assemblies of God Church yesterday, arresting at least 80 church leaders gathered at the church’s denominational center in Karaj, 20 miles west of Tehran.
Vietnamese Government Forces Christians to Leave their Tribal Village
Posted on Thursday, September 9, 2004
The Washington, DC, based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org, has received new information concerning the expulsion of 96 Christian families totaling about 600 people from their village in Lao Cai Province to Binh Thuan Province…
Five Afghan Christians Martyred
Posted on Thursday, September 9, 2004
Five Afghan men who had converted to Christianity have been killed in separate incidents since late June near the borders of eastern Afghanistan.
Nepali Missionary Released
Posted on Wednesday, September 8, 2004
We just received exciting news that GFA native missionary Besh has been freed from the Maoist group that abducted him in mid-August. Another missionary had been sent to search for him, but in the meantime Besh was safely…
Masked Gunman Kill Three in Attack on Colombian Church
Posted on Wednesday, September 8, 2004
Three people were killed and 14 seriously injured on September 4 when masked men opened fire on a church in southern Colombia during a prayer service, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) reports.
Vietnamese Pastor Arrested, Questioned
Posted on Tuesday, September 7, 2004
Eight days after his arrest, prominent Vietnamese house church leader Rev. Tran Mai walked back into his house in Ho Chi Minh City at 11 p.m. on September 6. However, he arrived home with orders to appear for…
Nepali Missionary Still Missing
Posted on Wednesday, August 25, 2004
As of Wednesday, August 25, GFA (Gospel For Asia) native missionary Besh is still being held by Maoist insurgents after being abducted about 12 days ago.
Comfort to Beslan from Zion
Posted on Thursday, August 5, 2004
Jerusalem, Israel (Worthy News) -- Pastor Bradley Antolovich, senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Jerusalem and father of five, watched helplessly as the horror at Beslan School #1 unfolded on television and various internet clips. The thought that these…
Colombian Church Endures in War-torn Choco
Posted on Wednesday, August 4, 2004
AUSTIN, Texas, April 12 (Compass) -- Fighting between paramilitaries and guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Chocó, Colombia, abated during Holy Week. But war-weary Christians there know they cannot count on even a few…
Pakistani Christian dies after attack by policeman
Posted on Monday, May 31, 2004
Samuel Masih, a Pakistani Christian who had been accused of blasphemy under Pakistan’s strict Law 295, died tonight around 9 p.m. local time in the Lahore hospital where he was a patient.
Chinese House Church Leader Released Amid International Pressure
Posted on Sunday, May 30, 2004
Amid international pressure well-known house church leader Zhao Wenquan has been released from custody, two weeks after his May 9 arrest in Hegou Town, Meng Cheng County, Anhui Province, a human rights groups said Friday May 28.
Iranian Police Arrest Christian Pastor
Posted on Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Iranian police arrested a Protestant Christian pastor in northern Iran three days ago, jailing him along with his wife and two teenage children.
Vietnam’s Atrocities Against Montagnards Confirmed
Posted on Friday, May 21, 2004
In spite of monumental efforts by Vietnam to minimize and cover up their brutal repression of demonstration attempts by the Montagnard ethnic minority this past Easter, consistent information is emerging that confirms atrocities.
Pakistani Pastor Escapes Islamist Captors
Posted on Wednesday, May 19, 2004
A Protestant pastor kidnapped last Sunday morning escaped from his Islamist abductors overnight Monday, some 40 hours after he had disappeared on his way to church services in Quetta, capital of Pakistan’s Baluchistan province.
Vietnam’s Montagnards Face the Propaganda War
Posted on Monday, May 17, 2004
During the Easter weekend of April 10 and 11, and on some days afterward, Montagnards in Vietnam’s Central Highlands attempted to stage demonstrations to call attention to the harsh injustices they suffer at the hands of communist authorities…
