More than a year of an unprecedented reign of terror against Christians continued in the Indian state of Orissa in 2009. Brutal murders, arson attacks on churches and various forms of death threats loomed heavily in the Christian communities. But Orissa is not alone. Christians worldwide face persecution every day. Below are a few headlines that ran in The Alabama Baptist in 2009:
China sentences pastors to prison
Laotian authorities jail, threaten to kill Christians
Indian pastor lured into trap, severely beaten
Islamic extremists execute young convert in Somalia
Police starve, torture Pakistani believers after arrest
Christians arrested, one executed in North Korea
Police in Bangladesh torture pastor, two others
Indonesian Christian village burned; residents die
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