Chinese Authorities Raid House Churches, Arrest 80
China Aid Association (CAA) reported that government raids of two house churches last week resulted in the arrest of about 80 Christians.
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Anti Christian Violence Feared In India State Amid New Legislation
There was concern Saturday, July 29 over the situation of the Christian minority in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh amid fears the government’s decision to strengthen controversial anti-conversion legislation will further encourage violence against Christians.
...continue reading this storyColombia Mother Of Four "Murdered" For Evangelizing
Leftist rebels in Colombia's Meta Province hired a gunman to assassinate a Christian mother of four because she refused to stop proclaiming Christ, Christian rights investigators confirmed Friday, July 28.
...continue reading this storyChina Sentences House Church Leaders To Labor Camp
Four key leaders of China's house church movement have been sentenced to two years "re-education through labor" in the central-western province of Sichuan, fellow believers confirmed Thursday, July 27.
...continue reading this storyGermany Halts Deportation Iranian Christian
A German court has ruled that German authorities cannot deport a Christian asylum seeker back to Iran where he may face execution for converting from Islam to Christianity, news reports said Thursday, July 27.
...continue reading this storyUzbekistan Crackdown on Christians and NGO's, Sources Say
There was mounting concern Wednesday, July 26, over a new crackdown on Christians in Uzbekistan after authorities closed down US-based aid group Central Asia Free Exchange (CAFE) on charges of "illegal religious activities," including preaching the Gospel.
...continue reading this storyIndonesia: Sole Survivor of Muslim Beheading Attack Receives Medical Treatment
Noviana Malewa, the only girl to escape the malicious beheadings that took place in Indonesia on October 29, 2005 in Central Sulawesi, will receive treatment from VOMedical. The surgery is to alleviate the constant pain she still endures from a sword slash to her face and neck by militant Muslims.
...continue reading this storyChina House Church Leaders "Likely" In Labor Camp
There were fears Tuesday, July 25, that four key leaders of a house church movement in China's central-western province of Sichuan were sent to a hard labor camp following their detention late last month.
...continue reading this storyMacedonia Baptists Fight Discrimination
An influential US-based Christian human rights group has expressed concern over the situation of a growing Baptist Church in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia amid reports that Protestant churches are discriminated in the mainly Orthodox nation, BosNewsLife learned Tuesday, July 25.
...continue reading this storyIndia States Passes Controversial Religious Conversion Law; Christians Attacked
The parliament of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh passed a controversial bill Tuesday, July 25, to prevent 'religious conversions by force or allurement,' a move critics claim is aimed at the Christian minority and preachers.
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