China (Mission Network News) — Chinese believers continue to remain firm in their faith even amid persecution and tension between the U.S. and China. Believers in China have faced much. Tensions between the U.S. and China don’t look like they will thaw anytime soon. Persecution continues to increase, threatening Christians and those who follow other […]
(Voice of the Martyrs Korea) — Mosa, an Egyptian Christian, did not deny Christ as police electrocuted him, beat him unconscious, and knocked out his teeth. Today, Mosa lives a humble life with his wife and children. Still, he has health problems and thinks about how to provide for his children. He has asked VOM […]
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide) — Church leaders have been abducted as farming communities in Kaduna state are experiencing renewed violence and abductions by armed assailants of Fulani ethnicity. As international attention remains focused on events in north western Nigeria, following the release of over 300 abducted schoolboys in Katsina state, farming communities in Kaduna state are […]
China (International Christian Concern) – A pastor from a Beijing house church who has been put under house arrest since 2011, finally regained his freedom. According to the information from Early Rain Covenant Church (ERCC), in October, the authorities lifted the surveillance on Pastor Jin Tianming, who founded Shouwang Church in Beijing, which became one […]
LAHORE (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that hundreds of Pakistani Christian families from Charar, a neighborhood in Lahore, have fled their homes after a mob of Muslims threatened to set fire to their neighborhood. Local sources report that the mob threatened the Christians after a faith-based social media post was published […]
(Open Doors UK) — For many of you, your Sunday services have taken on an unusual feel this year. The locations, routines and form you’ve grown familiar with were changed in an instant. It’s been hard, and we’re not sure when church life will return to normal. But this time can give us a […]
(Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in Sudan who have burned down a church’s worship structure five times threatened to kill congregation members if they put up another tent and continue worshiping, sources said. Police this month arrested nine of the 14 radical Muslims who burned down the temporary worship structures of the Sudanese Church […]
(Christian Post) — Tens of thousands of house church pastors and evangelists across China have gone into hiding as the Communist Party prepares for what seems like a “final assault” on Christianity in an attempt to eradicate it from the country, according to missions group Asia Harvest. In its final newsletter for 2020, Asia Harvest […]
Nigeria (Mission Network News) — While hundreds of abducted Nigerian school boys are now safe, believers are on “full alert” following last week’s threat from Boko Haram. The terrorists released a three-minute video promising more attacks on Christians. “Where the Church grows, there is often a pretty strong or violent backlash,” Floyd Brobbel with Voice […]
Indonesia (International Christian Concern) – While Papua has been integrated into the Republic of Indonesia for nearly six decades, the restive yet resource-rich Christian majority region has long suffered from discrimination and a struggle over land and natural resource. In recent months, tensions haven run high between Indonesia’s security forces and local Papuans, resulting in […]