As Taliban insurgents take control in Afghanistan, Christians around the world and believers in the beleaguered nation are pleading for prayer. American forces and U.S.
CHENGDU, China — Chinese Communist Party officials placed a Chinese minister and his family under house arrest June 4, reportedly because of their faith, according
Three groups have increased their persecution of Christians in Ethiopia. Those groups are radicalized Oromo Muslims in the south; Ethiopian Orthodox Church (or “traditional Christians”)
Christians meeting secretly, watching online services or chatting about faith issues are in increasing danger from the threat of spyware, according to persecution watchdog group
KAGUMU, Uganda — A Muslim supervisor sent hit men May 22 to kill a Christian employee for not converting to Islam and was killed himself
PAPUA, Indonesia — Police in late May thwarted an Islamic terrorist plot to attack several churches and assassinate a leading church minister in Indonesia’s Christian-majority
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria — A pastor and employee sentenced in absentia for offering Christian materials in a church bookstore saw their punishment reduced June 6 on
Nigerian pastor and humanitarian Gideon Agwom Mutum received a handwritten death threat July 12 amid ongoing violence in the country’s southern Kaduna State. Daily armed
BELGAUM, India — Hindu extremists dragged a Christian pastor from a home on April 5, beat and kicked him as he was marched a mile
MINDAT, Myanmar — Myanmar’s army recently attacked two Christian-majority states, killing several and displacing thousands of others. Myanmar is predominately Buddhist. The army seized power
