Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Christians Experience Tragedy, Miracles in Disaster
Posted on Friday, January 7, 2005
Stories are coming in to Christian Aid from missionaries in South Asia of how believers have been affected by-and in some cases miraculously spared from-the tsunami tragedy.
Sixty More Evangelical Christians Jailed in Eritrea
Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005
Sixty members of the Rema Charismatic Church in the Eritrean capital of Asmara have been arrested and jailed for holding a New Year’s Eve celebration in the home of one of their church leaders.
Gospel for Asia Responds to Deadly Tsunami
Posted on Friday, December 24, 2004
Gospel for Asia workers are rushing food, clothing, medical supplies-and the love of God-to millions of Asians still in deep shock from a disaster spawned by the most powerful earthquake in 40 years.
Indonesia Orders Tighter Security for Churches this Christmas
Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Police in Indonesia pledged today to provide tighter security for churches during Christmas and New Year celebrations, after one of their own was arrested in connection with the murder of a Christian village chief on the island of…
Nigerian Student Murdered in Clash over Evangelism
Posted on Monday, December 20, 2004
Opposition to Christian evangelism on the campuses of two Nigerian institutions of higher learning has resulted in the murder of Sunday Nache Achi, a fourth-year architectural student at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in the northern city of Bauchi.
Indian Hindus Build Temple on Church Property
Posted on Monday, December 13, 2004
Hindu villagers have constructed a temple on the grounds of St. John’s Church of England in Jatni in the eastern state of Orissa, India, triggering a knotty battle over the rights of minority Christians.
Indonesian Pastor Kidnapped, Still Missing
Posted on Monday, December 13, 2004
Villagers on a small Indonesian island who recently joined a search for their missing pastor found only a red T-shirt with three bullet holes in it, lying on the beach near his home.
Buddhist Monks in Sri Lanka Threaten to ‘Fast Unto Death’
Posted on Thursday, December 9, 2004
Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka have declared a “fast unto death” beginning December 12 if the government does not concede to a proposed constitutional amendment and the adoption of anti-conversion laws.
Thugs Attack Christian Publisher in Ukraine
Posted on Thursday, December 9, 2004
A brutal attack on a Christian book publisher in Ukraine has underscored the high stakes struggle over human rights and religious liberty in the former Soviet republic preparing for a re-run of a sharply contested presidential election.
Two Killed in Nigeria as Muslim Militants Attack Evangelists
Posted on Thursday, December 2, 2004
Police authorities have arrested 10 Muslim militants in Dutse, the capital of the state of Jigawa in northern Nigeria, for perpetrating an attack on a team of Christian evangelists on Tuesday, November 23. The incident reportedly caused two…
Colombian Pastor Dies in Bomb Explosion
Posted on Thursday, December 2, 2004
Javier Segura, the 31-year-old pastor of a Mennonite church located in the La Victoria neighborhood of Bogotá, Colombia, died instantly Sunday night, November 28, when a bomb detonated outside a public building near downtown Bogotá. The minister was…
Indonesian Church Closing Sparks Public Debate
Posted on Thursday, November 18, 2004
Members of a Protestant church in Indonesia are still waiting for resolution on an incident with Muslim neighbors, who attacked the church on October 24. The church was then closed down by authorities.
Beslan Families Visit Israel
Posted on Thursday, November 18, 2004
This week members of For Zion’s Sake, a ministry of Calvary Chapel Jerusalem, hoped to send another team from Jerusalem to the town of Beslan, North Ossetia, in southern Russia to comfort the survivors and families of victims…
China Tightens Control on Religion
Posted on Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Last week before his resignation as U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell said relations between China and the U.S. were at the best point they had been in more than 30 years, according to Agence France-Presse. However, that…
