The evangelical NGO Tearfund says the situation in Yemen is so dire that it should be ranked alongside the devastating crisis in Iraq and Syria. “The statistics speak for themselves” says an article on Tearfund’s website. “Over 21 million people urgently
Read moreWhen 12-year-old Rahma Salem refused to wear a hijab to school in the Delta in northern Egypt, teachers ordered her to leave her lessons and would not let her take part in any activity. “I was made to stand all
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Something amazing is happening in Tibet. Last year, one Tibetan Buddhist priest embraced Jesus Christ and became a Christian pastor. He converted after seeing the love of Christ shown by a group of Christian workers who helped out and provided
Read moreFighting resumed in rebel-held east Aleppo on Saturday, 22nd October, following the end of a three-day ceasefire announced by Russia. Western media outlets, with their focus on the rebel-held areas, continue to present a largely one-sided picture of events, so
Read moreThe majority of the 1.7 million Kachin people living in Myanmar are Christian, mainly Catholic or Baptist. Due to their ethnicity and Christian faith, they have endured discrimination and persecution at the hands of Myanmar’s authorities for decades, as well
Read moreAs French authorities move to bulldoze the Calais refugee camp known as the Jungle, the UNHCR are reporting that at least 3,800 refugees have died in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe so far this year. William Spindler,
Read moreAnila Ilyas (not her real name) was wide awake, keeping an eye on the road from the window of her fifth-floor apartment. All her belongings were packed and she was trying her best to stop her three teenage sons from
Read moreKuwait is not country that we hear of very much in the news these days. However, it is a country where Muslim background believers are experiencing more and more pressure because of their faith. One such believer is Jamal. *
Read moreWhen her 76-year-old mother died on 13th October in Kyrgyzstan, Jyldyz had nowhere to bury her. The local Orthodox Church in Sary-Talaa refused permission for her to be interred in their cemetery, because, although she was a Christian, she was
Read moreThe Islamic State has been filling the headlines for a long time and filling the hearts of many people in the Middle East with fear. But in the midst of all this, the church in the Middle East is showing
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