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 a home in the Bantul…
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, the official residence of Hong…
INDIA – Second Wrongly Convicted Christian Released in Kandhamal, India Case Counts Cost
Morningstar News | Aug. 29, 2019 Journalist Anto Akkara with Bijaya Kumar Sanaseth (left) and Gornath Chalanseth. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – When Bijaya Kumar Sanaseth went…
INDIA – Second Wrongly Convicted Christian Released in Kandhamal, India Case Counts Cost
Morningstar News | Aug. 29, 2019 Journalist Anto Akkara with Bijaya Kumar Sanaseth (left) and Gornath Chalanseth. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – When Bijaya Kumar Sanaseth went…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians: Murder of Bible Translator in Cameroon Is Further Evidence of Need for U.S. Special Envoy in That Region
***STATEMENT*** August 29, 2019 | For Immediate Release Group Also Calls on Law Firm Squire Patton Boggs to Cease Representation of Cameroon and Others That Commit Atrocious Religious Liberty Violations…
MYANMAR (BURMA) – Burmese Army Sues Kachin Pastor for White House Remarks
Rev. Hkalam Samson Targeted for Conversation with US President Persecution | Aug. 29, 2019 08/29/2019 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on August 26,…
USA & INDIA – Trump Meets Modi, No Discussion of Religious Freedom
Persecution | Aug. 29, 2019 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) – While it is no surprise that geopolitical tensions and economic cooperation dominated President Trump’s recent discussions with Prime Minister Modi of…
NIGERIA – Bandits attack Catholic priest, set him, vehicle ablaze
Punch Nigeria | Justin Tyopuusu, Jalingo | Aug. 29, 2019 Bandits have reportedly ambushed and killed a Catholic priest at Kufai Amadu in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State,…
MEXICO – Calls to Label Mexican Cartels as Terror Groups as They Grow Stronger, More Violent
Drug crisis in America fueled by cartels is not just a health emergency, but also a national security threat, expert says Epoch Times | Charlotte Cuthbertson | Aug. 29, 2019…
CHINA – Back to Jerusalem – Children Turned Away At Church in China
Back to Jerusalem | Aug. 28, 2019 Rachel (not her real name) got a text message on her phone that her church in Shanghai was going to meet today on…
HONG KONG – Christian Hong Kong Protesters Turn Out in Thousands, Sing Famous Hymn in Defiance
FaithWire | By Will Maule | Aug 28, 2019 As pro-democracy demonstrators continue to mount a mass resistance against China’s communist rule in Hong Kong, the region’s Christian community has…
ALGERIA – Campaign against churches continues
Middle East Concern | Aug. 27, 2019 Algerian Christians request continued prayer as the government campaign against churches continues. On 21 August, MEC reported that closure orders had been issued…
PAKISTAN – Thirty Christian families threatened with expropriation by influential Muslim politicians in Faisalabad
Asia News | Aug. 27, 2019 Christian live in a slum near a bus station in Pakki Mar. The price of land has risen and the Mehmood brothers, wealthy landowners,…
BURKINA FASO – 4 Christians in Burkina Faso Executed by Islamic Extremists for Wearing Crosses
Christian Headlines | Aug. 27, 2019 Islamic terrorists are continuing to kill Christians in northeastern Burkina Faso. According to CBN News, Aid to the Church in Need reports in a June…
NIGERIA – One Pastor Killed, Another Kidnapped in Separate Attacks in North-Central Nigeria
Morningstar News | Aug. 26, 2019 The Rev. Jeremiah Omolewa of Living Faith Church in the city of Kaduna, Nigeria, was killed and his wife kidnapped on Aug. 4, 2019.…
USA & INDIA – International Wing of RSS Penetrates Government Offices Across America
OFMI | Aug. 26, 2019 US affiliate of Indian paramilitary hosts events with police, fire, elected officials USA: August 26, 2019 — Since August 9, the international wing of the…
REVIEW – Christians in the Mirror
Dove | Review | Aug. 26, 2019 Synopsis This powerful documentary shares the courageous stories of Christians, living in countries with extreme intolerance to Christianity, being persecuted and martyred for…
RELEASE – Parents Battle Pakistani Justice System to Free 14-Year-Old Daughter Who Was Abducted and Forced Into Child Marriage
August 26, 2019 | For Immediate Release Save the Persecuted Christians Creates New ‘Warfare on Women’ Exhibit Telling Stories of Those Who Live Fractured Lives Because of Persecution WASHINGTON—The Christian…
IRAN – Upcoming Appeal Hearing for Iranian Christians
Middle East Concern | Aug. 26, 2019 On 26 August MEC issued an email requesting prayer for an appeal court hearing scheduled for 3 September in which three separate cases…
WORLDWIDE – “There Is No Christian Anymore in This Town”: Persecution of Christians
Gatestone Institute | Raymond Ibrahim | Aug. 25, 2019 Pictured: The small village of Sobane Da, in Mali, where at least 95 Christians were murdered by Fulani gunmen in June.…
DR of CONGO – ADF Rebels attack Boga Diocese, Eastern Congo
Anglican Ink | Aug. 24, 2019 Bishop William Bahemuka, the Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Boga (DR Congo) has reported that ADF rebels attacked Boga town in the early…
ERITREA – Eritrea Arrests Another 150 Christians Between June and August | Persecution
Persecution | Aug. 23, 2019 08/23/2019 Eritrea (International Christian Concern) – Eritrea, one of the world’s worst violators of Human Rights, has again clamped down on Christians in their country.…
ERITREA – At least 150 Christians arrested in Eritrea clampdown
WorldWatch Monitor | Aug. 23, 2019 At least 150 Eritrean Christians were arrested by government officials during the last two months, with some of them held in an underground prison…
NIGERIA – Christian Pastors Targeted by Kidnapping Gangs in Nigeria
Zenger News Service | Doug Burton The kidnapping of pastors for ransom has reached epidemic levels in Nigeria. “Just in the last month there have been a lot of pastor kidnappings,”…
VIETNAM – Imprisoned Hmong Believer Hospitalized
I Commit to Pray | Aug. 22, 2019 A Hmong believer has been hospitalized as a result of poor treatment in prison, where he has spent the last year on…
WORLDWIDE – UN praised, sort of, for recognizing religious persecution
UN praised, sort of, for recognizing religious persecution OneNewsNow.com | Aug. 22, 2019 "It's important that the international community come together to recognize that people are being violated for their…
BURKINA FASO – Islamist militants are targeting Christians in Burkina Faso: ‘They are planting seeds of a religious conflict’
Washington Post | Aug. 21, 2019 DAKAR, Senegal — One evening in late June, gunmen stormed a village in northern Burkina Faso and ordered people who had been chatting outside…
ALGERIA – Campaign against Algerian church continues
Aug. 21, 2019 | Middle East Concern Algerian Christians request prayer for the continued campaign by the authorities to close churches. On Sunday, 18 August, the churches in Akbou and…
AFGHANISTAN – Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Afghanistan and an Opportunity for the West
Aug. 21, 2019 | Gatestone Institute | Lawrence A. Franklin In its effort to sustain a pro-Western regime in Afghanistan, the United States might instead take advantage of an opportunity…
RELEASE – Faithful Worldwide Recognize Persecuted Brothers and Sisters on Special Observance Thursday
August 21, 2019 | For Immediate Release Save the Persecuted Christians Works to Raise Awareness About Those Under Attack for Their Faith—Especially Women and Children WASHINGTON—Tomorrow, Aug. 22, has been…
MEXICO – Mexican pastor shot and killed after Sunday church service
Christian Post | Samuel Smith | Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Alfrery Líctor Cruz Canseco | Facebook/AlfLic Cruz Correction appended A pastor in southwest Mexico was shot and killed after a…
NIGERIA – Christians must speak truth to power – whatever the consequences
Christianity Today | Jos, Anglican Archbishop Ben Kwashi | Aug. 19, 2019 Archbishop Benjamin Kwashi at camp for the displaced near Jos, Nigeria.Andrew Boyd/Release International There are times when the…
NIGERIA – Nigerians cry foul after policemen felled by Nigerian Army
Aug. 19, 2019 | Metro Voice News | Douglas Burton & Magnafaith Kimri Nigerians are recoiling in shock about the killing of three Nigerian cops last week at the hands…
NIGERIA – First-Hand Report: Why is the World Ignoring This Genocide?
Aug. 19, 2019 | Clarion | By Mario Alexis Portella The author with surviving victims of Boko Haram (Photo: Courtesy Mario Alexis Portella) At least 1,200 people were killed and…
CHINA – Sichuan Church Elder Li Yingqiang Released on Bail
Li Sent Back to Hometown After Eight Months Imprisonment Aug. 19, 2019 | International Christian Concern International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that over the weekend, elder Li Yingqiang from…
RELEASE – Save the Persecuted Christians: Three Imprisoned Religious Leaders in China Are Small Fraction of Christians Who Suffer in Silence
August 19, 2019 | For Immediate Release Organization Urges Christians Here in the U.S. to Not Only Pray for Their Chinese Brothers and Sisters in Christ But Also Advocate for…
IRAQ & SYRIA – The Extinction of Christians in the Middle East
Aug. 18, 2019 | Gatestone Institute | By Giulio Meotti Convert, pay or die. Five years ago, that was the "choice" the Islamic State (ISIS) gave to Christians in Mosul,…
WORLDWIDE – Why Christian Women are the Most Persecuted Group in the World
Aug. 15, 2019 | Christian Broadcast News | Chelsea Patterson Sobolik COMMENTARY “Christian women are the most persecuted group in the world.” The first time I heard that statistic, I…
WORLDWIDE – Why Christian Women are the Most Persecuted Group in the World
CBN News | Chelsea Patterson Sobolik | Aug. 15, 2019 COMMENTARY “Christian women are the most persecuted group in the world.” The first time I heard that statistic, I was…
BURKINA FASO – An Appeal for Burkina Faso
Aug. 15, 2019 | Juicy Ecumenism | By Scott Morgan Since January 2019, twenty people have been killed and several churches have been destroyed by Islamist forces operating in the…