Christian Student Expelled From UK University Over Facebook Post Citing Biblical Law on Homosexuality

Christian Student Expelled From UK University Over Facebook Post Citing Biblical Law on Homosexuality

SOUTH YORKSHIRE, U.K. — A Christian studying to be a social worker at a prominent university in the United Kingdom has been expelled after explaining the biblical stance on homosexuality on his personal Facebook page. According to reports, last September, Felix Ngole, 38, had posted on his private page—which is only able to be viewed by […]

Chinese Officials Detain Christian Woman for Passing Out Gospel Literature on Street

Chinese Officials Detain Christian Woman for Passing Out Gospel Literature on Street

GUANGDONG, China — Government personnel in China’s southern Guangdong province detained and interrogated a Christian woman for several hours after she passed out Christian reading materials on Feb. 8. When authorities learned that Jiang Junying, a member of the persecuted Zhongfu Tongxin Church in Shantou, was on a sidewalk distributing Gospel leaflets to passersby on […]

Pakistani Man Told He Can Only Work as Sweeper Because of His Religion

Pakistani Man Told He Can Only Work as Sweeper Because of His Religion

FAISALABAD, Pakistan (Express Tribune) — An inquiry committee has been formed by the district administration of Faislabad to probe allegations of employment discrimination by a Christian waterman who says his school headmistress is forcing him to work as a sweeper because of his religion. Qaisar Jahan, a waterman at Government MC Girls’ High School in Partap […]

Somali Christian Beaten Unconscious by Islamic Relatives

Somali Christian Beaten Unconscious by Islamic Relatives

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Christian of Somali descent in Kenya is unable to see or eat after Muslim relatives beat him unconscious on Sunday (Feb. 7) outside Nairobi, the young man said from his hospital bed. The relatives indicated to 26-year-old Hassan (last name withheld for security reasons) that they ambushed him because […]

Chinese Officials Raid Christian Care Center

Chinese Officials Raid Christian Care Center

GUANGDONG, China (China Aid) — More than 100 personnel from multiple government departments raided a Christian care center in China’s southern Guangdong province on Thursday, seized 15 staff members and patients, including an infant, and relocated them to another shelter. Under the pretense of conducting a medical check-up, authorities forced their way into a Huizhou […]

Chinese House Church Member Confined to Home After Release From Mental Hospital

Chinese House Church Member Confined to Home After Release From Mental Hospital

BEIJING, China (China Aid) — Beijing authorities placed a house church member under strict watch in his home after his November-release from a 20-month confinement in a mental hospital, during which time he was forcibly dosed with psychiatric medication. On Jan. 24, 2014, authorities placed 15 members of Holy Love Fellowship Church, a house church […]

Al Shabaab Kills Christians in Raid on Village in Coastal Kenya

Al Shabaab Kills Christians in Raid on Village in Coastal Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – In a pre-dawn raid on a predominantly Christian area in coastal Kenya on Sunday (Jan. 31), Islamic extremist Al Shabaab rebels killed at least four Christians, beheading one of them, area sources said. In the Kaisari area of Maporomoko village, near Pandanguo about 25 miles inland from the Indian Ocean […]