1+ hour, 37+ min ago  (221+ words) On Jan. 3, Egyptian Christian Augustinos Samaan was sentenced to five years of hard labor after he was convicted of "contempt of religion" and "misuse of social media." Samaan has a You Tube channel on which he posts apologetics videos comparing…...

2+ hour, 37+ min ago  (634+ words) For several months, Waseem Masih took pride in his work, doing his part to keep the province of Punjab in Pakistan clean. " Masih, a Christian, was employed under the Suthra Punjab initiative " a province-wide sanitation reform launched by Punjab Chief…...

4+ hour, 59+ min ago  (434+ words) Videos circulating on social media this week appear to show extensive damage inside Mar Kiryakos Church in the village of Sharanish in Iraq's Dohuk Governorate, prompting concern among Assyrians and other Christians over the fate of one of the area's…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (214+ words) Arif Salam," 55, is a bicycle mechanic, husband, and father. He is also an independent preacher, openly sharing the gospel in his predominantly Muslim country, Bangladesh. During the afternoon of June 5, Salam heard knocking on his door. A group of men…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (245+ words) Around 11 a. m. on Sunday, June 14, communist authorities raided Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, and arrested dozens of believers." " Three buses and three vans were used to transport church elders, members, and children to"local police stations." The church…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (390+ words) When Juhar Bekele became a Christian in 2016 while living in Hurumu, Illu Ababora Zone, in Ethiopia, he knew his life would change dramatically. Now a minister, husband, and father, Bekele said his life changed most when he had to trust…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (370+ words) For many believers, Sunday is a day of peace, worship, and fellowship. But for Ester'Felisian'Wakala, a recent Sunday was nearly the day she lost her life. Wakala,'a gospel minister in'Zanzibar, Tanzania, has devoted her life to serving God and…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (400+ words) A group of Muslims recently entered Drake Haron's church inside the Gorom Refugee Camp in South Sudan and assaulted him. Haron has expected such violence since he left Islam to follow Jesus. The attack, which occurred on May 28, violated the…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (495+ words) The governor of the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has directed all higher education universities in the state to establish "dharmantaran roktham cells," or conversion-prevention cells, to address alleged unlawful religious conversion activities on campuses. The directive has been…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (939+ words) Using blasphemy accusations as a weapon is nothing new in Pakistan. The situation now goes beyond that. Members of a growing organized blasphemy business network are actively trying to trap people into committing "blasphemy" on social media. Some Pakistani officials,…...