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,