Chinese Church Experiences Multiple Raids

Chinese Church Experiences Multiple Raids

FUZHOU, Fujian (China Aid) — A church in the capital of China’s southeastern Fujian province has been harassed relentlessly by authorities over the past few months. Yongfu Church, located in Fuzhou, has been raided eight times in the past two months. When the church refused to make modifications to their building in order to fit […]

Christians Tell of Survival and Loss From the Mandera, Kenya Stoning Attack

Christians Tell of Survival and Loss From the Mandera, Kenya Stoning Attack

(International Christian Concern) – Religious discrimination and animosity are soaring drastically in northeastern Kenya. This is evidenced by the September 13 stoning of non-local Christians in Elwak town, Mandera, which was also retaliation against police for killing three suspected al-Shabaab militants. Violent Muslim residents, led by community elders and activists, rounded up Christian masons, killing […]

Chinese Officials Interrupt Guangdong Bible Study, Close Church

Chinese Officials Interrupt Guangdong Bible Study, Close Church

ZHANJIANG, Guangdong (China Aid) — Government personnel in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, closed a church in China’s southern Guangdong province on Oct. 24, notifying the landlord that the property should not be used for church activities. On that evening, the members of Renew Church said they had gathered to study the Bible when local officials broke in, ordering […]

Bomb Planted at Church in India

Bomb Planted at Church in India

India (Mission Network News) – On October 25, an IED was found in the trash bin at a church in northeast India, a region nestled between Bangladesh and Nepal. Authorities were immediately called, and the bomb was neutralized. Bibles For The World’s President John Pudaite and his wife were at the church during the bomb’s […]

Churches in Eastern Ukraine Become Illegal After Re-Registrations Denied

Churches in Eastern Ukraine Become Illegal After Re-Registrations Denied

(Evangelical Focus) — Authorities in Eastern Ukraine have regarded many churches and religious organizations as illegal, including all Baptist and Pentecostal communities in the country. October 15 was the deadline imposed by the self-declared Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), an unrecognized entity in Eastern Ukraine, to churches and organizations for their compulsory re-registration as religious communities. […]

Christian Boy in Uganda Strangled, Threatened with Death for Refusing to Convert to Islam

Christian Boy in Uganda Strangled, Threatened with Death for Refusing to Convert to Islam

(Morning Star News) – Radical Muslims in eastern Uganda left a 12-year-old Christian boy unconscious on Thursday (Oct. 25) after threatening to strangle him to death unless he converted to Islam, sources said. Emmanuel Nyaiti was on his way to pick up some plates from his grandmother’s house 200 meters from his home in Moru […]

David Platt Prays for Persecuted Church in Demilitarized Zone Between North, South Korea

David Platt Prays for Persecuted Church in Demilitarized Zone Between North, South Korea

David Platt, teaching pastor at McLean Bible Church in Virginia, and former president of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board (IMB), recently prayed for the persecuted Church while standing in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. Platt, best known for his book “Radical,” was standing near the remains of what used to be a […]