Vietnamese officials shut down local church
September 8, 2005
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Local authorities recently shut down a 500-member church in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Eric Dooley, pastor of the
Christians, including toddler, beaten in India
September 8, 2005
NEW DELHI — A mob of Hindu extremists violently attacked a prayer meeting in the town of Indore in India’s north-central state of Madhya Pradesh
IBS distributes new NIV military Bibles
September 8, 2005
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The International Bible Society (IBS) recently introduced several new Bibles designed especially for the military. IBS first provided Scriptures to American
Minsk authorities to confiscate church land
September 8, 2005
MINSK, Belarus — City authorities in Minsk have told the embattled charismatic New Life church that the land it bought with its church building in
Mobs threaten to burn Christians to death
September 8, 2005
MEXICO CITY — Huichol native mobs in Mexico’s Jalisco state have driven Christians from their homes and threatened to burn them to death, according to
Church land ownership getting tougher in Russia
September 1, 2005
MOSCOW — Protestant communities and other religious confessions in Russia are facing increasing obstruction from state authorities about building a place of worship. For example,
Israel high court approves synagogue destruction
September 1, 2005
JERUSALEM — Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Aug. 23 that all synagogues in the now-vacated Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank should
Shortage of Bibles forces creativity in China
September 1, 2005
SHANGHAI, China — Some Christians in China are using creative ways to bypass the official system to distribute Christian literature, including Bibles. Despite the considerable
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