ALBANY, N.Y. — A federal judge has ruled against a lawsuit by the Office of the Attorney General of New York, which sued 13 pro-life Christians last year in alleging that they had engaged in repeated “harassment” of women outside an abortion facility in seeking to persuade the mothers not to kill their unborn child. […]
(International Christian Concern) — International Christian Concern (ICC) has documented at least 15 separate anti-Christian incidents across India in the past 14 days. These incidents include physical assaults, a church demolition, forced conversions, false accusations of forced conversions, and social boycotts. On July 2, 35 Hindu radicals attacked 150 Christians who were gathered for prayer […]
(Morning Star News) – In further anti-Christian hostilities in eastern Uganda, Muslims knocked a pastor unconscious at a debate and Islamist threats in another village put a halt to worship services. Threats by Muslims in Mazuba village, Namutumba District, stopped worship services in a half-constructed church building and led the pastor to send his children […]
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – In a rash of recent actions against Christians in Nepal, an alcoholic who became violent during an intervention had Christian leaders arrested on forcible conversion charges, and a foreign couple was deported. Isak Tamang of the Shreejanga Free Church and pastor Dip Rai of the Chengbung Free Church were arrested […]
PLATEAU STATE — Church leaders in Plateau State, Nigeria are calling on the government to intervene as a reported 6,000 people in Christian-identified communities have been either killed or maimed by Fulani Muslims in 2018 alone. “What is happening in Plateau state and other select states in Nigeria is pure genocide and must be stopped […]
DUDLEY, England — A Christian doctor in the U.K. has been prohibited from serving as a disability assessor after informing the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) that he could not conform to their requirement that he refer to clients both in communication and in paperwork by their gender identity. Dr. David Mackereth, 55, has worked […]
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A well-known professing Christian charity has agreed to work with homosexuals seeking to foster or adopt children after its contract with the City of Philadelphia was suspended for a time due to its policies on child placement. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, Bethany Christian Services of Greater Delaware Valley has agreed to comply […]
Laos (Mission Network News) — The freedom to meet with members of the Body of Christ is at risk in Laos. A new law requires all religious meetings must first get approval from multiple government offices. Laos’ Prime Minister signed this Decree on Associations in August 2017. According to The Voice of the Martyrs, approval […]
WASHINGTON — On the same day that it declined an appeal of a Fourth Circuit ruling against a county board of commissioners’ Christian prayers, the U.S. Supreme Court also decided not to hear an attempted appeal of a Sixth Circuit ruling upholding the Christian prayers of another county board of commissioners. The decision not to […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal of a Fourth Circuit ruling that declared that the Rowan County Board of Commissioners may not “elevate[] one religion above all others,” namely Christianity, by presenting exclusively Christian prayers at public meetings. Two justices, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, dissented and said that […]