Christian pastor beheaded in Uganda after public debate
June 10, 2021
PALLISA, Uganda — Muslim extremists are suspected in the May 3 beheading of a Christian pastor in Uganda hours after he engaged in a public
Pakistani Christian held illegally after blasphemy charge filed
June 2, 2021
LAHORE, Pakistan — A Pakistani Christian man was tortured into confessing to false charges of blaspheming Islam and was held illegally for two months. Salamat
Persecution persists as gospel spreads
June 1, 2021
Editor’s note: This story is part of a series on global persecution, leading churches to pray for the persecuted church. The SBC’s Day of Prayer
Extremist Hindu mob attacks house church; pastor, wife charged
May 30, 2021
RANGWASA, India — A pastor and his wife, who were put into protective custody April 4 after a Hindu mob attacked a worship service in
Mosque leader’s wife, children flee after conversion, baptism
May 22, 2021
MUSASA, Uganda — After his wife placed her faith in Jesus Christ, a mosque leader in Uganda ordered the rapes of three female relatives of
Nurses charged with blasphemy after removing wall decorations
May 15, 2021
FAISALABAD, Pakistan — Two Christian nurses have been charged under Pakistan’s blasphemy statutes after they followed a supervisor’s orders April 9 to remove old wall
Burkina Faso’s army chaplains tested by extremist conflict
May 10, 2021
In the more than 15 years Salomon Tibiri has been offering spiritual succor as a military pastor in Burkina Faso, he’s never fielded so many
Algerian judge upholds blasphemy charges against Christian father
May 4, 2021
ORAN, Algeria — A judge has upheld the 5-year prison sentence of a Christian man convicted of reposting on Facebook a cartoon of Islam’s prophet.
Surveillance in China poses threat to religious groups
April 29, 2021
Government surveillance is one of the concerning trends revealed in Open Doors’ 2021 World Watch List of countries where Christians experience the highest levels of
Russian education department closes 4 Protestant seminaries
April 27, 2021
MOSCOW, Russia — Four Protestant theological institutions in Russia have either had their higher education licenses revoked or annulled or admissions suspended by the country’s
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