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March 22, 2020

Indonesia: Church in Sulawesi repeatedly asked to shut down due to local Muslim group’s protests

Persecution of Christians in Indonesia: Christians in general are a tiny minority in this massive nation, and they are more threatened now than ever...

March 21, 2020

Sudan: Two churches burned down by arsonists over the past month

Persecution of Christians in Sudan: Sudan is a majority-Muslim country, although the area that is modern-day Sudan was long ago a Christian...

March 20, 2020

China: Coronavirus Does Not Stop Church Demolition, Cross Removal

Persecution of Christians in China: “a Christian with the surname Chen told China Aid that this church usually has 40 churchgoers attending the...

March 19, 2020

India: Hindu extremists attack Christian hospital in Karnataka state

The persecution of Christians in India continues to escalate. As Christianity grows in the country, Hindu radicals are feeling increasingly...

March 18, 2020

India: Hindu extremists ran their motorcycles over a key Christian leader after beating him

Persecution of Christians in India: as Hindu mobs continue to target them, the Christians of India today are being called upon to have the courage...

March 17, 2020

Iran: Internal Exile Extended for Convert to Christianity

Persecution of Christians in Iran: this story indicates how deeply threatened many governments that persecute Christians are by the Holy Gospel of...

March 16, 2020

Turkey: Attacks on Christian cemeteries alarm the nation’s Christians

Persecution of Christians in Turkey: these attacks demonstrate the same contempt for the Christian history and heritage of Asia Minor that we see in...

March 15, 2020

Kenya: Two Christians Killed in Al-Shabaab Attack

Persecution of Christians in Kenya: attacks such as this one come on an increasingly regular basis, yet official indifference to the plight of...

March 14, 2020

China: Government campaigns to control Christianity worsened in 2019

Persecution of Christians in China: This attempt to create a “religion with Chinese characteristics” is a matter of grave concern also for the tiny...

March 13, 2020

Sudan: “We will kill you because you left Islam and became infidel”

Persecution of Christians in Sudan: many centuries ago, during the time of the Emperor Justinian (AD 527-565), Nubia (modern-day Sudan) was a center...

March 12, 2020

Sri Lanka: Christian group says persecution of religious minorities is on the rise

Persecution of Christians in Sri Lanka: The failure of authorities to act decisively in the wake of attacks such as the Easter bombings only...

March 11, 2020

“Nigeria has fully become a killing field of defenseless Christians”: 350 killed in first months of 2020

Persecution of Christians in Nigeria continues to increase rapidly — but this persecution rarely makes the news outside that country. Now the...

March 10, 2020

Iran: 65-year-old Iranian Christian convert’s sentence for “insulting Islamic sacred beliefs” extended by two years

Persecution of Christians in Iran: this story indicates how deeply threatened many governments that persecute Christians are by the Holy Gospel of...

March 9, 2020

Waking up to the scale of global Christian persecution

Our hope for persecuted Christians is in the Lord, the creator of the heavens and the earth. Ultimately we know that the cross that so many Orthodox...

March 8, 2020

China: Authorities summon and question Christians for asking for fasting and prayer over coronavirus

Persecution of Christians in China: the Chinese government is now reportedly using the coronavirus outbreak to step up its harassment and persecution...