Saudi Arabia to monitor use of religious texts
December 20, 2017
RIYADH — King Salman of Saudi Arabia recently announced the establishment of an authority to monitor use and interpretation of the words of Muhammad in
Iraqi Christians now fearing ‘Shiafication’
December 18, 2017
DUHOK, Iraq — Amir Yaqu, an Iraqi Christian who fled his hometown of Bartella in northern Iraq because of the rise of the Islamic State
Baptist churches in Israel see record number of baptisms
November 3, 2017
NAZARETH, Israel — A record number of baptisms, 73, were registered in Baptist churches in Israel in 2017, the Association of Baptist churches in Israel
Pastors arrested after house church ban
October 28, 2017
BAHAWALPUR, Pakistan — Church leaders in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, are urging Pakistan’s prime minister and other officials to uphold the country’s constitution after city officials imposed
US Commission calls for Brunson’s release
October 21, 2017
IZMIR, Turkey — On the one-year anniversary of American Pastor Andrew Brunson’s imprisonment in Turkey, a bipartisan U.S. commission criticized Turkish officials and called for
US pastor faces new charges in Turkey
October 1, 2017
IZMIR, Turkey — Andrew Brunson, a Christian pastor from North Carolina imprisoned in Turkey on a false terrorism charge because of his Christian faith, now
Christian prisoners go on hunger strikes
August 10, 2017
TEHRAN, Iran — Two Christian prisoners in Iran recently went on hunger strikes to protest increasingly harsh treatment of those arrested for house-church activities. Since
Christian converts sentenced to prison in Iran
August 7, 2017
TEHRAN, Iran — The latest in a string of harsh sentences against church leaders in Iran has been handed down to four Christian converts for
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