Christians denied emergency COVID related food relief because of their faith – Open Doors’ report
The worldwide coronavirus pandemic has been a “catalyst” for the repression of Christian minorities around the world with some denied emergency relief because of their faith, according to Open Doors‘ latest annual report on the persecution of Christians across the globe. The report – known as the World Watch List – said that among those […]
Twenty-four killed in Burkina Faso church attack
Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoBosNewsLife Suspected Islamic gunmen interrupted a weekly worship service at a Protestant church in northern Burkina Faso, killing 24 people, authorities confirmed late on Monday. Another 18 people were wounded in Sunday’s attack in Pansy town in Yagha province, the regional governor said. “The armed terrorists attacked the peaceful local population, after having […]
Open Doors warns of “rise of the surveillance state” as North Korea tops watch list again
RNS Imagine facial recognition technology to get into a house of worship and surveillance cameras inside. Or a “social score” system that awards points for good citizenship – and deducts them for sharing one’s faith, leading to penalties such as limiting where parents can send their children to school. It’s not the plot of a blockbuster […]
Open Doors US hopes videos of Christian leaders praying for the persecuted will encourage others to do the same
US Christian leaders ranging from Southern Baptist Convention President DJ Greear to Sojourner’s founder Jim Wallis and Bill Johnson, senior leader at Bethel Church in Redding, California, appear in a new series of prayer videos released by persecuted church advocacy Open Doors. The videos feature the leaders praying for Christians in specific countries where they face […]
US pastor trapped in India over customs violation
RNS A US pastor has spent the past three weeks stranded in India after he was arrested and then released over a customs violation, according to his attorney. Pastor Bryan Nerren, a US citizen who heads the International House of Prayer Ministries in Shelbyville, Tennessee, was on his way to Nepal with two other pastors […]
SYRIA: CHRISTIAN AID GROUPS VOW TO STAY TO HELP DESPITE SUDDEN US WITHDRAWAL
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports…
INDIA: OPPOSITION TO MODI ISN’T JUST ABOUT ANTI-MUSLIM VIOLENCE, CHRISTIANS SAY
AYSHA KHAN, of Religion News Service, reports on how rising nationalism in India has left the country’s 28 million Christians uncertain about their future in the nation…
ESSAY: EIGHTY PER CENT OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION TARGETS CHRISTIANS
In the wake of a UK report which found 80 per cent of religious persecution globally targets Christians, JOCELYN GOTO, host of Open Doors Australia’s live podcast, writes of the faith she’s encountered within the persecuted church…
“ONE WITH THEM”: OPEN DOORS ASKS AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIANS TO DONATE A DAY’S WAGE TO SUPPORT PERSECUTED CHURCH
DAVID ADAMS speaks to Mike Gore, CEO of Open Doors Australia and New Zealand, about the organisation’s latest campaign…
Holy Communion celebrated in Farsi for first time in Church of England cathedral
A Holy Communion service was conducted in Farsi for the first time in a Church of England cathedral last weekend. Wakefield Cathedral in Yorkshire hosted hundreds of Iranians at the service on Saturday which was presided over by Guli Francis-Dehqani, the Bishop of Loughborough. The bishop was just a teenager when her family fled Iran […]