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Originally published in Assist News Service Pakistan’s most famous Christian prisoner, Asia Bibi, has been nominated for the European Union’s high-status award, the Sakharov Prize. Bibi, a mother-of-five, who is currently behind the bars waiting for a hearing of her appeal against capital punishment, was nominated by a group of […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald A North Korean woman who suffered unspeakable horrors while imprisoned for her faith has shared how God’s faithfulness — and one desperate prayer — sustained her through the darkest of days. Growing up war-torn North Korea, Hannah Cho often heard her mother pray, “Hananim! […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute Christianity is growing in the despotic state of North Korea despite the horrendous persecution of dissenters, sources on the ground say. A North Korean defector who works with the country’s underground church said that people “no longer respect Kim Jong-un” and are refusing to […]
Originally published in CBN News The little girl had no idea her parents were criminals until the day she found a Bible hidden in the family’s home. “When I was twelve, I accidentally found a Bible my parents had hidden in their closet. I don’t know why, but I started […]
By Lyndsey Koh–Originally published in Mission Network News Bibles For The World is in the ministry of distributing bibles legally. But with China’s restrictions in the past on the spread of God’s Word, Bibles For The World couldn’t go into China for scripture distributions. However, China has slowly opened to the […]
Rising persecution sparks protest during Indian leader’s White House visit Originally published in Persecution.org Christian families were beaten by villagers, forced to take part in Hindu rituals and had the water for their crops cut off in one of a growing number of incidents of persecution being reported from India […]
By Lovely Lao–Originally published in The Gospel Herald. Miracles are common phenomenon within Christian circles, and testimonies of healing, deliverance, provisions and other unexplainable miracles are shared to encourage, empower and to bring back the glory that belongs to God. Freshwind Global Ministries of the Philippines is among the Christian […]
Originally published in Charisma News Bishop Edwin Dela Pena was sipping coffee after dinner in a southern Philippines coastal town last Tuesday when he received a phone call: It was from one of his diocese priests, who sounded panicky and distressed. Father Teresito “Chito” Soganub, the vicar general of Marawi […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald A Christian mother and her two daughters escaped China earlier this year with the help of an activist who has called the ordeal nothing short of miraculous. Chen Guiqiu fled China with her two children, ages 15 and 4, after authorities imprisoned her husband, […]
Compiled from reports (see below) Indonesia’s highest profile Christian politician is tonight in a prison cell, sentenced to two years for blasphemy, and the country’s reputation for pluralism and religious tolerance is in peril. The district court where the verdict was announced was surrounded by radical Islamist mobs calling for […]