Police in Algeria seal church building
Interrupting a worship service, police on Tuesday sealed a church building in north-central Algeria, less than three months after locking shut another site in the same area. “I am deeply saddened by so much injustice – it breaks my heart,” pastor Messaoud Takilt told Morning Star News. “This is not surprising since other Christian places […]
Uzbekistan’s military involved in raid on Baptist church – report
Uzbekistan’s military have taken part in a raid on a Baptist meeting for the first time, according to Forum 18. The Norwegian-based news service reports that on 25th November, as many as 40 officials raided a Baptist meeting in the capital Tashkent’s Yashnobod District. It says that for the first time, members of the National […]
More than 2,000 unregistered churches forced to close in Angola
World Watch Monitor More than 2,000 churches have been closed and over 1,000 more face closure after Angola’s cabinet approved a new law requiring them to register with the government, including presenting at least 100,000 signatures of followers, as reported by Nairobi-based news site The East African. A local pastor told World Watch Monitor that it was […]