Court halts case of pastor accused of conversion

March 1, 2012

JAMMU, India — A court has ordered the Jammu and Kashmir state government to temporarily halt criminal proceedings against a pastor accused of bribing Muslim

Hindu extremist threatens pastor’s family in India

March 1, 2012

PHULBANI, India — A Hindu extremist in Adigar, Phulbani, Kandhamal district attacked a pastor’s hut and harassed his family Jan. 25, according to the Global

Islamic rebel militia behead Somali convert

February 16, 2012

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Islamic extremists from the rebel al-Shabaab militia in Somalia beheaded a Christian on the outskirts of Mogadishu in January, sources said. The

Police question publishing religious materials

February 16, 2012

DASHOGUZ, Turkmenistan — After Protestant Begjan Shirmedov tried to print copies of a small book of his religious poetry Feb. 3, a local religious affairs

Former Muslim extremist flees after death threats

February 9, 2012

NAIROBI, Kenya — A former member of a Muslim extremist group in Uganda who converted to Christianity is in hiding in Kenya, his movements

Christian charged with ‘blasphemy’ denied bail

February 9, 2012

LAHORE, Pakistan — A judge has denied bail to a young Christian man charged with desecrating the Quran under Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws despite

Southern Baptists help bring hope to disabled Nepali

February 2, 2012

Uraj experiments awkwardly with the hand-propelled tricycle. “His grip is good. He’ll be sore tomorrow but he’ll get the hang of this,” said Bruce Burk,