Originally published in Religion Today Christians in Central African Republic have been shocked by the violent arrest on Tuesday of the president of the Evangelical Alliance of Central African Republic (CAR), Pastor Nicolas Grekoyame Gbangouon, Open Doors USA reports. Sources, who cannot be named for security reasons, told Open Doors […]
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Iranian Christian convert sentenced to 10 years in prison
Originally published in Christian Today Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran has sentenced Mohammad-Hadi (Mostafa) Bordbar, an Iranian Christian convert, to ten years in prison. According to a story by Mohabat News (based upon documents the news service said it possesses), Bordbar, a resident of Rasht, was tried […]
Pakistani Christian sentenced to life imprisonment for ‘blasphemy’
Islamists demand death penalty for ‘blasphemy’ as another couple awaits trial Tensions are high in the Punjabi city of Gojra after a court sentenced a Christian man, Sajjad Masih, to life imprisonment for blasphemy, only weeks before the fourth anniversary of an outbreak of extreme violence against Christians in the […]
Heroic Chinese house church leader, Samuel Lamb, dies
By World Watch Monitor One of the most well-known Christian leaders in China, Pastor Samuel Lamb, died on Saturday (August 3) in Guangzhou, aged 88. He had been arrested during one of the first big waves of persecution in Mao’s China and was first imprisoned from 1955 to 1957, when […]
Dying Nigerian Christian leader: ‘I will never deny my Saviour’
Originally published in Charisma News On May 14, in plain view of his wife and one daughter, the Rev. Faye Pama Musa, general overseer of the Rhema Assembly International Church and secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Borno State, was gunned down by suspected Boko Haram Islamic […]
Christians detained for distributing the New Testament in Greece
By Nico Bougas — Originally published in Assist News Service Some 57 people from various countries were detained by local police in Greece last Saturday, July 27, 2013. The reason? They were distributing New Testament scriptures to the local population. This may seem bizarre, but a group of priests of the […]
Sudan regime targeting church, foreign aid workers
Originally published in Baptist Press Security forces in Sudan reportedly are focusing on the removal of foreigners who work for hundreds of foreign aid organisations within its borders. The concern, raised by two workers in statements to Baptist Press, follows a report on religious freedom in predominantly Muslim Sudan released […]
‘Western media complicit in nightmare facing Christians in Syria’
Midguided US, Europe arming fundamentalist jihadists, say Christian sources [notice]In this biting report on the devastating situation in Syria, Italian journalist Alessandra Nucci writes that the rebel forces fighting against the regime of dictator President Bashar al-Assad are not fighting for democracy but to establish a radcial, Islamic state that would […]
Christians in Iran jailed for ‘propaganda’
US pastor marks 300 days in Tehran prison Originally published in Baptist Press Eight Iranian Christians were charged with “action against the national security” and “propaganda against the system” recently after being arrested in a raid of an evening prayer service, evidence of ongoing persecution of Christians in Iran. The […]
New report highlights plight of children in war-ravaged Syria
Open Doors running worldwide ‘Save Syria’ campaign as exodus reaches Rwandan proportions A new report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, released by Open Doors USA, estimates there have been more than 100 000 casualties since the civil war started in 2011. The death total includes 5 000 children under the […]