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 […]
PERSECUTION: ONE IN NINE – 245 MILLION – CHRISTIANS FACE AT LEAST “HIGH” LEVELS, SAYS ANNUAL LIST
DAVID ADAMS reports on the release of Open Doors’ annual World Watch List of the 50 nations where persecution of Christians is worst…
ESSAY: WHAT THE AUSTRALIAN CHURCH CAN LEARN FROM THE PERSECUTED CHURCH
TIM REID, of persecuted church support and advocacy organisation Open Doors Australia & New Zealand, says Christians in countries like Australia have much to learn from their persecuted brethren…
PERSECUTION: ANNUAL RANKING FINDS WORSENING SITUATION FOR MANY CHRISTIANS BUT HOPE REMAINS
Open Doors’ annual World Watch List – ranking the 50 countries where it’s hardest to be a Christian – has been released this week. DAVID ADAMS reports on the findings…
Alarming rise in persecution of Christians in India this year, data shows
There were almost as many incidents in which Christians were threatened, reported and harassed in India in the first six months of 2017 than in the whole of 2016, according data from persecuted church advocacy Open Doors. Figures published by World Watch Monitor show that Indian Christians were harassed, threatened or attacked for their faith […]
PERSECUTION: AT LEAST 215 MILLION CHRISTIANS EXPERIENCING “HIGH LEVELS” OF PERSECUTION, SAYS OPEN DOORS
DAVID ADAMS reports on the 2017 release of Open Door’s annual World Watch List highlighting the 50 countries where persecution of Christians is worst…
PERSECUTION: NORTH KOREA AND IRAN TOP ANNUAL LIST OF WORST OFFENDERS
DAVID ADAMS reports…