On April 30, 2009, a group of house church Christians and leaders from the house church group China Gospel Fellowship (CGF) were gathered for a communion service at a house church in Xinye city, Henan province, when they were raided by a dozen PSB officers. Eighteen Christians were taken to the Public Security Bureau (PSB) office of Xinye city. They were each forced to pay a 1000 yuan (about $150) fine.
India ― Violence has once again struck a team of missionaries in India’s northern state of Himachal Pradesh.
A large mob of anti-Christian extremists brutally attacked two Gospel for Asia- supported missionaries in Himachal Pradesh, India, on Saturday, March 14. After stripping them naked and beating Murari Jay and Atul Rajesh, the vicious group burned all their belongings and then had the missionaries arrested.
Mar. 19 — A large mob of anti-Christian extremists brutally attacked two Gospel for Asia-supported missionaries in Himachal Pradesh, India, on Saturday, March 14. After stripping them naked and beating Murari Jay and Atul Rajesh, the vicious group burned all their belongings and then had the missionaries arrested.
The Supreme Court won’t review a lower-court decision that banned a high school football coach from bowing his head and “taking a knee” during prayers led by his players.
India ― The slaying of another Christian in India’s Orissa state has rekindled persecution fears. Because this has not been an isolated incident, church leaders have raised their eyebrows on the government’s security guarantees of safety for believers.
