Pastor reported killed, town abandoned in Myanmar fighting
September 24, 2021
A Baptist pastor and three other men were killed and a town of 2,000 homes all but abandoned in fighting in Myanmar’s western Chin State
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
