http://www.christianpersecution.info Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:30:01 -0400 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:30:01 -0400 Worthy News Builder http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/cuba-prominent-church-leader-on-trial-17642/ A prominent evangelical church leader in Cuba will be put on trial next week and is facing a one-year prison sentence as part of what his supporters call "a government campaign to silence and discredit him," because of his refusal to work with the state-backed church organization, a Christian advocacy group confirmed Saturday, December 27. Wed, 31st Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/mexico-oppression-of-christians-persists-in-various-parts-of-country-17222/ As the number of evangelical Christians in southern Mexico has grown, hostilities from "traditionalist Catholics" have kept pace, according to published reports. Wed, 31st Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/pastor-still-missing-in-colombia-christians-fear-for-his-life-17053/ Christians in Colombia were still searching for a Christian leader Wednesday, November 12, more than six weeks after he disappeared amid reports that several fellow pastors were killed by leftist rebels. Wed, 31st Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/colombia-church-leaders-under-fire-16970/ Christians in Colombia are anxious to learn the fate of pastor William Reyes, missing since Sept. 25, even as three other pastors have gone missing. Wed, 31st Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/mexico-detains-suspects-for-massacre-of-evangelicals-16203/ Mexican authorities have detained a group of men for their alleged involvement in killing three native Indian Christians and seriously injuring six children of the same evangelical family in the country's Chiapas state, BosNewsLife established Wednesday, September 10. Wed, 31st Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/richmond-court-rules-in-favor-of-the-gospel-15983/ Today, a Richmond Circuit Court ruled in favor of three Christian Evangelists who were charged with five counts of "making a loud and disturbing noise" for street preaching in downtown Richmond. The court ruled that the preachers did not violate the statute. Wed, 31st Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/mexico-three-family-members-murdered-in-chiapas-15927/ When the 11-year-old daughter of Antonio Gomez became ill of a stomach ailment, her father decided that it was due to witchcraft committed by his evangelical neighbor. Wed, 31st Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/colombia-threats-drive-pastor-from-ministry-in-medellin/ A series of death threats against a pastor in a working-class Medellín neighborhood prompted him to abandon his home and ministry last month and flee with his family to Colombia's capital. Wed, 31st Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/mexico-authorities-expel-evangelicals-from-homes-reports/ Some 20 evangelical Christians, most of them children in a troubled town of Mexico’s Guerrero State, were homeless Saturday, February 23, after they were reportedly expelled by authorities for their refusal to participate in festivals honoring Catholic saints. Wed, 31st Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/honduras-top-evangelical-accuses-criminals-of-infiltrating-ministry/ The pastor of one of Central America’s largest churches and evangelical organizations says criminal groups are infiltrating his and other Christian groups in an effort to halt their operations, BosNewsLife learned Friday, January 4. Wed, 31st Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/evangelical-pastor-and-activists-detained-in-cuba/ An evangelical pastor and several other human rights workers have been detained in Cuba shortly after security forces broke up a meeting commemorating political prisoners in the capital Havana, BosNewsLife learned from activists Saturday, November 24. Wed, 31st Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/argentina-mayor-closes-ministry-center/ A pastor in Argentina has received threatening letters and had posters of his face displayed in Quilmes after the city's mayor closed down the congregation's newly constructed ministry center last March. Wed, 31st Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/mexico-traditionalist-catholics-demolish-another-church/ Chiapas state officials arrested 14 "traditionalist Catholics" following the destruction on Sunday (July 22) of an evangelical church in a community of San Juan Chamula, near San Cristobal de las Casas, in Mexico’s Chiapas state. Wed, 31st Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/pentecostal-pastors-shot-dead-in-colombia/ Two Pentecostal pastors have been assassinated in Colombia by suspected leftist rebels, Christian rights activists said Tuesday, July 10. Wed, 31st Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/mexico-christians-in-chiapas-town-deprived-of-water/ More than five weeks after town bosses in Chiapas state, Mexico, signed an agreement to restore water lines cut off from Christians since January, the Protestants still rely on dirty, distant wells and puddles for washing and drinking. 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