Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Group Seeks Peace In Time Of War
Posted on Friday, November 24, 2000
Nazareth, Israel (November 24, 2000) - Even amidst the turmoil in Israel, construction has started on the grounds of what will be the largest monument to peace on earth. The STAR OF PEACE, an international peace project located…
‘Crying Outside the Corridors of Power’
Posted on Friday, November 17, 2000
"If you want to save your lives, don't show this film again." This was the warning made to the Great Commission team after they had shown the Jesus film in Birnin Kebbi, capital of Nigeria's Kebbi state. Kebbi,…
Casualty Figures Released in Kaduna, Nigeria
Posted on Friday, November 17, 2000
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 of northern Nigeria's Kaduna…
Evangelical Christians in Bolivia Caught in Local Coca War
Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2000
The violent October protests that rocked Bolivia, causing 12 deaths, scores of injuries and millions of dollars in damages, embodied one more local clash in the international drug war. The conflict has pitted the government, which is implementing…
Keep on Praying for the Suffering Church
Posted on Monday, November 13, 2000
SANTA ANA, CA (November 13, 2000) -- Terry Madison, President and CEO of Open Doors With Brother Andrew, USA, has urged the thousands of Christians throughout the United States who prayed for persecuted believers on the International Day…
Ready for Reconciliation in Indonesia?
Posted on Friday, November 10, 2000
"It is disappointing that the suffering of the Christians due to the conflict in the Malukus has been insufficiently exposed in various reports on a national and international level," stated the U.S. Consul General Robert Pollard.
Christian Human Rights Agency Burglarized in Peru
Posted on Thursday, November 9, 2000
Armed men overpowered a night guard at the Peace and Hope Association's Lima, Peru, office and left with four computers, each containing sensitive data on cases defended by the evangelical legal aid and human rights organization.
Maoist rebels kill two Christians in India
Posted on Saturday, November 4, 2000
11 April 2000 (Newsroom) -- A communist rebel group in India's Bihar state beat to death two tribal Christians and severely injured four others on April 4, according to the Times of India.
Twenty-Five Killed in Religious Violence in Nigeria
Posted on Friday, October 20, 2000
Bloody clashes that erupted September 7-9 between Muslims and Christians in Bambam, in northern Nigeria's Gombe state, left 25 persons dead and property damage estimated in the millions of dollars.
On Cults, Leaders and Politics in China
Posted on Wednesday, October 18, 2000
Letters from Chinese Christians Detail Local Problems and Persecution ANHUI “Here we only have one registered church, which is packed out with people standing in the courtyard. However, since the church was opened, none of the accounts listing…
Two churches hit with bomb attacks in India
Posted on Saturday, October 7, 2000
10 July 2000 (Newsroom) -- Bomb blasts damaged two churches in India's southern Karnataka state over the weekend as Christians across the nation staged marches and rallies to protest sectarian violence.
Open Doors Challenges Claims of Religious Freedom in China
Posted on Tuesday, October 3, 2000
When millions of Chinese evangelicals gather for services in their homeland, the worship is rarely music to the ears. Forget the last minute sound checks, voice warm-ups, or instrument tuning. This worship is music to the heart.
Attacks on Christians in eastern Indonesia resume
Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2000
Dozens of Christians have been killed in renewed attacks by extremist Muslim warriors in Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku. At least 32 people died in an attack on the Ambon island village of Hative Besar, according to news…
