TEHRAN (Article18) — An Iranian Christian convert serving a 10-year prison sentence for his membership of a Tehran house-church has written a letter thanking those who are praying for him. Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh, who is 58 years old, remains in the Iranian capital’s Evin Prison, despite the coronavirus outbreak persuading Iran to release tens of […]
(Evangelical Focus) — Christians in France are asking President Emmanuel Macron to ban the marketing campaigns of big pornography websites. Taking advantage of the confinement and the rise of internet consumption, many platforms are giving free access to their websites, attracting many new consumers, including children. The letter, signed by seven French organizations, asks the […]
(Barnabas Aid) — Seven vulnerable older Christians, unable to flee as hundreds Fulani militants attacked their village in Plateau State, Nigeria during the national Covid-19 lockdown were burnt to death in their homes. More than 300 gunmen descended on the Christian village of Hukke, near Jos, in the early hours of April 2, setting fire […]
(International Christian Concern) – On April 9, a young Christian girl named Ishrat was assaulted by a group of Muslim men in the village of Qutiba, located in the Kasur district of Pakistan’s Punjab province. According to a statement given to police, the Muslim men were attempting to kidnap Ishrat after she refused to convert […]
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide) — Iranian Christian Fatemeh Bakhteri (Aylar) was released from prison on April 12. Bakhteri, 35, from the city of Rasht, is from a Muslim background and is a member of the Church of Iran denomination. She was sentenced to 12 months in prison on Sept. 22, 2018 after being found guilty of […]
(Microsoft News/CNN) — Professional sports in Florida are getting the green light to resume production after the Florida [Division of Emergency Management] deemed them “essential services.” This is being added to the same list that includes services such as grocery stores, hospitals, banks, utility companies and restaurants. The order that was signed on Thursday states […]
(Evangelical Focus) — Confinement due to the coronavirus world crisis does not prevent people from serving others. A group of women from the Buenas Noticias (Good News) evangelical church in the Spanish city of Lugo are an example of that. A few weeks ago, one of the women in the church learned of the […]
(International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a house church pastor in China’s Hunan province was arrested on April 2, after being criminally detained since March 14 for “inciting subversion of state power.” On April 11, Bethel Church sent out an urgent prayer request for its pastor, Zhao Huaiguo, asking for […]
Grand Blanc, Mich. (The Detroit News) — Sandy Brown tried to calm her son, Freddie, alone and scared in a hospital intensive care unit. His father had died a few days earlier. Freddie, just 20, was worried he would die, too. Talking on FaceTime throughout the night, Sandy recited Scripture and tried to slow […]
BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP (NJ.com) — A controversial leader from New Jersey, who was sentenced to serve 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing from his group’s funds, died from coronavirus earlier this month. Jermaine Grant of Burlington Township, who led the Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ in Harlem, was 44. He […]