By Dayna Lovelady — Originally published in Christian Post A Christian church and a Jewish hospital in Israel have united to help provide medical care to severely ill, undiagnosed babies and children from war-torn Gaza and the West Bank. Assaf Harofeh Medical Center near Tel Aviv and Living Bread International […]
Middle East
Saudi Arabia Arrests 53 Ethiopian Christians at Private Worship Service
By Jeremy Reynalds — Originally published in ASSIST News Service Saudi authorities on February 8 arrested 53 Ethiopian Christians, mostly women, who were attending a worship service in the private, rented home of an Ethiopian believer in Dammam, the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. That’s according to […]
Lawyers: US Pastor being tortured in Iranian prison
Originally published in CBN News The American Center for Law and Justice says Iranian-American Pastor Saeed Abedini is being tortured in an Iranian prison and have filed an appeal on their client’s behalf. Abedini is serving eight years in a brutal Iranian prison because of his Christian faith. The Iranian […]
Crisis in Syria creates openness to Jesus
Originally published in Charisma News “Really, only God could pull this one off.” Those were the words of E3 Partners Middle East expert Tom Doyle, talking to Mission Network News about the miraculous way the gospel is reaching the hearts of the Syrian people. According to Doyle, “There are five […]
Iran sentences American Christian to 8 years in prison
By World Watch Monitor Iran on Sunday sentenced an American citizen to eight years in prison because a judge determined his work to establish Christian churches threatened Iran’s national security. Saeed Abedini’s sentence, delivered after a trial he was partially forbidden to attend, was denounced by the US State Department […]
Iran accuses US pastor of enticing children to Christianity
US demands release of Saeed Abedini By World Watch Monitor Iran today accused an Idaho man of trying to entice young people to Christianity and away from the country’s official religion, Islam, the man’s American-based legal team says. The trial of Saeed Abedini, 32, of Boise, began Monday in […]
Egyptian Court gives family 15 Years in prison for converting to Christianity
Originally published in Charisma News A criminal court in Egypt has sentenced a mother and her seven children in Beni-Suef to 15 years in prison for converting to Christianity from Islam. The court also sentenced seven other people involved in the case to five years in prison. Nadia Mohamed Ali […]
Muslims demolish church building in Egypt
Originally published in Aina Hundreds of Muslims came out of mosques today with hammers and destroyed a social services building belonging to the Coptic Church while chanting Islamic slogans. Security forces arrived after the building was completely razed. The 100 square meters social services building in the village of Fanous, […]
Iranian-American detained in Iran facing death penalty
Originally published in Morningstar News An Iranian-American who will go on trial in Iran on Monday (Jan. 21) for apostasy, or leaving Islam, has been beaten and threatened with the death penalty during interrogation, sources said. Saeed Abedini, 32, will have his case handled by a judge notorious for handing […]
Iranian Christian convert sets underwater Christmas tree record
Originally published in Mohabat News An Iranian Christian convert and his team, have set a record as part of a symbolic action to protest against the “severe religious restrictions, and Christian convert persecution” and in support of all who have been harassed for their belief. They took a Christmas tree […]