Christians in eastern Pakistan gathered for worship services among the ruins of their vandalized churches on Sunday, days after a Muslim mob rampaged through their neighborhood, destroying more than 80…
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Israel rejects prominent Evangelical Zionist group’s clergy visas, threatening future operations
Israel’s interior ministry has reportedly stopped issuing visas to prominent Evangelical Zionist organizations, including the influential International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem, threatening the future operations of these groups in the…
Over 100 arrested after churches burned in Pakistan over blasphemy allegations
Police in Pakistan have arrested more than 100 people for attacking at least 21 churches and vandalizing dozens of homes in Pakistan’s Punjab province over the allegations that two Christian…
Kenya bans churches linked to starvation cult deaths of followers who wanted to ‘meet Jesus’
Kenya has banned five churches, including one led by a suspected cult leader accused of encouraging more than 400 followers to starve themselves to death, according to a government document…
Nicaraguan court orders seizure of top Jesuit-run university and its assets
A Nicaraguan judge ordered the confiscation of all assets belonging to the Central American University, a highly regarded Jesuit-run institution. The seizure occurs amid escalating government action against Catholic clergy…
Brazilian mom fined, threatened with loss of son’s custody for homeschooling
A Christian mother in Santa Catarina, Brazil, is facing legal fines and has been threatened with loss of her son’s custody because she withdrew him from public school in favor…
Brian Houston found not guilty of hiding father’s sexual abuse
An Australian court has found former Hillsong Senior Pastor Brian Houston not guilty of concealing his father’s sexual abuse of children. Read More The Christian Post | RSS
Abducted American missionary says Elevation Worship song was her ‘battle cry’ in captivity
An American nurse who was kidnapped in Haiti and released last week says that one worship song in particular had become her “battle cry” after she and her daughter were…
At least 8 churches set on fire by mob in Pakistan over blasphemy allegations
A frenzied mob on Wednesday descended upon a Christian colony in Pakistan’s Punjab province, attacking and ransacking as many as eight churches, setting them on fire and vandalizing adjoining buildings.…
Mobs interfere with Christian worship at 2 churches in Indonesia
Mobs in northern Indonesia this month blocked a church from its Sunday service venue in one town and damaged a worship building under construction in another, sources said. Read More…