Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Religious Liberty 2003
Posted on Tuesday, January 7, 2003
Lack of religious freedom has always been an issue in Islam; however, the advance of the Islamic renewal movement and Islamic militancy has accentuated this. The rise of Hindutva over the past decade now extends to alleged government…
Chinese Christian Family Beaten and Left in the Cold
Posted on Tuesday, January 7, 2003
At about 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 5, 2003, approximately 10 unidentified men burst into the home of Brother Hua Huiqi and his wife, Ju Mei in Beijing. Forcing all of the members of the household, including Hua's…
Bulgaria’s Non Orthodox Churches Fear New Law
Posted on Tuesday, December 17, 2002
Bulgaria's Protestant churches have urged President Georgi Parvanov to veto a law that would force non-Orthodox Christians and other minority groups to obtain court approval to operate in the Balkan country.
15 Suicide Attacks Prevented in Israeli Territory
Posted on Friday, December 6, 2002
Jerusalem (Bridges for Peace) -- The Israeli Defense Minister disclosed that during the past week the security forces prevented 15 attacks that were intended against Israeli citizens and, in addition, arrested over 400 terrorist activists. "The IDF and…
Shooting Incident in Southern Mexico Signals Rising Tension
Posted on Tuesday, November 26, 2002
Traditionalist Catholic "caciques"(village leaders) in Chiapas, Mexico, accused evangelical Christians of provoking a violent confrontation that left seven people wounded by high powered rifles. However, the 27 evangelical Christian families left homeless for two weeks following the shooting…
Christians Killed and Churches Burned in Nigerian Riots Sparked
Posted on Friday, November 22, 2002
by Miss World Protests At least one hundred people were killed and 200 injured yesterday as Muslim youths rampaged through the capital of Kaduna State in Nigeria in protest at a newspaper article that was said to have…
More Than 200 Churches Destroyed in Kaduna, Nigeria
Posted on Friday, November 22, 2002
Christian University Worker Arrested for Controversial Prayer by Obed Minchakpu KADUNA, Nigeria (Compass) — A total of 294 churches have been burned in Kaduna city of northern Nigeria during Muslim-Christian clashes since the Kaduna state government decided to…
Christian Nurse Shot Dead at Lebanese Clinic
Posted on Friday, November 22, 2002
A female American missionary has been shot dead at a Christian heath clinic in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, according to the Reuters news agency.
Christians Shot at Israeli-Jordan Border
Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2002
Retired missionary of the Christian radio network HCJB World Radio, Gustavo Molina, and his daughter Kathy were among five Ecuadorian tourists wounded Wednesday when a gunman opened fire on the group at the Israel-Jordan border near Israel's Red…
Turkish Authorities Block Use of Protestant Church
Posted on Wednesday, November 20, 2002
Seven months after the newly constructed Diyarbakir Evangelical Church opened in southeast Turkey, a local council under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has again protested against the building’s use as a place of worship.
Christian Persecution in Chiapas Goes On
Posted on Monday, November 18, 2002
Since the armed attack on indigenous Mexican evangelicals in the southern province of Chiapas in 1995, the situation has not changed in favor of the persecuted Christians. (Pictured: Indian Christian woman and her child in Chiapas).
Turkish Churches Face Twin Hurdles
Posted on Monday, November 18, 2002
Two major hurdles face evangelical churches in Turkey: lack of trained leadership and suitable buildings. A Turkish church planter says conditions are now right to do something about both.
More Than 350 Churches Closed in Vietnam
Posted on Wednesday, November 13, 2002
Information has been pouring out of Vietnam about a recent wave of government repression against Montagnard evangelicals in Vietnam’s Central Highlands.
Kazakstan Baptist Bible Study Ends in Police Raid
Posted on Monday, November 11, 2002
Baptist Christians in Kazakstan are pressured to no longer express their faith in Christ publicly while their leader is facing possible jail time for refusing to stop bible study meetings in his home, reports said Monday, November 11.
