LONDON (Christian Concern) — A Christian man who was arrested and prosecuted for peacefully praying outside a London abortion clinic has seen the charges against dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service, thanks to support from the Christian Legal Centre. The arrest and case raise the question of whether praying in a public space now […]
(Evangelical Focus) — Abortion, pornography, drugs, homosexual relationships — these are some of the issues which most British people no longer consider to be “immoral.” Kings’ College in London compared figures of 1989 with opinion polls conducted this year on a range of moral issues. In the last 30 years later, there has been a […]
(Evangelical Focus) — Pro-Russian rebels seized parts of Ukraine’s Luhansk Region in March 2014 and the following month proclaimed what they called the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), which currently controls about a third of the region. The unrecognized LPR has banned worship in all Protestant churches and … courts punish individuals who lead worship meetings in […]
(Church in Chains) — The six students and two staff members kidnapped from a Christian-run school in Kaduna State on Oct. 3 were released on Saturday Oct. 26. Police did not say if a ransom was paid, but sources told Nigerian newspapers that a ransom of 13.6 million Naira (approximately €33,750) had been paid. The […]
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Police in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state have put several house churches under surveillance in order to stop worship, in violation of the country’s secular constitution, sources said. Police have told congregations to stop worship in homes in Anuperpalayem, Velampalayem, Kangeyam and several other villages in Tiruppur District, Vijaya Kumar of […]
(Bitter Winter) — In July, the government of a town under the jurisdiction of Huadian city in the northeastern province of Jilin sent out orders to administrations of each village under its authority to investigate and ascertain if there are any South Koreans in local Christian groups. “This investigation targets Christians, aimed at ensuring that […]
(ChinaAid) — A United Nations group has urged China to release North Carolina Pastor John Cao. The group, the United Nation’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), has released this statement. In it, the group has said it raised the issue of Cao’s arrest to the Chinese government earlier this year. The piece went on […]
Iran (Church in Chains) — Ebrahim Firouzi, 33, was released from Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj on Saturday, near the end of a five-year sentence. He had also spent time in prison previously on charges relating to his Christian activities. Ebrahim must now serve two years’ internal exile in the remote southeastern town of Sarbaz […]
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide) — CSW welcomes a ruling by Sudan’s Court of Appeal for land belonging to the Baptist Church, which has been confiscated by the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), to be returned. In 2012, NISS seized the land in Khartoum Bahri, preventing the Baptist Church from using it for any purpose. The […]
(The Christian Institute) — Mothers who refuse to abort their children with Down syndrome are pressured by medics to change their decision, a report has revealed. One mother whose child is now five years old told how even at 38 weeks pregnant she was being offered an abortion. Another mother said medical professionals told her […]