(Barnabas Fund) — A Sri Lankan pastor has been forced to stop his ministry in Bakamuna, Polonnaruwa District after being threatened and intimidated by police and Buddhist monks. Police visited the pastor on the morning of Oct. 18 and ordered him to report immediately to the local police station. Continue reading this story >> Become […]
(The Christian Institute) — Poland’s highest court has ruled that abortions on the grounds of disability will no longer be permitted. The Constitutional Tribunal ruled that the current law is unconstitutional. It is under this law that 98 percent of the country’s abortions are carried out, including for conditions such as Down syndrome. … In […]
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Protests against police brutality in Nigeria that grew into generalized unrest over poor government took on a religious dimension this week with attacks on Christians and church buildings. Following peaceful protests that began earlier this month against torture and killings by Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) forces, counter-demonstrations against the #EndSARS protestors […]
ZHAOTONG, Yunnan Province (ChinaAid) — During an interview with a reporter on Oct. 19, Wang Hai, a Miao pastor, talked about persecutions he and the church he pastors routinely experience. According to Hai, government officials have relentlessly harassed him and his family. They have ransacked his home, as well as those of other church members. […]
(International Christian Concern) – On Oct. 16, a Christian worship service was attacked by a mob of radical Hindu nationalists in India’s Madhya Pradesh state. After being falsely accused of engaging in forced religious conversions, a pastor and seven other Christians were taken into police custody for questioning. According to Pastor Dhanlal Pargi, 30 to […]
(Christian Aid Mission) — In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, highway patrolmen at a checkpoint in the Philippines stopped a local ministry leader and three co-workers on July 29 as they traveled together. On their way to another province on the island of Mindanao as part of a project to proclaim Christ and plant […]
(The Christian Institute) — Campaigners have been granted a judicial review over a Scottish government move to redefine the meaning of “woman.” For Women Scotland (FWS) have taken legal action against the government for including men who identify as female in a law designed to address the number of women on public boards. FWS claims […]
ROME — In a documentary released in Rome on Wednesday, Roman Catholic leader Jorge Bergoglio, also known as “Pope Francis,” says that he believes homosexuals have a “right to a family” and that he supports civil unions as a legal covering. “Homosexual people have a right to be in a family. They are children of […]
(The Christian Institute) — A woman with Down syndrome has been given permission to challenge the current law on abortion at the High Court. Heidi Crowter and fellow campaigner Máire Lea-Wilson say the law discriminates against unborn babies with the condition. In the UK, abortion is permitted up to 24 weeks for most reasons […]
(Voice of the Martyrs Australia) — The Beit Hallel Messianic Congregation in Ashdod, southern Israel has experienced systematic harassment from the local anti-missionary group. The harassment includes intimidation, fear tactics, vandalism, curses, chanting, blocking the entrance to the church and disrupting services. The congregation initially won a court case against its harassers and obtained a […]