Kazakh Baptists refuse to pay fines, jailed
January 23, 2014
AKMOLA REGION, Kazakhstan — Two Baptists in Kazakhstan recently served 48 hours in jail after refusing to pay fines handed down in 2013 for worshipping
8 countries on UN Human Rights Council restrict religious freedom
January 9, 2014
Eight of the 47 countries that hold seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) imprisoned people in 2013 under laws that restrict religious
Pastor in Indonesia struggles with church closures
January 9, 2014
WEST JAVA, Indonesia — Two days before Christmas, Titus, a pastor in Cimahi, West Java, Indonesia, who goes by a single name, was initially too
Open Doors releases 2014 World Watch List
January 8, 2014
Open Doors released its annual list of the worst countries for Christian persecution globally Jan. 8. At the top of the list, for the 12th
New hospital vessel to be built for Mercy Ships
January 2, 2014
BEIJING, China — Mercy Ships has announced that it has reached an agreement with shipbuilding firms to purpose-build a new hospital ship for Mercy Ships.
Croatians initiate referendum to preserve marriage
January 2, 2014
ZAGERB, Croatia — In the nation’s first-ever, citizen-initiated referendum, Croatians asked their government to preserve marriage as the union of a man and a woman,
Kazakh police, journalists raid Baptist worship service
December 12, 2013
URALSK, Kazakhstan — Up to 16 police officers and journalists — led by the local religious affairs official — raided the Nov. 10 worship service
Southern Baptist workers offer hope, ‘living water’ to Burmese immigrants in Thailand
December 12, 2013
It rains eight months out of the year in the Thai province Scott and Alyssa Branding call home. For many of the country’s 2.5 million
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