Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Christians Attacked in Sri Lanka While Praying
Posted on Tuesday, March 13, 2001
SANTA ANA, CA (March 13, 2001) -- One Christian was seriously injured and 35 more were hospitalized when about 100 Buddhist extremists assaulted the congregation of the Sanasum Sevana (New Life) Christian Center as they prayed on Sunday…
Bill would urge peace, relief efforts in Sudan
Posted on Tuesday, March 13, 2001
Legislation designed to further the United States' involvement in helping end a Sudanese campaign marked by religious persecution has been reintroduced in Congress.
Christians Attacked in Sri Lanka While Praying
Posted on Tuesday, March 13, 2001
One Christian was seriously injured and 35 more were hospitalized when about 100 Buddhist extremists assaulted the congregation of the Sanasum Sevana (New Life) Christian Center as they prayed on Sunday morning, February 18. The church is located…
Christian Aid Responds to Horror in the Moluccas
Posted on Tuesday, March 13, 2001
Responding to urgent pleas for help, Christian Aid has joined a campaign to raise $1.2 million to rescue Christians feared targeted for conversion or extermination by Muslim jihad warriors in Indonesia.
Fate of Kidnapped Colombian Pastor Still Unknown
Posted on Monday, March 12, 2001
Jorge Enrique Gómez Montealegre has prayed for years for Colombia's guerrillas to lay down their arms and surrender to Christ. His family believes that now he's preaching to them.
Christian Uzbek Pastor Marks One Year in Prison
Posted on Tuesday, March 6, 2001
ISTANBUL, March 6 (Compass) -- A Christian Uzbek pastor jailed since February 1999 on contrived fraud charges is being subjected to physical beatings for witnessing to his cellmates, church sources in the Central Asian republic reported in early…
Coptic Priest Killed In An ‘Accident’
Posted on Monday, March 5, 2001
Mystery still surrounds a car accident, which resulted in the killing of a Coptic priest and three of his relatives in El Menya governorat. This morning, March 5/ 2001, a car accident caused the death of Father Antonios…
Turkmenistan: Authorities Strip Closed Baptist Church Bare
Posted on Sunday, March 4, 2001
ASHGABAD, TURKENISTAN (March 4, 2001) -- The authorities of the Niyazov district of the Turkmen capital Ashgabad broke their own seals on the doors of the city's Baptist church on 2 March and confiscated everything inside. The move…
Turkmenistan: Authorities Strip Closed Baptist Church Bare
Posted on Sunday, March 4, 2001
The authorities of the Niyazov district of the Turkmen capital Ashgabad broke their own seals on the doors of the city's Baptist church on 2 March and confiscated everything inside. The move was timed on the last working…
Nigerian’s President Calls For Reconciliation
Posted on Friday, March 2, 2001
ABUJA, Nigeria, March 2 (Compass) -- In a nationwide broadcast Wednesday night, March 1, Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo called for reconciliation between Christians and Muslims following two weeks of bloody clashes that have left hundreds dead.
More Churches Destroyed in Northern Nigeria
Posted on Friday, March 2, 2001
At least five churches were destroyed during February in northern Nigeria as the controversial implementation of Islamic law continued in several states.
Persecution Forces Nigerians Christians to Flee to Cameroon
Posted on Friday, March 2, 2001
Dozens of Nigerian Christian families have fled to Nigeria's neighbor, Cameroon, because of mounting pressure resulting from the implementation of the Islamic legal system, or "sharia," by the Borno state government.
Five Christians Released in Brunei
Posted on Thursday, March 1, 2001
Five of seven Christians arrested in December and January for alleged "cult" activities and detained under Brunei's Internal Security Act have been released. It was not known if any conditions were attached to their release, which occurred during…
Horrifying reports filed by team assessing persecution in Indonesia
Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2001
MANADO, Indonesia (BP)--A Christian human rights leader from the United States and a five-member delegation he was leading were detained for a day and a half by security forces in Indonesia's strife-ravaged Malukan island chain before being released…
Prominent Pastor Kidnapped in Columbia
Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2001
Armed men have captured a prominent Colombian pastor who operates a string of Christian radio stations around Colombia.
Prominent Columbia Pastor Kidnapped
Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2001
On February 14, unidentified armed men kidnapped Pastor Jorge Enrique Gomez outside of Bogota, Columbia. Pastor Jorge Gomez is well known in Columbia. He is the pastor of the largest evangelical church in the country, with more than…
Christian Women Targeted in Nigeria’s Sokoto State
Posted on Friday, February 16, 2001
Muslim extremists have been deliberately targeting Christian women for rape in northern Nigeria's Sokoto state since the introduction of the Islamic legal code, or "sharia," Christian leaders there say.
