Two pastors and two new believers in the Middle East who were sent to prison for their faith received favour from a jail officer who had had dreams of Jesus. The two pastors were reportedly giving Bible lessons to the
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Two pastors and two new believers in the Middle East who were sent to prison for their faith received favour from a jail officer who had had dreams of Jesus. The two pastors were reportedly giving Bible lessons to the
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Earlier this week, various reports surfaced saying that a Senate committee in Pakistan wanted to examine the blasphemy law and look at any changes needed so that the law would be less abused. However, since word got out about re-examining
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House churches in China are being told to expect “unprecedented suppression” in a new report which is warning of a “major turning point” in the treatment of believers. China Aid has expressed fears that Chinese Christians will suffer under a
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Catholic and Protestant churches need to unite if Christians are to resist a rise in intolerance and radicalism in Indonesia, according to church leaders in that country. Growing incidents of hate speech and opposition to the building of places of
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An Algerian Christian has been sentenced to a year in jail for a post he allegedly made on Facebook in December 2015. Samir Chamek, 34, was found guilty of insulting Islam on the social media platform, Facebook, and was sentenced
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The Government of Sindh Province, southeastern Pakistan, has rejected a law that would punish forced conversions with a prison sentence of up to life imprisonment. The bill was originally adopted unanimously by the provincial assembly last November, and welcomed by
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It’s not often in today’s world that people are prosecuted under the charge of witchcraft, but this is what happened recently in Nepal. According to a report from World Watch Monitor, five Christians in Nepal were recently charged with witchcraft
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2016 was a year of memorable and sometimes troubling headlines. However, at the start of this new year, Emily Fuentes of Open Doors USA talks about one headline that is not covered by the mainstream media. The headline highlights their
Read moreChinese authorities have begun a crackdown on “evil cults” but, unfortunately, those who were arrested and accused of being cult members were Christians, according to the persecution watchdog group China Aid. The arrests were made in October and November, but the
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Kim Jong-un, supreme leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, has taken his dislike of Christianity to a whole new level this Christmas by forcing people under his regime to celebrate the birth anniversary of his grandmother Kim Jong-suk
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