Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Former Taliban Captives Tell How They Survived Imprisonment
Posted on Sunday, July 14, 2002
Former Taliban prisoners Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry told more than 1,800 attendees at the 42nd annual Minnesota Prayer Breakfast how they coped with their three-month incarceration in an Afghan jail.
Papuan Christians Fear Onslaught in Indonesia
Posted on Tuesday, July 2, 2002
Christians in the Indonesian province of Papua (Irian Jaya) are fearful that a violent campaign could be unleashed against them later this year as Laskar Jihad Islamic militants continue to flood into the province with the apparent collusion…
Christians Fear Imposition of Islamic Law In Malaysia
Posted on Monday, July 1, 2002
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Moderate Muslims, women's groups, Christians and other non-Muslim minorities have all reacted with horror to plans by Muslim opposition party PAS to impose full Islamic Shari'ah law in Malaysia's Terengganu State.
Rescued Missionary Worker Arrives Home
Posted on Thursday, June 20, 2002
The injured but rescued US missionary worker Gracia Burnham, who lost her husband but not her faith in Christ, hugged their three children Monday in Kansas City Monday June 10, after a year-long hostage drama in the jungle…
Blaspemy ‘Convict’ Shot Dead in Pakistani Jail
Posted on Friday, June 14, 2002
A Pakistani Muslim convicted of alleged religious blasphemy was shot dead by a fellow prisoner yesterday afternoon in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Central Jail.
Belarus: Baptists Fined for Singing Hymns
Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2002
Three Baptists have been fined for taking part in a street outreach in the town of Lepel in the north-eastern region of Vitebsk and a further six were given official warnings, Keston News Service has learnt in a…
Jordanian Widow Promised Solution for Her Children
Posted on Tuesday, June 11, 2002
A Jordanian Christian widow threatened with loss of the legal guardianship of her two children was assured in late May by representatives of her government that the children will not be removed from her custody.
Pakistani Defense Lawyers Threatened
Posted on Monday, June 10, 2002
Two lawyers known for defending Pakistani Christians and Muslims over alleged blasphemy charges received death threats over the weekend, part of a series of overt warnings dished out to perceived "enemies of Islam" by local extremists during the…
American Missionaries Turn One Year in Captivity
Posted on Monday, June 10, 2002
The American missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham turns one year old today under the captive of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), a terrorist group operating in the Southern Philippines and believed to have links to the Al…
Nigeria’s Defense Minister Says Muslims Plan to Wipe Out Christianity
Posted on Sunday, June 2, 2002
Katsina State Stops Christian Religious Education by Obed Minchakpu ABUJA, Nigeria (Compass) — Muslim leaders aim to eradicate Christianity in northern Nigeria, says Nigeria’s Defense Minister, Lt. General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma. Danjuma told a gathering of the Northern…
Two Converts to Christianity Face Death in Nigeria
Posted on Saturday, June 1, 2002
Two Nigerian Muslims who converted to the Christian faith in Mada village of northern Nigeria's Zamfara state are missing, possibly at the hands of Muslim fundamentalists seeking to kill them for changing their faith.
Hungarian Pastor Preaches Amid Death Threats
Posted on Saturday, June 1, 2002
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.
Kidnapped Pastor Freed In Colombia
Posted on Thursday, May 16, 2002
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 over $25,000 or their assistant pastor…
Pastor Kidnapped Near Medellin
Posted on Thursday, May 16, 2002
Guerrillas manning a roadblock near Medellin kidnapped an associate church pastor as he returned with a group of church members on Sunday, April 28, from an afternoon baptismal service, reported the head of that city's pastoral alliance.
Rebels Force Churches To Close in Colombia
Posted on Wednesday, May 15, 2002
In mid April, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) forced 11 evangelical Protestant churches in Arauquita, a town near Colombia's border with Venezuela, to suspend public worship services.
China’s Anti-Cult Campaign in Context
Posted on Monday, May 13, 2002
In late April, reports filtered out from China that about 100 leaders of the evangelical China Gospel Fellowship -- a major house church grouping that claims some four million members -- had been arrested by the police. Soon…
