National Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) is sponsoring a 13-day tour of Thailand and Cambodia featuring visits to four sites of its WorldCrafts ministry. WorldCrafts is
The Chinese government intensified its pressure against Christians in 2010 for a “fifth straight year of escalating persecution,” according to ChinaAid Association, a Christian human
ISTANBUL, Turkey — In simultaneous operations in nine provinces of Turkey, authorities March 17 arrested 20 people suspected of playing a role in the murder
HANOI, Vietnam — The Vietnamese government has intensified repression of indigenous minority Christians from the country’s Central Highland provinces who are pressing for religious freedom
A three-day Baptist meeting in eastern Myanmar turned fatal March 24 when an earthquake struck near the Laos and Thailand border. Twenty-three people were killed
MAYURBHANJ, India — Fourteen Christians, including two pastors, were arrested March 29 for converting to Christianity without official permit in Orissa’s Mayurbhanj district. The Global
ASTANA, Kazakhstan — Pastor Andrei Panafidin was fined 100 times the minimum monthly wage March 4 for leading unregistered religious worship in Taraz, the seventh