Hungary honours Scottish missionary who died at Auschwitz
BosNewsLife Jane Haining Hungary is hosting an exhibition honoring a Church of Scotland missionary killed in Auschwitz-Birkenau for protecting Jewish children in Budapest. Jane Haining was the only Scottish woman known to have died in the Nazi-run extermination camp in occupied Poland. The exhibition ‘Common Fate’ is being held for the first time at Budapest’s […]
Kazakhstan deports missionary for conducting baptisms
World Watch Monitor Kazakhstan has ordered the expulsion of a Canadian citizen for conducting “illegal missionary activity” by holding baptisms in hot springs near the country’s commercial capital, Almaty. Hae Taik Kim, a Canadian citizen who leads a church in New York, was also fined 226,900 Tenge ($US680) – about two months’ average wage. A […]
BOOKS: AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE WHICH TOUCHED SCORES OF OTHERS
NICO BOUGAS, in a review first published by ASSIST News Service, reads the story of an extraordinary life spent in the service of God…
US says detention of American Christian in North Korea ‘concerning’
RNS North Korea has detained a US citizen – a self-described Christian missionary – raising the number of Americans held there to four. Kim Hak-song, who was taken into custody Saturday, taught at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. The university, founded in 2010 with donations from South Korean and American Christians, including the Illinois-based Church of […]
Vietnam detains Bible students, expels missionary, says advocacy group
BosNewsLife Rights activists say Christians in Vietnam face increased persecution after a foreign missionary was expelled and Bible students were detained by security forces. In one of the latest known incidents, students gathering for a Bible class in Hanoi were detained by security forces. Advocacy and aid group Open Doors quoted a Pastor Nguyen as […]
Kidnap in Niger of US missionary a ‘terrible tragedy’
World Watch Monitor The kidnap of a pioneering American missionary in Niger is a “terrible tragedy” for the communities he served for 24 years, according to the local mayor. It has also raised security concerns among the country’s missionary community. Jeff Woodke, 55, who worked for Jeunesse en Mission Entraide et Developpement (JEMED), a branch […]
Australian Christian couple still missing after kidnapping in Burkina Faso
An Australian missionary couple remain missing after they were abducted in Burkina Faso last Friday as al-Qaeda conducted a terrorist attack in the capital of Ouagadougou during which 29 people were killed. Mr Ken Elliot, a surgeon, and his wife Jocelyn, both aged in their 80s, have reportedly been in the country for 43 years, […]