Chinese Officials Interrupt Seminary, Arrest Pastors Without Warrants

Chinese Officials Interrupt Seminary, Arrest Pastors Without Warrants

(China Aid) — Officials interrupted a seminary class in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on Wednesday and brought away two pastors without displaying any warrants. Saying that the seminary lacked proper credentials for operating a school, approximately seven police officers and several agents from the local religious affairs bureau broke into the classroom at 10 a.m. […]

Authorities in Zanzibar, Tanzania Close Down Church

Authorities in Zanzibar, Tanzania Close Down Church

(Morning Star News) – The pastor of a church on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous Zanzibar Island was preaching earlier this month when a plainclothes police officer and local officials strode into the church service. “One of the police officers in civilian clothes walked through the church’s door, stepped up to the podium and then grabbed the bishop […]

Christians in Nepal Suspect Hindu Extremists in Sudden Attacks on Churches

Christians in Nepal Suspect Hindu Extremists in Sudden Attacks on Churches

NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Christians in Nepal are alarmed after this month’s sudden series of arson and bomb attacks on four church buildings, and church leaders suspect authorities are lax in investigating. At the same time, six Christians were arrested for evangelizing while suspected Hindu extremists launched attacks on three church buildings and bombed […]

Ten Killed in Attack on Christian College in South Sudan

Ten Killed in Attack on Christian College in South Sudan

(World Watch Monitor) — At least ten people, including five children, have been killed in an attack on a college in South Sudan teaching theology, education and business, according to the Christian charity Open Doors International. Three guards and five students—one secondary and four primary school pupils—were among the victims of the 14 May attack […]

Imprisoned in Iran’s Torture Factory, a Christian’s Health Spirals Downward

Imprisoned in Iran’s Torture Factory, a Christian’s Health Spirals Downward

(International Christian Concern) — Evin Prison is known by many names: the regime’s torture factory, the black hole of evil, Iran’s most notorious jail, to name a few. According to research by International Christian Concern (ICC), it is the preferred prison for Christians who are jailed because of their faith. Those believers who have completed […]

Two Beijing House Churches Investigated

Two Beijing House Churches Investigated

BEIJING (China Aid) — Two house churches in Beijing reported that authorities in the past week have investigated churches and pressured landlords to cancel the leases on houses of worship. One of the churches chose to remain anonymous, though a member of this church named Yin said that on Sunday, May 6, the leader of […]

Korean American Detainee Freed From North Korea Hands VP Note With Psalm 126 Written on Back

Korean American Detainee Freed From North Korea Hands VP Note With Psalm 126 Written on Back

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. — One of the three men who were freed from North Korea this week and returned home to America with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo handed Vice President Mike Pence a note that contained text from Psalm 126 on the back. Pence shared a photo of the Scripture, written on a lined index […]