Chinese Pastor Still Missing After Being Arrested in MarchSeptember 3, 2026 — A 73-year-old Chinese pastor is still missing months after Chinese authorities arrested him at his home in March. Pastor Wang Sanyuan is the pastor of Chanchunli Church in Ji’nan, the...
Baptist Pastor Martyred in Myanmar by Military Dictatorship August 28, 2026 — The Burma Research Institute (BRI) has confirmed that Rev. William and another Chin Christian, Nam Ceu, were extrajudicially murdered on June 4 by the Burmese military dictatorship. Rev. William had pastored...
Pastor Sentenced to Prison in Indonesia August 21, 2026 — The arrest and detention of Pastor Dedi Saputra in February 2026 have continued to spark prolonged public debate in Indonesia. Saputra is an Aceh native who converted to Christianity and...
Petition Launched to Bring Home Pastor Imprisoned in ChinaAugust 19, 2026 — ChinaAid, an international organization supporting persecuted Christians inside China, has launched a petition and advocacy campaign to bring Pastor John Cao back to his home in the U.S. Pastor John...
A Sacred Calling: The Historic Parliamentary Candidacy of an Evangelical Pastor in the BangsamoroAugust 18, 2026 — The quest for sustainable peace in Mindanao has reached a pivotal point as the region moves toward full parliamentary governance. Entering this political sphere ahead of the historic first parliamentary...
Korean Missionary Faces 17-Year Imprisonment in RussiaAugust 17, 2026 — The trial of Korean missionary Park Tae-Yeon, 69, resumed recently in Russia. Missionary Park was arrested in January 2026, one week before she was due to return to South Korea...
Cancer Diagnosis Raises Stakes for Chinese Pastor John Cao August 14, 2026 — Pastor John Cao, a Chinese Christian leader who completed a seven-year prison sentence in 2024, has been diagnosed with late-stage prostate cancer and a spinal tumor, according to reports from...
Montagnard Pastor Gets 7-Year Prison Sentence in VietnamAugust 11, 2026 — Pastor Y Nuen Ayun, a member of the Montagnard and Ede people group, has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison and an additional four years of...
Pastor Describes Experience in Chinese Prison July 23, 2026 — Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, 56, reunited with his family on July 3 after spending 266 days in a Chinese prison. In an op-ed published by the Wall Street Journal on...
Muslim Mob Shuts Down Worship Service in IndonesiaJuly 21, 2026 — During a worship service on Sunday, July 19, at Christ the Answer Tabernacle Pentecostal Church (GPT) in Medan City in Indonesia’s North Sumatra Province, an angry mob of Muslims forced...
An Indonesian Church’s 8-Year-Struggle to Build a BuildingJuly 20, 2026 — Members of the Beth-El Tabernacle Church of Christ Alpha Omega Congregation (GBT KAO) in Semarang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia, have claimed that various parties obstructed their efforts to build a...
Chinese Pastor Arrives in U.S. After 8 Months in PrisonJuly 5, 2026 — Chinese authorities recently released Zion Church Pastor Ezra Jin, who had been detained in southern China for the past eight months. Jin arrived in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday and...
Muslims Reject Christian Prayer House in Indonesia June 30, 2026 — On June 24, a group of Muslims attacked a prayer house in the Hegarmanah Indah Housing Complex in West Java, Indonesia, demanding that it be closed. The violent mob...
Uyghur Christian Pastor Faces Church Closure Amid Intensifying Pressure in XinjiangJune 24, 2026 — A Uyghur Christian pastor in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is facing the possible closure of his church and the persecution of his family after authorities imposed burdensome compliance requirements...
China’s Embrace of Myanmar Junta Undermines International Pressure June 22, 2026 — Myanmar’s military ruler, Min Aung Hlaing, returned from a high-profile visit to China last week after a tour designed to bolster his legitimacy on the international stage. The visit marked...
Authorities Detain Dozens in Latest Raid of Early Rain ChurchJune 16, 2026 — Around 11 a.m. on Sunday, June 14, communist authorities raided Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, and arrested dozens of believers. Roughly 30 SWAT officers and another 60...
