GUANGZHOU, Guangdong — Officials in the Chinese city of Guangzhou have announced that rewards are being offered for those who report “illegal religious activities,” a term that applies not only to terrorist activities, or those who “use religion to … undermine national unity,” but also those who “establish religious venues without authorization” or “conduct religious […]
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Nearly two months after Hindu extremists in India humiliated, beat and forced Christians to praise a Hindu god, the host of the house church has yet to return to his home. Ranjeet Kumar Gautam is still in hiding after more than 20 Hindu extremists in Chapar village, Sultanpur District, Uttar […]
(Mission Network News) — Doors of opportunity are opening for World Missionary Press (WMP) to send Scripture booklets into Muslim-majority areas. In the past, it hasn’t been safe to send booklets to contacts for distribution among the people. However, contacts in Kazakhstan, Northern Nigeria, Senegal, and other areas are now giving WMP the green light […]
(International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Saturday, March 23, at around 1:50 p.m., more than 20 police officers and other Chinese government officials raided a Bible school class at Beijing’s Shouwang Church. The authorities demanded the church to cease its activities immediately and read out an official document formally […]
LONDON — A mother in the United Kingdom has taken formal legal action against her son’s former elementary school after he was not permitted to opt out of an event in celebration of Pride Month last June. According to reports, Heavers Farm Primary School in London held an event on June 29 called “Proud to Be […]
(The Christian Institute) — A national newspaper has said police time and resources are being wasted by making officers in England and Wales “arbiters of acceptable opinion.” The Telegraph criticized the police for “the continued harassment of people, often Christians, for making perfectly lawful statements that are decreed ‘hate crimes.’” In October, the U.K. government […]
(The Sun) — At least three children were taken into care last year because their mothers and fathers objected to them changing gender. The cases raise fears that parents are powerless to act if they think their child is making a wrong decision. Social workers at one council, Hillingdon in west London, say they placed […]
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – After burning a church building in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state on March 14, Boko Haram terrorists attacked a Christian-majority town in neighboring Adamawa State Monday evening. Area residents said Muslim extremists of the Boko Haram insurgency invaded Michika, a town they had seized in September 2014 and held until Nigerian troops […]
(International Christian Concern) – On Feb. 20, Pastor Juncai Li of Yuanyang Country house church and his coworkers, Raoyun Wu and Yanfang Ma, were detained after being accused of disrupting public service. A week later, Yun Ban was detained for the same reason. Yanfang Ma was released on bail on Feb. 28 because she is […]
(Evangelical Focus) — The tropical cyclone Idai has destroyed the coast of the central region of Mozambique. Winds of 177 km/h have knocked down houses and other buildings, cut off roads and damaged the infrastructures that supply electricity and water. Although the authorities initially spoke of around 200 deaths, President Filipe Nyusi has said the […]