American pastor held in Iran transferred to brutal prison
November 4, 2013
After spending more than a year in Tehran's brutal Evin Prison, American pastor Saeed Abedini has been transferred to one of Iran's more obscure and
Gospel for Asia calls for intercession on International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church
November 1, 2013
As Christians prepare to participate in the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church on Nov. 3 or Nov. 10, Gospel for Asia (GFA)
Malaysian court rules only Muslims can use word ‘Allah’
October 31, 2013
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A court in Muslim-majority Malaysia ruled Oct. 14 that only Muslims are permitted to use the Arabic word “Allah” to describe
Kenyan pastor shot to death in church building
October 31, 2013
MOMBASA, Kenya — Christians at Vikwantani Redeemed Gospel Church in Mombasa, Kenya, arrived for worship Oct. 20 only to learn that their pastor had been
Muslims arrested for pistol-whipping a Christian
October 31, 2013
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Police in Islamabad have arrested three Muslims for pistol-whipping a Christian and his teenage nephews after they refused to convert to Islam,
Pastor’s passion for missions suppresses fear factor
October 31, 2013
Gene Brooks has good reasons not to return to the Middle East or Central Asia. He’s been arrested twice, interrogated by gun-wielding soldiers, forced to
Iranian Christians sentenced to 80 lashes for taking communion
October 25, 2013
Four Iranian Christians were sentenced to 80 lashes for drinking wine during a communion service. According to Fox News, the four men were sentenced Oct.
Baptists respond after earthquake, cyclone in Asia
October 24, 2013
Baptists are responding after a deadly earthquake shook the Philippines and a cyclone swept through two states in India. On Oct. 15, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake
