Despite attempts by the Pakistani government and Islamist groups to thwart protest rallies and marches, Christians in several cities came out in large numbers to mark National Minorities Day on Aug. 11.
In a crackdown, Rwanda has shut down more than 5,600 places of worship over failure to meet the conditions required for operation.
Authorities in Indonesia last week arrested a 19-year-old member of an Islamic extremist group and his parents, foiling a plan to suicide bomb two church sites, officials said.
“The current trend of setting Jesus against the church says nothing about Jesus and a lot about the state of Christianity today. It lacks biblical literacy,” writes Rick Harrington.
The leader of a Protestant church in China’s Gyizhou Province received a five-year prison sentence July 24 for charges of fraud and inciting subversion.
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for August 4, written by Mark Rathel, professor at the Baptist College of Florida in Graceville, Florida.
International advocacy organization Christian Solidarity Worldwide’s sources have confirmed the former president of the Kachin Baptist Convention, Rev. Dr. Hkalam Samson, was released July 23 from prison in Myanmar …
This story has a little of everything. It’s a love story, with a suspected demon possession among a people group of firework makers — and a plot twist.
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