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Originally published in Christian Headlines A 15-year-old Christian girl told a court in Pakistan on Monday that she was kidnapped and raped by the Muslim accused of abducting her and forcibly converting and marrying her. While most girls facing captors’ threats to harm them or their families are pressured into […]
Originally published in CBN.com Authorities in Hong Kong arrested a 90-year-old former Catholic bishop over his reported support for a pro-democracy group. Officials have repeatedly detained Cardinal Joseph Zen — the former bishop of Hong Kong — due to his role as a trustee with the group 612 Humanitarian Relief […]
Originally published in The Christian Post An Indonesian Christian YouTuber has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for posting a video that purportedly offended people across the Muslim-majority country. Muhammad Kace, a former Muslim cleric who converted to Christianity in 2014 and had been uploading videos to YouTube criticszing […]
Originally published in Charisma News A Chinese woman has reportedly been arrested for repeatedly sharing the Christian Gospel with Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan. The woman, named Zhou Jinxia, landed in the crosshairs on February 20, after reportedly going to the Communist Party of China headquarters in Beijing, […]
Originally published in Christian News Christians in China are facing a crackdown by their government, to control every word and image of religious content they post on the internet. The country’s unregistered house churches, aided by online content, to survive the pandemic and persecution, are having that support stripped away, according […]
Originally published by World Watch Monitor A Pakistani pastor was killed and another wounded last Sunday in an attack outside their church in northwestern Peshawar. The two pastors were leaving the Shaheedan-e- all Saints’ Church where they had led the Sunday morning service when two men on a motorbike drove up […]
Originally published in CBN News A Christian pastor in Nepal was convicted of violating the country’s anti-conversion law after he prayed for healing from Covid-19. According to International Christian Concern (ICC), Pastor Keshav Acharya was brought before the District Court in Dolpa on 30th November where he was sentenced to two years […]
Originally published in CBN News David Yonggi Cho, pastor of the world’s largest megachurch, died this morning, his church said in a press release. He was 85. Cho is the founder of Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea and spent decades spreading the gospel in that country. At the time […]
Originally published in Lifesite News If you read Filipino swimmer Ernie A. Gawilan’s profile at the website of the International Paralympic Committee, you won’t read anything about abortion. His “type of impairment” is listed as “limb deficiency,” and the “origin of impairment” is noted as “congenital.” Gawilan began swimming in the year […]
How to pray for Afghanistan today — see prayer points at bottom of page As the world watches the West scramble to pluck its nationals and allies from the tightening grip of the Taliban in Afghanistan, the lives of local Christians and missionaries who suddenly find themselves within the noose […]