Algeria: Church told to stop worship services
A church in Algeria’s northern Kabylie region where St. Augustine had preached during the fifth century was ordered to stop all religious activities last month.
Christian Persecution
Nigeria to criminalize ‘street evangelism’?
Street evangelists could be fined and pastors sent to jail under new legislation proposed by the Muslim governor of Kaduna state, Nigeria.
Church’s cross too high for Communist China
Authorities in China’s Zhejiang province demolished a three-story church building in April after declaring that the elevation of its cross was too high.
Mosul: IS destroys iconic clock church
Last week, Islamic State jihadists employed explosives to destroy Iraq’s iconic Clock Church.
Muslim herders expand into Southern Nigeria
Last week Muslim Fulani herdsmen murdered 45 Nigerians after destroying Christian properties in Enugu State.
Pakistan: Christians protest proposed sewage station
Christians in Lahore, Pakistan are objecting to the proposed construction of a sewage pumping station on land owned by a cathedral’s congregation.
Uganda: Muslims Destroy Church
Muslims in Uganda last week killed pigs owned by Christians and then destroyed their church.
China: Pastor and Wife Bulldozed Alive
The wife of a church leader in China’s Henan province was buried alive with her husband under the rubble of their demolished church where she suffocated and died on April 14.
Turkey: Gov’t seizes six church buildings
The Turkish government has seized control of six church buildings in the country’s Diyarbakir region.
Indonesia: Authorities attack prayer gathering
Authorities in Indonesia opened fire on a peaceful meeting in Timika, West Papua, as thousands of protesters gathered to pray for an independence referendum on April 5.
Turkey: Evangelist detained, to be deported
In April, Turkey detained an American evangelist and ordered him held for a month with a view to his deportation.
Syria: Damage, destruction to churches
After the April liberation of an ancient Syrian town from the Islamic State’s control, many of its churches and Christian buildings were found to have been destroyed, or badly damaged.
Malaysia: Christian has ‘Islam’ removed from ID card
A Malaysian Christian raised in a family of Muslims has finally been permitted to have “Islam” removed from his identity card.
Egyptian court rules it’s illegal to demolish churches
A court in Alexandria has blocked the demolition of a church, thereby setting a landmark legal precedent for every city in Egypt.
Chile: Christian churches set ablaze
Last month two churches in Chile were set ablaze by supporters of the Mapuche — a Chilean movement that seeks to rid the region of religions contrary to their own indigenous beliefs.
Iran: Christian prisoner encourages fellow believers
During an official crackdown on Iran’s house-church leadership, a Christian convert from Islam serving a sentence in Rajai Shahr Prison has secretly sent a message of encouragement to the Islamic Republic’s persecuted Christians.
India: Attacks continue despite Congressional letter
Despite having received a letter last month from the U.S. Congress requesting that India’s prime minister condemn the sectarian attacks on his nation’s religious minorities, PM Narendra Modi remains unmoved.
Pakistan: 70 Killed, 300 wounded in Easter bombing
At least 70 people have been killed and more than 300 wounded in a suicide bombing targeting Christians celebrating Easter in Lahore, Pakistan.
Nigeria: Pastors kidnapped in Kaduna State
Unidentified gunmen last week kidnapped three United Church of Christ in Nigeria clerics in Kaduna State.
Christian translators killed in Wycliffe office raid
Four Christian Bible translators were killed when Muslim gunmen raided the Wycliffe Associates office in the Middle East last week.