Indonesian mayor revokes church building permit
May 21, 2009
DEPOK, Indonesia — Church members in Depok, West Java, are unable to use their church building after the mayor, citing protests from area Muslims, revoked
University of Mobile establishes partnership with school in China
May 14, 2009
The University of Mobile (UM) is developing a partnership with China’s Linyi Normal University that will bring Chinese students to the UM campus, President Mark
BWA assists displaced people in Sri Lanka
May 14, 2009
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is providing assistance for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka. Conflict between government forces
Buddhist mobs threaten pastor, attack churches
May 14, 2009
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Buddhist mobs attacked several churches in Sri Lanka in early April, threatening to kill a pastor in the southern province of
Chinese earthquake survivors find healing
May 14, 2009
When the earthquake struck, Lim Yew was walking across campus at the boarding school where he taught kindergarten. The ground buckled and the powerful tremor
Vietnamese government destroys evangelical church
April 30, 2009
BANMETHUOT, Vietnam — Just hours after the prime minister’s office assured denominational leaders that there were no plans to destroy their Protestant church building, authorities
Uzbekistan fines religious groups for voicing beliefs
April 30, 2009
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Uzbekistan continues to harass and fine Christians, Muslims and Jehovah’s Witnesses who exercise their freedom of thought, conscience or belief. In a
Sri Lanka tables bill to criminalize social assistance
April 30, 2009
KOTTE, Sri Lanka — An anti-conversion bill that would have criminalized humanitarian assistance provided by religious groups has been tabled in Sri Lanka’s Parliament. The
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