A pastor and several workers from a large unregistered church in northern China have reportedly been moved from administrative into criminal detention.
On 22 September 1734, Schwenkfelder Christians reached Philadelphia after fleeing religious persecution in Europe and crossing the Atlantic.
A Baptist pastor and church worker were killed while travelling to Sunday worship during fresh attacks in Nigeria’s Plateau State.
A Christian forum representing more than 1.3 million people says 26 persecution incidents occurred in West Bengal over three months, with 11 resulting in FIRs.
Christian leaders in Nigeria’s Osun State say the DSS has warned churches to tighten security following intelligence suggesting terrorists could target places of worship and other crowded public spaces.
A Christian pastor in West Bengal was reportedly taken by force from a prayer meeting, beaten and compelled to promise that he would stop conducting services in local villages.
Pastor Hills Emmanuel was abducted with another Christian pastor from a minibus in Nigeria’s Plateau State. His body was found the following morning. His colleague remains missing.
Russia has not banned the Bible. But pastors and Christian institutions are being punished for possessing ordinary Bibles printed by a ministry the Russian government has declared undesirable.