Christian pastor of secret church beaten in Kenya

September 15, 2022

NAIROBI, Kenya — A Somali pastor of an underground church in Kenya is recovering from an attack suffered because he and his wife left Islam

Christian pastor sentenced to prison in China after organizing church events

September 11, 2022

BEIJING — A Chinese court has sentenced a Christian pastor to a 15-month prison term for “organizing illegal gatherings.” Pastor Geng Zejun was arrested Jan.

Pastor fined two weeks’ pay for baptizing in pool

September 7, 2022

MINSK, Belarus — A court in Belarus fined a Protestant pastor about two weeks’ pay for conducting an off-site baptism service without government approval. Dmitry

Christian converts in Iran denied retrials

September 4, 2022

TEHRAN, Iran — A high court in Iran recently rejected retrial requests from several Christian converts. The Iranian Supreme Court denied the requests from Abbas

Nigerian Christians subjected to abduction, forced marriage, murder

September 3, 2022

ABUJA, Nigeria — An attorney was killed, four nuns were abducted and a university student may be forced to marry as unabated persecution of Christians

Christian couple detained in notorious Iranian prison

September 2, 2022

TEHRAN, Iran — A Christian couple arrested for being part of a house church is being held in an Iranian prison known for abusive treatment

UN report says China guilty of forced labor

August 30, 2022

The United Nations has determined it is “reasonable to conclude” China has been practicing forced labor among ethnic Muslim minorities in the country’s western Xinjiang