A group belonging to a Sikh warrior order last week attacked a pastor and another Christian with swords and knives in northern India’s Punjab state for leading church worship in their village.
U.N. human rights experts on Thursday (April 11) called on Pakistan to make legal changes in light of continued vulnerability of women and girls of minority faiths to forced marriages and religious conversions.
We live in a world of paradoxes and tensions. In our consumer driven world which screams, “Buy! Buy! Buy!,” we see a growing undercurrent towards minimalism where, “Less is more.” We feel the tug-of-war between needs and wants. And on opposite ends of the spectrum, sit those with seemingly endless choices and those who have just about none.
Authorities in China issued threats of a long prison sentence and loss of property to Christians charged with “illegal business operations” for printing devotional materials intended only for their church, their attorney said.
As Korea prepares for the upcoming elections on April 10, the Christian Council of Korea (CCK) held a 'Prayer Rally for 12 Million Believers for the April 2024 General Election' both online and offline at the Grace and Truth Church in Anyang.
Before Chinese Bible Day 2023, which fell on December 9, a Christian man named Wang Mianli of Liaozhong District Church in Shenyang City completed the transcription of the Old and New Testaments in Chinese calligraphy. On November 19, last year, he was awarded an honorary certificate during a celebration held for him at the church. Rev. Ren Chuanyu, chairman of the Liaozhong District TSPM and head of the Liaozhong District Church, presented him with a bonus of 10,000 yuan out of his pocket.
Muslim farm owners in Pakistan on March 23 beat a Christian laborer with iron rods and shot him in the leg for requesting his wages.
One of the major challenges facing the Korean church is the issue of "revival of the next generation" and "faith succession," which is also becoming a significant issue in the field of overseas missions. As the number of young people in churches decreases, mobilizing them as missionary resources to ensure the continuity of Korean missions has become an increasingly urgent issue.
Muslim relatives of the alleged killer of a 20-year-old Christian in Pakistan are threatening the victim’s family with death if they do not drop charges, sources said.
A Christian couple in India has been sentenced to prison after Hindu extremists instigated a false case of forcible conversion against them, sources said.
Christians suspect a Muslim who vowed to keep them from celebrating Easter was behind a fire set to their church building on Saturday (March 30) in Rawalpindi District, Pakistan.
A pastor and his family have gone into hiding after a Muslim neighbor who raped his 14-year-old daughter tried to kidnap her and force her to convert to Islam and marry her, he said.
