07/31/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – The government-appointed council, Myanmar’s highest Buddhist body declared a hardline monk organization an illegal association and ordered the nationwide removal of all its signage, three weeks after their leader, ultranationalist monk U Wirathu was issued
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A young Christian convert in Laos was tied up, beaten, and threatened with death by his own family in order to force him to return to the Hmong culture. However, he refused to give in and found a way to
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Since October last year, Myanmar’s security forces have been committing mass killings and gang rapes of Rohingya Muslims and burning down villages in a campaign that likely amounts to crimes against humanity and possibly ethnic cleansing, according to the United
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Aid workers are reporting that hundreds of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar crossed the border into Bangladesh over the weekend, seeking shelter from escalating violence in the northwest that has killed at least 86 people and displaced around 30,000. An official,
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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 morePatrick Klein of Vision Beyond Borders has been visiting Laos for 20 years and says ministry to this area of the world is no cake walk. Klein says Laos and Vietnam often take their cues from China, so when China tightens the
Read moreMyanmar’s Christian population has increased dramatically, according to the latest figures released in a supplement to the 2014 Population and Housing Census, conducted by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). Christians now make up 6.2 per cent of the population – more
Read moreThe government of Myanmar will seek to defend a package of four controversial “protection of race and religion” laws at a key UN meeting on discrimination against women in Myanmar, being held in Geneva tomorrow, 8th July. The legislation, which
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Knowledge and logic may help you win an argument, but it’s not always the most effective way to lead people to Christ. Often times, just showing God’s love has the greatest impact. Asian Access reported last year on a Buddhist Lama
Read moreOpen Doors International are asking for prayer for Ali*, a man who recently began following Christ after leaving Islam. Ali is 31, from Rakhine State, Myanmar, and is from the disadvantaged Rohingya people group. As a Rohingya, he’s denied citizenship
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