India police arrest Christians for comforting bereaved Hindu

September 20, 2021

PHOOLPUR, India — Three Christians were jailed in India on Aug. 3 after two of them were attacked for comforting a bereaved Hindu man. Two

New Uzbek religion law keeps restrictions on religious freedom

August 31, 2021

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Uzbekistan’s new religion law went into effect July 6 and maintains almost all the previous law’s restrictions on religious freedom. The government

Taliban rule brings uncertainty, fear to Afghan Christians

August 28, 2021

The Taliban’s August takeover of Afghanistan has filled many in the secretive underground Christian church with fear and uncertainty. “We are telling people to stay

Pegasus malware signals more surveillance, watchdog group says

August 5, 2021

Christians meeting secretly, watching online services or chatting about faith issues are in increasing danger from the threat of spyware, according to persecution watchdog group

Christian girls attacked in Pakistan

August 3, 2021

A Christian couple were removed from Sanjan Nagar Trust School in Lahore after claiming a cover-up in the alleged rape of their 8-year-old daughter on

Headline News from around the Southeast for June 10

June 9, 2021

Arkansas Six college women from the Baptist Collegiate Ministry at Arkansas State University — along with Corley Shumaker, BCM’s assistant campus minister at ASU — recently

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