Family of slain Christian in Pakistan receives death threats
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.
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Christian couple sentenced to prison in India
A Christian couple in India has been sentenced to prison after Hindu extremists instigated a false case of forcible conversion against them, sources said.
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Arson suspected in church fire in Pakistan
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.
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Presbyterian church of Pakistan leaders reconcile after years of division, pursue stronger witness through unity
By A. S. John AsiaIn a significant turn of events, the Presbyterian Church of Pakistan (PCP) has emerged from years of division and legal battles to reunite its fractured ranks, raising hope for a stronger, more cohesive denomination.
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Kidnapper wins custody of 13-year-old girl in Pakistan, sources say
A high court in Pakistan on Monday (March 25) rejected a Christian woman’s attempt to recover her 13-year-old daughter, instead allowing the child to go with a Muslim who abducted, forcibly converted her to Islam and married her, sources said.
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Persecution of Christians escalates in India, EFI reports
India’s Christians suffered an alarming escalation of violence, hatred and systematic oppression last year, according to the Religious Liberty Commission of the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI-RLC).
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Chinese Pastor John Cao's first-hand testimony upon his release after serving seven years in prison for his faith
Pastor John Cao from Hunan, who was imprisoned for seven years in Yunnan, China, was released on March 4, 2024. He was escorted from Kunming, Yunnan province, to Changsha, Hunan province, by four police officers.
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Christian group brings Bible translation tools to 35 language groups in Indonesia, Southeast Asia
An international organization that pioneered a new method to accelerate Bible translation and put God’s Word in the hands of more people worldwide is providing Christian groups in Indonesia and Southeast Asia with the necessary tools to translate the Bible into 35 indigenous languages.
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Unsafe conditions kill Christian sewer workers in Pakistan
Rukhsana Asif, a Christian mother of two children in Faisalabad, Pakistan, was devastated when she learned that her husband and his cousin had died from poisonous gas while cleaning a clogged sewer manhole.
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Hope for Christian 22 years on death row for ‘blasphemy’ in Pakistan
In a significant move, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed the country’s top Islamic body to advise on whether content that has left a Catholic on death row for 22 years was in fact blasphemous, sources said.
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Muslims in Indonesia end church’s meetings in home
Muslim residents objecting to house-church worship in western Indonesia on Sunday (March 17) compelled the pastor to discontinue using her home for services, sources said.
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Swiss supreme court denies parents' right to oppose teen girl's sex change, threatens criminal charges
A Swiss mother and father are “heartbroken” and face criminal charges unless they hand over identity documents to verify their estranged teenage daughter’s “sex change” identity and gender transition as a male, the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (Schweizerisches Bundesgericht) ruled.
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