The head of a religious sect that had thousands of COVID-19 cases in South Korea has been arrested for allegedly hiding information about the pandemic at his church. Read More…
Category: World
China issues arrest warrants for 6 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists, including US citizen
Police in Hong Kong issued arrest warrants for six pro-democracy activists living in exile, including in the United States, for violating a controversial China-imposed national security law in the semi-autonomous…
Uganda: Pastor, church member beaten and drowned in retaliation for evangelizing Muslims
Radical Muslims in eastern Uganda beat and drowned a 25-year-old pastor and a 22-year-old church member in a lake in retaliation for preaching the Gospel to local Muslims. Read More…
Pakistan: 14-y-o Christian girl abducted at gunpoint fights for her freedom
A 14-year-old Christian girl who was abducted at gunpoint during the COVID-19 lockdown and forced to convert to Islam has been allowed by a court to leave her captor’s home…
Nepal: Pastor imprisoned for saying prayer can heal COVID-19 released
A pastor imprisoned for over three months in Nepal for saying prayers can heal the novel coronavirus was released after paying a hefty bail this month. Read More The Christian…
North Korean defector ‘shocked’ by kindness in US, was taught Americans ‘torture and kill’
A North Korean defector said he was “shocked” by the kindness he encountered when he first visited the United States because his home country portrays U.S. citizens as “people who…
China-sponsored hackers target Vatican, Hong Kong Mission group: report
A Communist Chinese government-sponsored group targeted the Vatican and the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, according to a report by a team of cybersecurity experts. Read More The Christian Post…
Archaeological discovery: 1,300-year-old church found near site of transfiguration
Remains from a 1,300-year-old church were discovered at the location believed to be where the Transfiguration took place, according to an announcement by the Israeli government. Read More The Christian…
ISWAP executes 5 Nigerian aid workers in a video warning to Christians
Militants aligned with the Islamic State in Nigeria have executed five aid workers, declaring in a video posted online that the killings were meant as a warning to “all those…
China: Police shutter house churches nationwide, order Christians to stop believing in God
House churches across China have experienced intensified persecution in recent months, with Communist officials telling Christians they are not permitted to believe in God in the atheist country. Read More…