Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Indonesian Christians Face Tough Decision
Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2002
Christian Aid's contact in Indonesia said Sunday that Christians in some villages that have been taken over by Laskar Jihad militant Muslims are being offered the opportunity to leave their villages, but on one condition: They must relinquish…
Abductors Will Make Missionaries Human Shields
Posted on Monday, February 4, 2002
With the U.S. military assistance to the Philippine government to help rescue Christian missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham from their abductors the Abu Sayyaf Group, an Islamic rebel leader told ASSIST News Service that the abductors will…
Turkmenistan: Further Baptists Fines
Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2002
Six members of a Baptist congregation in the town of Khazar (formerly Cheleken) were fined in mid-January for holding "illegal services", Keston News Service has learned. The instruction to fine them came from the political police, the KNB…
Persecution of Christians Intensifies in Former Soviet Union
Posted on Saturday, January 26, 2002
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.
Azerbaijan: Two-Week Prison for Pentecostal Leaders
Posted on Friday, January 25, 2002
Amid growing pressure on Protestant congregations, two leaders of the unregistered Pentecostal church Living Stones have been arrested and given fifteen-day prison terms, Protestant sources in the Azerbaijani capital Baku have told Keston News Service. The two -…
14 Churches Slated for Demolition in Northern Nigeria
Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2002
Fourteen Churches in Zamfara State, in Northern Nigeria are now facing demolition threat by the state government, which claims that there are too many Christian worship centers in the state. Zamfara state, which spearheaded the adoption of Islamic…
Detained US Missionary Couple Cries Out for Help
Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2002
An American missionary couple held hostage in the southern Philippines for eight months by the Muslim rebel group Abu Sayyaf has cried out for help, at a time of emotional and physical pain.
Chinese Christians Pay Ultimate Price
Posted on Friday, January 18, 2002
Soon after winning the right to host the 2008 Olympics, China is showing the world that being a non-registered Christian is a most dangerous sport.
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.
