Faith-Based Group Determined to Keep Contact with N. Korea Despite UltimatumThe Christian Post - A faith-based relief organization is determined to keep contact with North Korea despite the communist nation's demand that the United Nation World Food Program terminate food…
New House Church Restrictions Go Into EffectCompass Government regulations aimed at curbing the growth of Christian house churches in Cuba took force on September 22, sparking fears that evangelical Protestants on the island could face…
Assaulted Christians Pressured In MaharashtraCompass Radical Hindus of Jamanya village, in Maharashtra states Jalgaon district, remain hostile to Christian families who were attacked on May 16 threatening to beat them if they…
Human Rights Issues in Turkey Highlighted as EU Membership Talks ApproachThe Christian Post - Ahead of the historical European Union accession talks with Turkey next month, the human rights situation of the predominantly Muslim nation has again been highlighted as…
Trials Without End For Serbian Orthodox?Forum18 - In the wake of the additional two year sentence on Archbishop Jovan of Ohrid, head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Macedonia, handed down on 23 September and…
Liquidated Church Pledges to Continue ServicesForum18 - The pastor of the Minsk-based Belarusian Evangelical Church, whose legal status was liquidated by Minsk City Court on 20 September, has pledged that his church will continue to…
A New Wave Of Persecution Against Hebei CatholicsAsiaNews While there are signs of improvement in ties between the Vatican and Bejing, the Hebei government has launched a new campaign of persecution against the clandestine Catholic Church…
Islamic Groups Threaten to Destroy a Christian SchoolAsiaNews/UCAN Hundreds of Muslims marched on a school under construction by Christian foundation and threatened to destroy it as soon as it is finished. The men form part of…
Anglican Church Leadership “Killed” in IraqBosNewsLife - The entire lay leadership of Iraq 's main Anglican Church was presumed dead Thursday, September 29, amid reports they were attacked while returning from a conference in neighboring…
Parliament to Discuss Amendment to Make Buddhism the State ReligionThe 19th Amendment to the Constitution (to make Buddhism the State religion) has been placed on the Parliamentary Order Paper for the 2nd Reading on the 4th of October 2005…
Several Injured As Religious Violence Rocks India’s Punjap StateBosNewsLife - Local authorities in India 's northern state of Punjab have beefed up security around all churches in Jalandhar district where several people were injured in clashes between Christian…
Are you ready to lead our staff?ICC is searching for a Chief of Operations (COO) to manage its headquarters staff in the Washington DC area. The COO manages our office staff, operations (administrative, accounting), US &…
Chinese Christian Writer Released From Labor CampBosNewsLife - A prominent Christian writer and church historian who spend two years in a labor camp after investigating persecution and refusing to deny his faith in Christ has been…
Second Massive Fine for Organizing Religious WorshipForum18 - Vasily Yurevich, administrator of the Minsk-based charismatic New Life Church, was fined 4,080,000 Belarusian roubles (12,324 Norwegian kroner, 1,575 Euros or 1,895 US dollars) by the city's Moscow…
Why Did Military Authorities Close Protestant Churches?Forum18 - Three Protestant Full Gospel churches have been closed down in the capital Rangoon since early August together with a series of Protestant house churches elsewhere in the country,…
Christians Beaten in Madhya Pradesh in Incident with IdolCompass Hindu extremists on September 22 attacked and threatened several Christians in the Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh state, accusing them of desecrating a Hindu idol. One Christian was…
