A Pakistani court is seeking to determine through medical examination the true age of a reportedly 13-year-old Christian girl who was abducted and forced to marry her kidnapper.
Eight leaders from a campus fellowship in Nigeria were kidnapped in mid-June and remained missing as of July 6.
A neighbor who had belittled Christianity and harassed and falsely accused a pastor in a criminal case in India is suspected in a blaze that damaged the pastor’s church and home.
A pastor was recently beaten unconscious and hospitalized after he and his wife participated in an evangelistic event in Uganda.
After nine months of detention, nine members of a church in China were released on bail June 18, while charges against nine of its leaders were upgraded to more serious offenses.
Thirty more Christians have been slain in Nigeria in continuous persecution spanning years.
Religious nationalism, transnational repression and state control of religious groups are among growing trends in the persecution of Christians globally, International Christian Concern (ICC) said.
A 13-year-old Pakistani girl who was abducted by a man described as a serial kidnapper and trafficker has apparently been forced to convert and to marry her captor, her Christian relatives said.
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