CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IN THE NEWS
WORLDWIDE – Trump religion envoy blames ‘guilt complex’ for Western reluctance to protect Christians
Trump religion envoy blames ‘guilt complex’ for Western reluctance to protect Christians Washington Examiner | by Jeffrey Cimmino | September 11, 2019 10:37 AM Ambassador-at-large
RELEASE – Mexican Pastor Shot and Killed After Service Is Latest Casualty in String of Attacks on Religious Leaders
***NEWS RELEASE*** | September 10, 2019 Save the Persecuted Christians: Mexico Has Become One of the Most Dangerous Places for Clergy, as They Face Extreme
WORLDWIDE – Startling Report Calls Christianity “By Far the Most Widely Persecuted Religion” in the World and Warns Persecution of Christians is Nearing “Genocide” Levels
ACLJ | Sept. 10 | By CeCe Heil “Close to . . . genocide.” That’s how an alarming study recently commissioned and released by the
MIDDLE EAST – Persecution destroys Middle East Christians, Petra Heldt
Herland Report | Sept. 7, 2019 Herland Report (HTV): Persecution against Christians is a massive problem in the Middle East. Dr. Petra Heldt, Professor at
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi Slams Blasphemy Laws in First Interview Since Release After Nearly a Decade on Death Row
CBN News | Will Maule, Faithwire | Sept. 7, 2019 A Pakistani woman who spent the best part of a decade on death row after
NIGERIA – To beat terrorism in Nigeria, change the narrative
Washington Examiner | by Douglas Burton | Sept. 5, 2019 By all accounts, the wealthy and teeming nation of Nigeria is one of the most
NIGERIA – Kidnapped Baptist Pastor in Nigeria Freed after 17 Days of Torture
Morning Star News | Sept. 5, 2019 JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – A Baptist pastor kidnapped and tortured last month in Nigeria was released over
CHINA & NORTH KOREA – Chinese pastor shared Christian faith with 1,000 North Koreans before execution, defector claims
FoxNews | Caleb Parke | Sept. 5, 2019 A pastor on the China–North Korea border shared his faith with at least 1,000 North Koreans in the
RWANDA – Pastor Gregg Brian Schoof and family expelled, and all his wealth grabbed by the Kagames
Gakwerere | Sept. 4, 2019 Pastor Gregg Schoof was the owner of amazing Grace radio which the satanic system ruling Rwanda had its broadcasting license
INDIA – Indian State Passes Dangerous ‘Anti-Conversion Law’
Persecution.org | Sept. 4, 2019 New Law Targets State’s Christian Minority International Christian Concern (ICC) learned that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government of
IRAN: Christian convert starts one-year prison sentence
Middle East Concern | Sept. 4, 2019 Iranian Christians request prayer for convert Fatemeh Bakhteri (also known as Ailar), who has started serving a one-year
INDIA – Watch: Bajrang Dal workers barge into Christian prayer meet at Worli school
Mumbai Mirror | By Alka DhupkarAlka Dhupkar | Sept. 4, 2019 Police issue notice to organisers asking them to seek permission in future. Workers from the
NIGERIA – Tears As Catholic Community Buries Fr. Tanko, Slain Taraba Priest
War Desk News | Sept. 3, 2019 The 42 years old cleric who was the presiding priest of St Peters Parish, Ahmadu, met his untimely
ALGERIA: Campaign to close churches continues
Middle East Concern | Sept. 3, 2019 Algerian Christians request prayer as the campaign by authorities to close churches intensifies. Early in the morning of
STATEMENT – Nigerian Government Reports 16-Year-Old Christian Captive Leah Sharibu Is Alive
August 31, 2019 | ***STATEMENT*** Save the Persecuted Christians: ‘Leah Needs to Come Home’ WASHINGTON—Several Nigerian and global media outlets reported Saturday that kidnapped Christian
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi pleads for justice for victims of Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws as she plans to settle in Europe
Sunday Telegraph | Aug. 31, 2019 | Ben Farmer, Islamabad Waqar Gillani, Islamabad As Asia Bibi sits free at last in a secret location in
NIGERIA – JUST IN: Leah Sharibu Still Alive, FG Negotiating Release
Amiloaded News | Aug. 31, 2019 The Presidency has dismissed speculation that Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi schoolgirl still held by Boko Haram, is dead. It
CAMEROON – Cameroonian Bible Translator Brutally Murdered, Wife’s Arm Chopped Off in Machete Attack
CBN | Will Maule, Faithwire | Aug. 31, 2019 A Bible translator in Cameroon has been killed in a brutal machete attack. Angus Abraham Fung
INDONESIA – Community Forces Church to Close Building
i Commit to Pray | Aug. 29, 2019 Officials closed a church in Central Indonesia after neighbors protested its existence. Pastor Tigor Yunus Sitorus built
HONG KONG – Midnight oil
World | June Cheng in Hong Kong | Aug. 29, 2019 On a stiflingly hot August night, about 100 Christians gathered outside the Government House,
INDIA – Second Wrongly Convicted Christian Released in Kandhamal, India Case Counts Cost
Morningstar News | Aug. 29, 2019 NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – When Bijaya Kumar Sanaseth went to jail for a murder in India that he