Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
2 Christians killed, others tortured in Chinese government crackdown
Posted on Monday, January 14, 2002
Two Christians have been killed in the Chinese government's crackdown on pastor Gong Shengliang and his South China Church in central Hubei Province, according to a letter from members of the underground church revealing graphic details and new…
Chinese House Church Leader Granted Time to Appeal Death Sentence
Posted on Monday, January 7, 2002
The forty-six-year-old founder of the "South China" house church movement, Gong Shengliang, was granted a reprieve from his death sentence, which was due to be carried out on Saturday, January 5. Gong was given a stay of execution,…
Saudis Move Christian Prisoners to Deportation Center
Posted on Thursday, January 3, 2002
Saudi Arabian authorities transferred the last five of 14 foreign Christians from their Jeddah prison cell to a deportation center yesterday, according to nine other Christian prisoners already moved there on December 22 and 23.
Christians Under Attack in Poso, Indonesia
Posted on Monday, December 10, 2001
Radical Islamic warriors are continuing their rain of terror on the Christians of Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. A VOM source has confirmed that 21 Christian villages in the Poso coastal area have been burned and destroyed and at least…
Persecuted Christians Of The year
Posted on Wednesday, December 5, 2001
Four Examples of Courage and Faith in 2001 There is no such thing as a "typical" persecuted Christian. Yet among the millions of persecuted believers worldwide, some qualities might be considered typical: courage, patience, persistence, and faithfulness. Below…
Indonesia: Central Sulawesi Under Jihad Attack
Posted on Wednesday, December 5, 2001
Jihad terrorists have mounted a campaign on Christians in Central Sulawesi, according to reports from Indonesia. For the past three months, jihad militants have been pouring into the area.
Persecution Of Christians Intensifies In Former Soviet Union
Posted on Wednesday, December 5, 2001
BUDAPEST/MOSCOW (ANS) -- There were fresh reports about persecution of Christians throughout the former Soviet Union Monday January 20, including the arrests of Pentecostal leaders and the banning of the world famous Jesus film in several regions.
Christmas Season Tense for Pakistan’s Christains
Posted on Monday, December 3, 2001
Five weeks after Islamic extremists gunned down 15 Pakistani Christians in a Sunday morning worship service, church leaders across Pakistan admitted that their congregations remain "tense and fearful" as Christmas approaches.
Christians Fear Growth of Persecution in Mali
Posted on Sunday, December 2, 2001
Islam and Church Disunity Combine to Dull the Impact of the Church by Geoff Stamp BAMAKO, Mali (Compass) — For some time, Muslim city authorities in Magnambougou planned for a beautiful new mosque in this new suburb of…
Christians Fear Further Violence in Irian Jaya
Posted on Friday, November 30, 2001
A smouldering civil unrest that has troubled the eastern Indonesian province of Irian Jaya for years threatens once again to harm Christians and others caught in the war between a growing independence movement and the Jakarta government.
Foreign Christians Still Locked Up in Jeddah
Posted on Tuesday, November 27, 2001
More than a dozen foreign Christians remain jailed in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, where local authorities have for months ignored inquiries and notes of protest from consulates requesting diplomatic access to their imprisoned citizens.
