Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Pakistani Police ‘Stumped’ on Christian Murders
Posted on Friday, September 24, 2004
Two years after seven Christians were gunned down at the Karachi headquarters of one of Pakistan’s established Christian welfare agencies, local police investigators have failed to identify a single suspect.
Study Queries Protestant Clergy About Religious Persecution
Posted on Saturday, September 18, 2004
Protestant ministers in the United States generally believe that religious persecution is a major problem in today's world, and they believe the U.S. should impose sanctions against countries where this is occurring. These findings have just been released…
Eritrea Arrests Five More Evangelicals
Posted on Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Eritrean security police pounced on five evangelical Christians holding a prayer meeting in their church office in Asmara last week, hauling them off under arrest to a local police station.
One Iranian Pastor Still Jailed
Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Protestant church leaders in Iran learned this morning that one of 10 evangelical pastors reportedly released from detention by police authorities on September 12 is still being held incommunicado.
Debate Continues on Sri Lanka Anti-Conversion Law
Posted on Monday, September 13, 2004
Buddhist monks from the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) party have launched an international campaign to win support for a proposed anti-conversion bill in Sri Lanka. The monks have met with representatives at the United States, United Kingdom, Canadian,…
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.
