Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Underground Church in Vietnam Ready to ‘Grow Forth’
Posted on Saturday, September 8, 2001
AgapePress) - The underground church in Vietnam is planning to plant some 10,000 new churches in the next five years. Joseph Lee is founder of Tribes and Nations Outreach based in Manila, Philippines. He tells Assist Communications that…
Red Cross Visits Christian Workers Faced With Execution
Posted on Friday, September 7, 2001
Members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have visited in Kabul eight Western and Sixteen Afghan aid workers, who face possible execution for allegedly spreading Christianity in war ravaged Afghanistan. The Sunday visit was the…
Children ‘dedicated’ as temple prostitutes
Posted on Friday, September 7, 2001
"When we came to the village, these little girls--only four or five years old--started pulling our hands, wanting us to go to their mothers," says Arun Massey, director of Rahab's Trust, an indigenous ministry in India that works…
Gospel “making a difference” in Uganda
Posted on Friday, September 7, 2001
Expanding from 14 churches in 1993 to 50 today, one native ministry in Uganda reports that the gospel of Jesus Christ is making headway in that central African nation.
Delayed Anointing and Laying of the Cornerstone
Posted on Friday, September 7, 2001
Due to the situation which currently exists in Israel, the Israeli authorities decided that the anointing and laying of the cornerstone for the Third Temple could not be performed on the 16th October as we had planned to…
Israel’s chief rabbi opposes shared Jerusalem or Temple Mount
Posted on Friday, September 7, 2001
JERUSALEM (BP)--In a development likely to intensify the debate surrounding the future of Jerusalem, Israel's chief rabbi has taken a stand against the idea of dividing or sharing sovereignty over the city, CNSNews.com reported Jan. 23.
A Synagogue on the Temple Mount?
Posted on Friday, September 7, 2001
Israel's Chief Rabbinate has appointed a special committee which is scheduled to meet on Tuesday to examine for the first time proposals for building a synagogue on the Temple Mount.
Arab Hatred Still Wrecking Durban Conference
Posted on Wednesday, September 5, 2001
After the US and Israeli exit on Monday from the UN conference on racism in Durban, European states emerged as the primary players crossing swords with the Arab/Islamic bloc over their disturbing agenda to condemn the Jewish State…
Putin Blasts Terrorism Against Civilians
Posted on Wednesday, September 5, 2001
ICEJ NEWS – 09/05/2001 On his three-day visit to Moscow, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, receiving some encouraging support in the battle against Palestinian terrorism, but…
Our Silence Kills, Please Speak Up
Posted on Tuesday, September 4, 2001
"Speak up for those who can't speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly, defend the right of the poor and needy" (Proverbs 31:8-9)
Seminary profs reflect on study on healthful benefits of prayer
Posted on Tuesday, September 4, 2001
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--With a heart institute study showing that prayer helps patients improve, two Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professors warn against depending upon scientific verification of a spiritual exercise.
Commission’s first hearing focuses on U.S. role in Sudanese conflict
Posted on Tuesday, September 4, 2001
WASHINGTON (BP)--The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom received in its first hearing a variety of recommendations on halting the religious persecution and civil war in Sudan, but there seemed to be widespread agreement on one sentiment --…
Casualty Figures Released in Kaduna, Nigeria
Posted on Monday, September 3, 2001
LAGOS, Nigeria (Compass) -- The head of the Nigerian Bible Society recently released the casualty figures of Christians killed and churches destroyed during the February and May religious clashes between Muslims and Christians in Kaduna, the capital city…
Mongolia gives local Christian 13-year Prision Sentence
Posted on Saturday, September 1, 2001
ISTANBUL, April 7 (Compass) -- A Mongolian citizen of ethnic Kazakh descent has been sentenced to 13 years in a prison labor camp in western Mongolia on charges of propagating the Christian faith.
