Over 30 Pentecostal Christians arrested in Eritrea as crackdown continues: report By Samuel Smith, CP Reporter More than two dozen Pentecostal Christians were reportedly arrested in recent days as the crackdown against nondenominational Christianity in the northeast African nation of Eritrea continues. Berhane Asmelash of Release Eritrea told BBC that over […]
Officials Bulldoze Christian School, Detain Children After Pressure From Hindu Extremists By Will Maule. June 7, 2019. Faithwire Authorities in Eastern India have bulldozed a Christian school in the latest spree of terrorizing behavior against the minority religious community. According to Morning Star News, police rounded up 12 traumatized children […]
Global Christian Persecution Remains High, Media Interest Remains Low By Lindsay Elizabeth June 4, 2019. Faithwire. While you might have seen a decrease in mainstream media reporting regarding Christian persecution, there has only been an increase in the persecution taking place against Christians around the world. According to the […]
7 Reasons the World May Hate That You’re a Christian Dale ChamberlainCrosswalk.com Contributing Writer There’s nothing new about the fact that Christians can be a polarizing group of people. From the very beginning of the Christian movement, followers of Jesus around the world have been persecuted, arrested, threatened, […]
Bogus Vatican deal confirms Saudis’ religious freedom headache John L. Allen Jr..May 8, 2018. CruxNow Anyone who’s covered the Vatican for a while knows that a good chunk of the job isn’t so much reporting the actual news, but debunking “fake news” that others have shot out into […]
Iran Shuts Down Assyrian Church, Removes Cross as Christianity Continues to Win Hearts in the Islamic Regime 05-28-2019 Emily Jones CBNNEWS Iranian intelligence agents stormed a 100-year-old Assyrian Presbyterian church in Tabriz, removed the cross from its steeple, and shut it down. The Assyrian International News Agency reports that the […]
China ‘wants to phase out Islam, Christianity with Confucianism’ Date of publication: 28 May, 2019 The New Arab China has begun five-day Confucian culture immersion courses for religious leaders in the sage’s hometown as part of a campaign to extend government control over faith communities through a process of […]
Evangelical Pastor and 16 Others Kidnapped from Church by 20+ Islamic Gunmen in Nigeria 05-22-2019. Dale Hurd. CBN News. Gunmen in Nigeria reportedly kidnapped an evangelical pastor and 16 other Christians this week in an attack that also killed one person. The incident happened in the Igabi local […]
China Launches Campaign to ‘Dismantle’ and Eliminate House Churches Michael Foust | ChristianHeadlines.com Contributor | Thursday, May 16, 2019 China’s government launched a new campaign in April to eradicate underground house churches so that only state-sanctioned and heavily restricted Three-Self churches remain. The new campaign, according to International Christian Concern (ICC), is called […]
