Vietnamese Christian Released From Prison After Nearly 16 Years

Vietnamese Christian Released From Prison After Nearly 16 Years

(International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that an ethnic Montagnard Vietnamese Christian, Y Ngun Knul, was released from prison last week. He was imprisoned for almost 16 years for demanding land rights and religious freedom. Y Ngun Knul was arrested and imprisoned on April 20, 2004, and issued an 18-year sentence […]

Indian Pastor Tied to Tree and Beaten for Hours

Indian Pastor Tied to Tree and Beaten for Hours

(International Christian Concern) – A pastor in India’s Karnataka state was hospitalized after enduring a brutal assault by more than 150 radical Hindu nationalists. According to local sources, attacks on pastors have dramatically increased in recent weeks due to police inaction. On Sunday, March 1, Pastor Manju Keralli was leading a worship service in Bennakoop […]

Chinese Christians in Spain Discuss Discrimination From Those Who Equate Chinese With Coronavirus

Chinese Christians in Spain Discuss Discrimination From Those Who Equate Chinese With Coronavirus

(Evangelical Focus) — The Chinese Christian Church has 34 communities throughout Spain, with more than 7,000 members. In this local church alone, more than 350 people gather each week, in the two worship services they celebrate on Sunday mornings and in the afternoon. … Our meeting with some leaders of the Chinese Christian Church in […]

Italian Churches Suspend Worship Services, But Call Upon Christians to Face Coronavirus With ‘Trust, Not Fear’

Italian Churches Suspend Worship Services, But Call Upon Christians to Face Coronavirus With ‘Trust, Not Fear’

(Evangelical Focus) — Italy has become the epicentre of the Covid-19 crisis in Europe, as the death toll in the country soared to 366 on Monday, with around 7,300 people more infected. In the Northern region of Lombardy, more than 10 million people are under new quarantine rules. The government has announced the closure of […]

Shutdown of Jiangxi Province’s House Churches in Full Swing

Shutdown of Jiangxi Province’s House Churches in Full Swing

(Bitter Winter) — Throughout 2019, authorities in the southeastern province of Jiangxi forcibly demolished numerous house churches, looted their property, and arrested clergy members under the pretext of the nationwide campaign to “clean up gang crime and eliminate evil.” Bitter Winter continues to receive more reports about such CCP-organized suppression attacks to force house churches […]