JERUSALEM (Morning Star News) – Arrests of Christians in Iran usually spike as Christmas approaches, but this year has been especially severe, sources said. More than 150 Christians have been detained across the officially Shia Muslim country in the last month, and arrests are expected to continue. “The current situation has been described by some as […]
Spike in Arrests of Christians in Iran Especially Severe this Christmas Season, Sources Say
Government trying to intimidate Iranians interested in Christianity, analysts say.
December 20, 2018 By -
China Cracks Down on Unofficial Church, Arresting Pastor and 100 Members
Leader of prominent congregation charged with 'subversion.'
December 13, 2018 By -
(Morning Star News) – Authorities in China have detained the pastor and more than 100 members of a prominent, unofficial church since Sunday (Dec. 9), according to media and advocacy agencies. Security authorities raided the 800-member Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, Sichuan Province at about 6 p.m. on Sunday (Dec. 9) and also took […]
Sudan Releases Bible Shipments Detained in Port Years Ago
Country long starved of Arabic-language Scripture.
October 5, 2018 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – In a surprise move, Sudan has released shipments of Bibles long held in port, including one detained nearly six years ago, according to the head of the Bible Society in Sudan. The Rev. Ismail Abdurahman Kenani, Khartoum-based director of the Bible Society in Sudan, said port authorities had been […]
Closure of Large Church in Beijing Deepens Shadow on Religious Freedom in China
Crack-down escalates significantly, advocate says.
September 12, 2018 By -
(Morning Star News) – The growing crack-down on unofficial churches in China deepened on Sunday (Sept. 9) when authorities closed one of the largest churches in Beijing, according to reports. The Beijing Chaoyang District Civil Affairs Bureau informed Zion Church that it was “legally banned” for organizing events without registering as an official Three-Self Patriotic […]
House-Church Members in Iran Reportedly Sentenced to Year in Prison
Authorities continue to lash out at Christians.
August 17, 2018 By -
(Morning Star News) – A convert from Islam in Iran said he and 11 other Christians were sentenced to a year in prison for “inclination to the land of Christianity” among other charges, according to Mohabat News. “Interrogations were obviously indicating that they were looking for confession to communications with [those] abroad, especially America, Britain […]
Assault on Christian Leader in Nepal Reflects Growing Threat
Pastor attacked in broad daylight in crowded café.
July 31, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Pastor Sagar Baizu, 46, had finished one meeting and had an hour before the next one, so he decided to stop at a café on a major thoroughfare in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, on July 19. As he was about to sip a coffee in the crowded café at 2 […]
Hindu Extremist Sexually Assaults Pastor’s Wife at Church Service in India, Sources Say
After failed rape attempt and beating, police charge victim and her husband, sources say.
July 20, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Pratibha Stephen was immersed in worship at the house church her husband pastors in Tamil Nadu state, India when a man suddenly burst through the back door, shouting angrily. The intruder interrupted an elderly man’s singing and cymbal-playing by twisting his hands behind his back at the Jesus Power Ministries […]
Pastor in Hiding from Hindu Extremists – and Police – after Attack on His Church in India
Families terrorized in assault on congregation built on healing ministry.
July 19, 2018 By -
NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Brandishing hockey sticks and a gun that was fired on house-church grounds, masked Hindu extremists assaulted Christians in Uttar Pradesh, India. After the July 2 assault that terrorized families and sent nine of about 50 injured Christians to the hospital for treatment, influential Hindus pressured police to file charges against […]
Arson Attacks Hit Churches in Tamil Nadu, India
Hindu extremists suspected.
July 16, 2018 By -
HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – Three church buildings were set ablaze in six weeks in the state in southern India with the most attacks against Christians this year, sources said. In one case, a church building in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state was burned to ashes after Christians refused to donate to an annual Hindu […]
Death Toll in Jos, Nigeria Attacks at 218, including Pastor, Wife and Son
Christian leader arrested for protests of killings.
July 2, 2018 By -
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – An Assemblies of God Nigeria pastor, his wife and son were among at least 218 people killed in Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacks on predominantly Christian areas near Jos on June 23-25, a denominational leader said. Two days after the general superintendent of the AG-Nigeria denomination, the Rev. Chidi Okoroafor, reported […]