http://www.christianpersecution.info Fri, 9 May 2008 11:30:01 -0400 Fri, 9 May 2008 11:30:01 -0400 Worthy News Builder http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/russia-closing-down-methodist-church/ Members of a United Methodist congregation in Russia were without a church Sunday, April 13, after authorities closed it for running a Sunday School without government permission, the latest in a series of police raids targeting Christian education, Christians said. Mon, 14th Apr 2008 08:01:00 -0400 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/uzbekistan-christian-missing-after-police-raid/ A charismatic Christian in Uzbekistan remained missing Saturday, April 12, more than a week after he was reportedly detained as part of a government crackdown on Protestant believers and other religious communities in this Islamic nation. Mon, 14th Apr 2008 08:03:00 -0400 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/uzbekistan-police-raid-christian-gathering/ A devoted Christian in Uzbekistan’s second largest city faced more police interrogations Saturday, April 5, after security forces broke up a Christian home meeting, a well-informed rights group told BosNewsLife. Tue, 8th Apr 2008 05:36:00 -0400 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/missionaries-concerned-after-church-attacks-in-russia/ Christian missionaries have expressed concerns about the situation of Protestant Christians in Russia after attacks on a Baptist and Pentecostal church outside Moscow, apparently by members of a group supporting President Vladimir Putin, BosNewsLife established Tuesday, January 8. Wed, 9th Jan 2008 00:14:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/baptist-pastors-face-uncertain-future-in-uzbekistan-and-turkmenistan/ Two Baptist pastors in two neighboring former Soviet republics faced detention and deportation Tuesday, December 4, amid an increased crackdown on evangelical churches in the region, BosNewsLife learned. Wed, 5th Dec 2007 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/turkmenistan-warns-released-baptist-pastor-to-stop-worship-services/ A Baptist pastor in Turkmenistan who was released after spending eights months of a three-year labor camp sentence faced new problems Sunday, November 25, amid pressure from authorities to stop his worship services. Mon, 26th Nov 2007 01:59:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/azerbaijan-prison-forces-pastor-to-pay-for-food/ A Baptist pastor serving two years imprisonment in Azerbaijan for "illegal religious services" is forced by officials to provide "high payments" for food, other basic needs and to meet relatives, BosNewsLife learned from investigators and family Thursday, November 22. Fri, 23rd Nov 2007 02:23:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/fire-damages-christian-orphanage-in-ukraine-dozens-displaced/ As winter sets in, dozens of children and adult women and men remained displaced Thursday, November 15, after a fire destroyed parts of a Christian orphanage near the western Ukrainian city of Rivne, missionaries told BosNewsLife. Thu, 15th Nov 2007 23:12:00 -0500 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/belarus-increasing-persecution-of-evangelicals-missionaries-say/ Supporters of the opposition in Belarus held a rally Sunday, October 28, to commemorate the victims of Stalin-era repressions, shortly after Christian missionaries said Belarusian authorities "continue the relentless pressure and persecution of the evangelical church" here. Tue, 30th Oct 2007 02:41:00 -0400 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/azerbaijan-baptist-pastor-facing-two-years-labor-camp/ A Baptist pastor in Azerbaijan is facing a two-year prison sentence in a forced labor camp, after an appeals court refused to overturn the conviction, a rights group monitoring the case confirmed to BosNewsLife Tuesday, October 23. Thu, 25th Oct 2007 02:35:00 -0400 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/concerns-over-jailed-baptist-pastors-in-turkmenistan-and-azerbaijan/ There was international concern Tuesday, August 14, about the fate of two detained Baptist leaders in the former Soviet republics of Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan. Wed, 15th Aug 2007 00:13:00 -0400 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/two-year-prison-term-for-baptist-pastor-in-azerbaijan-on-trumped-up-charges/ Baptist Pastor Zaur Balaev has been sentenced to two years in jail, after being convicted of using violence against a state representative. Fri, 10th Aug 2007 01:25:00 -0400 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/kazakhstan-baptists-fear-more-persecution/ Baptist Christians in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan faced an uncertain weekend Saturday, August 4, amid reports that authorities barred a mother and her young child from entering their home because of their involvement in a Baptist church. Mon, 6th Aug 2007 00:11:00 -0400 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/turkmenistan-deports-baptist-pastor/ A Russian Baptist Pastor spent another Sunday, August 5, without his family after he was deported from Turkmenistan for his church activities, fellow Christians and human rights watchers said. Mon, 6th Aug 2007 00:13:00 -0400 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/health-deteriorating-of-jailed-baptist-pastor-in-azerbaijan/ A frail Baptist pastor prepared for another night in an Azerbaijani prison Friday, July 13, nearly two months after he was arrested on charges over 50 witnesses say are false. Mon, 16th Jul 2007 02:27:00 -0400