(International Christian Concern) — Under India’s constitution, people’s right to religious freedom is broadly protected by Article 25. In practice, however, this right has become overshadowed by conflicting laws and the actions local governments. This fact of life in India was recently demonstrated by unconstitutional actions taken by village leaders in the village of Penkodo, […]
(Evangelical Focus) — On Sunday, suicide bombers killed and injured hundreds during Easter services and at luxury hotels across Sri Lanka. Although the official death toll had reached 359 by Thursday, the Sri Lankan government later revised that figure down to 253. One of the locations attacked was the evangelical Zion Church of Batticaloa, where […]
(International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Wednesday, April 17, Fulani militants launched an attack on Bolon village, a predominantly Christian village in Demsa Local Council Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. The attackers struck at approximately 10:30 p.m., firing gunshots sporadically. When the dust settled, four people were killed and […]
(Morning Star News) – Police in Nepal seized four Christians at a hotel, including a woman from the United States, early Tuesday morning (April 23) on false allegations of conversion by allurement, sources said. Police from Dang Deukhuri District Police Headquarters in Ghorahi charged into the Hotel Doko in Ghorahi at 7 a.m. and detained […]
COLOMBO — Eight of the nine Islamic suicide bombers responsible for the deadly blasts that killed more than 300 people in Sri Lanki on Sunday, including at two Roman Catholic assemblies and an evangelical charismatic church, have now been identified by officials. According to reports, most were middle to upper class citizens, with some holding degrees […]
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed 17 Christians who had gathered after a baby dedication at a church in central Nigeria, including the mother of the child, sources said. Safaratu John Kabiru Ali, the mother of the baby, was slain in the attack on Sunday (April 14) in Konshu-Numa village, in Nasarawa state’s […]
SHANGRAO, Jiangxi (ChinaAid) — Since September, authorities in an area of China’s eastern Jiangxi province have carried out a sweeping crackdown on Christianity, destroying the crosses of 25 churches and imposing various measures in order to keep a tight rein on religious activities. Religious affairs and United Front Work Department officials started collecting information on […]
(International Christian Concern) — International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on April 8, three American Christians were detained by police in Laos as they visited villages north of Muang Sing in the Luang Namtha province. Wayne, Autumn, and Joseph were volunteering with the US-based Christian non-profit organization Vision Beyond Borders (VBB) at the time of […]
BEIJING (ChinaAid) — An American pastor serving a life sentence in China is begging his family to secure his release. David Lin, a Chinese American pastor, was placed under house arrest in China in 2006, when he tried to gain government permission to run a ministry within China. He was subsequently jailed, and authorities then […]
(Evangelical Focus) — American missionary Wayne Goddard was killed by several gunshots on Tuesday night in his residence, in the indigenous colony Mboijagua, 20 Km from the Paraguayan Villa Ygatimi district. Goddard had been working with natives for more than 25 years for the mission organization Ethnos360, formerly known as New Tribes Mission (NTM). The […]