Christian Woman in Pakistan Dies After Being Set on Fire for Refusing to Convert to Islam, Marry Muslim

Christian Woman in Pakistan Dies After Being Set on Fire for Refusing to Convert to Islam, Marry Muslim

LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A Christian woman in Pakistan died on Sunday night (April 22) after a Muslim in the Sialkot area set her on fire for refusing to convert to Islam and marry him, relatives said. Muhammad Rizwan Gujjar poured kerosene on 25-year-old Asma Yaqoob and set her on fire on Wednesday (April 17), […]

Chinese Church Interrogated for Holding Services, Evangelizing

(China Aid) — Within 24 hours, officials in China’s central Henan province interrogated members of Autumn Rain Blessing Church on April 9. The trouble began at 10 a.m., when Jiang Rong, the wife of the church’s pastor, Wang Yi, was at a church leader’s home. The authorities showed up to inquire about their Sunday services […]

Eastern Ukraine’s Evangelical Churches Face Closure Threat

Eastern Ukraine’s Evangelical Churches Face Closure Threat

Ukraine (Mission Network News) – Evangelical churches in Eastern Ukraine are facing a closure threat. Recently, the local government in the Luhansk region, which is controlled by separatists, passed a law, which restricts how churches in the area can operate. “Basically [it] forbids the churches to conduct worship, hold small groups, or meetings in homes. […]

Christians in Sudan Charged in Defense of Church Property Case

Christians in Sudan Charged in Defense of Church Property Case

UBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – A court in Omdurman, Sudan on Wednesday (April 11) charged four Christians who defended church property from a takeover by a Muslim business interest, sources said. Azhari Tumbara, Muna Matta, George Adam and Kudi Abderhman last year tried to keep authorities from seizing Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) property in […]

Hard-Line Hindu Confesses to Attempted Murder of Pastor in Southern India, Police Say

Hard-Line Hindu Confesses to Attempted Murder of Pastor in Southern India, Police Say

HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A hard-line Hindu has confessed to attempting to murder a pastor in southern India as the Christian leader was praying at night, according to police. Pastor Madira Koti Reddy, who leads a house church in Rentachintala village, Guntur District in Andhra Pradesh state, on March 29 had gone to his room […]

Algerian Man Who Spent 18 Months in Jail for Post Declaring Jesus Overcomes ‘Lie’ of Islam Now Free

Algerian Man Who Spent 18 Months in Jail for Post Declaring Jesus Overcomes ‘Lie’ of Islam Now Free

(World Watch Monitor) — The daughter of Slimane Bouhafs, an Algerian Christian who has spent the last 18 months in prison for insulting Islam and its prophet, has announced her father’s release. “Finally my father … has been allowed back to us,” his daughter, Tilelli, wrote on her Facebook page on Saturday. “Thank you for […]

Indictment Against American Pastor Imprisoned in Turkey Cites ‘Christianization,’ ‘Unconventional Warfare’

Indictment Against American Pastor Imprisoned in Turkey Cites ‘Christianization,’ ‘Unconventional Warfare’

ANKARA, Turkey — An official indictment recently handed down against American pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been imprisoned in Turkey for the past two years, claims that the pastor used “Christianization” as a “mask” to engage in “unconventional warfare” against the government. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) outlines that Brunson, who has […]