A rally last night (Oct. 10) in Birmingham was one of many across the U.S. where Jewish community members, civic leaders and concerned Americans gathered to show their support for Israel in its war against Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Unrest in Pakistan that erupted in August after two Christian brothers were accused of blaspheming Islam has continued, with a pastor being shot and other Christians arrested, and an official in Pakistan blames India for the conflict.
Following a raid earlier this year by Kyrgyzstan officials, two foreign Protestants — both associated with a registered church — were fined for “illegal missionary activity.”
A preacher teaching about Christ’s divinity was assaulted at an evangelistic event in Uganda, and so were the Christians trying to rescue him from the melee.
August brought more reports of Christians in Nigeria killed, attacked and abducted. The country is No. 6 on Open Doors’ 2023 World Watch List of places most difficult to be a Christian.
Police in China raided a church’s summer youth camp and detained four Christian adults for “carrying out activities in the name of an illegal social organization.”
A pastor officiating a funeral in Uganda was pelted with stones for using both the Bible and the Quran in evangelizing about Jesus Christ.
Baptist pastor Vladimir Burshtyn has been given an ultimatum by local officials in Belarus: stop evangelizing publicly or face criminal prosecution.
