Baptists celebrate 50 years in Vietnam with hugs, tears

December 10, 2009

Shortly before the fall of Saigon in 1975, Le Quoc Chanh, pastor of Grace Baptist Church, Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), came with his

Christians detained, accused of forcing conversion

December 10, 2009

MADUGERE, India — Police in India detained three Christians on Nov. 24 after Hindu extremists falsely accused them of forced conversion in Raghavendra Colony, Madugere,

Indian pastor attacked by Hindu extremists

December 10, 2009

BALAGHAT, India — About 20 Hindu extremists attacked a pastor in Balaghat on Nov. 24. Pastor Ghanshyam Chowkse of Jeevan Jyoti Ashram was visiting a

China sentences pastors to prison

December 10, 2009

Five pastors arrested without a warrant in China’s Shanxi province as they were en route to file a complaint over the demolition of their church

Religion-based hate crimes highest since 2001

December 3, 2009

WASHINGTON — Hate crime incidents targeting people based on their religion were at their highest frequency last year since 2001, according to a new report.