Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Kidnapped Pastor Freed In Colombia
Posted on Saturday, August 10, 2002
AUSTIN, Texas, May 16 (Compass) -- Guerrillas snatched Juan Carlos Villegas on his way back from a baptismal service near Medellin, Colombia, on April 28. A few days later, they sent a demand to Family Christian Church: hand…
Gospel for Asia Worker Murdered in Kashmir
Posted on Saturday, August 10, 2002
Carrollton, TX—June 17, 2002— Risking his own safety to help fleeing refugees at the Pakistan/India border, a Gospel for Asia (GFA) missionary trainee in Kashmir was found murdered earlier this month. The Indian-born student was training for pioneer…
Indonesia: Christians Outraged Over Arrest of Their Leader
Posted on Saturday, August 10, 2002
Christians in Indonesia are outraged over the arrest of one of their leaders, Renaldy Damanik, General Secretary of the Christian Synod in Central Sulawesi and a hard-working, long-time peace advocate.
Indonesian Christians Face Tough Decision
Posted on Saturday, August 10, 2002
Indonesian Christians are learning the hard way what it means to "forsake all and follow Christ." Christian Aid's contact in Indonesia said Sunday that Christians in some villages that have been taken over by Laskar Jihad militant Muslims…
International Church Attakecked in Pakistan
Posted on Saturday, August 10, 2002
ISTANBUL, March 18 (Compass) -- Unidentified terrorists hurled grenades into a Protestant worship service in the diplomatic quarter of Pakistan's capital city yesterday, killing five worshippers and wounding another 40 members of the congregation.
Islamabad Hospital Discharges Last Church Blast Victim
Posted on Saturday, August 10, 2002
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 5 (Compass) -- Dr. Christy Munir was discharged from an Islamabad hospital yesterday, 10 weeks after a deadly church attack in Pakistan's capital city almost took his life.
Karachi Gunmen Murder Pakistani Welfare Workers
Posted on Saturday, August 10, 2002
ISTANBUL, September 25 (Compass) -- Armed gunmen attacked a Pakistani Christian welfare organization in Karachi this morning, then escaped after killing seven Christians and leaving an eighth critically injured.
Laos: Persecuted Believers Persevere
Posted on Saturday, August 10, 2002
Christians in Laos still suffer from strict oppression of religious activity, according to recent reports, while at least one brother's Christian work is being tolerated.
Hungarian Pastor Preaches Amid Death Threats
Posted on Saturday, August 10, 2002
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (ANS) -- A Hungarian Reformed Pastor continues to preach the Gospel despite alleged death threats and opposition from Russia and Communists who he says still rule the Hungarian village of Doboz, near the Romanian border.
Protestant Christians Detained in Uzbekistan
Posted on Saturday, August 10, 2002
NUKUS / BUDAPEST, (ANS) -- A correspondent of the Keston News Service (KNS), which covers religious persecution, was harassed by the security service of Karakalpakstan, an autonomous republic in Uzbekistan, KNS reported Thursday, June 6.
Kazakstan Christians Persecuted and Fined
Posted on Saturday, August 10, 2002
ASTANA / BUDAPEST , (ANS) -- Leaders and other believers of non registered Baptist and Evangelical churches in the former Soviet republic of Kazakstan are experiencing a new period of persecution by central authorities, reports said Monday July…
200 Million Christians Suffer Persecution
Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002
The World Evangelical Alliance told the U.N. last month that Christians are "the largest single group in the world which is being denied human rights on the basis of their faith."
Christian Agencies Launch Persecuted Religious Minorities Forum
Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002
Support for persecuted religious minorities around the world has received new impetus this month following the inauguration of a strategic new network of UK Christian agencies. The Christian Forum in Support of Persecuted Religious Minorities Worldwide was launched…
Sudanese Convert to Christianity Forced into Hiding
Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002
ISTANBUL, February 7 (Compass) -- A Sudanese convert to Christianity was forced into hiding this week after severe beatings and torture by state security police, who for the second time refused to allow the former Muslim to leave…
Sudanese Police Torture Convert Student
Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002
STANBUL, October 8 (Compass) -- A Sudanese student who converted from Islam to Christianity was severely beaten and tortured by security police in Khartoum two weeks ago, apparently at his own family's instigation.
Sudanese Police Launch Manhunt to Find Christian
Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002
ISTANBUL, February 27 (Compass) -- Sudanese security police have mounted a widening manhunt to track down a local convert to Christianity who went into hiding in Khartoum three weeks ago to escape arrest and possible death.
