Armed robbers gang-rape Christian’s wife in Pakistan
Gunmen robbing a Catholic last week in Pakistan decided to tie him up and gang-rape his wife after learning the couple’s faith, sources said.
Asia
Latest
Opinion
-
Chinese diaspora and the spread of Christianity
In April 2025, more than a hundred pastors, theologians, and ministry practitioners from around the world gathered in Toronto, Canada, for the first-ever Chinese Diaspora Network Consultation. Our guest contributor, Andrea Lee provides an overview of the findings from this historic gathering.
-
Christ-like families are God's plan to impact generations
In observance of the International Day of Families on May 15, PC Mathew, founding director of Urban India Ministries (a leading family ministry in South Asia) and head of the World Evangelical Alliance Family Challenge, shares his insights on Christ-like families and their impact on generations around the world.
-
Back to Jerusalem is too small a focus when Chinese Christians have the power to advance the gospel worldwide
The idea that Chinese Christians have a responsibility to take the gospel "back to Jerusalem" has become widely popularized but it fails to recognize a much larger perspective. The role of China’s church in world evangelization has more to do with intentionality of heart than with getting to any one particular destination. Chinese believers among diaspora worldwide have great potential to advance the gospel everywhere, but it requires a shift of thinking away from traditional missions paradigms.
-
A Chinese village is radically transformed by the wonder-working power of the gospel
In this opinion from personal experience, the author describes the radical transformation of his home village from a so-called "village of thieves” into a Christian community built on faith, hope, and love. He tells the story of an unlikely group of villains who have their lives profoundly changed by the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Latest
-
Muslim slashes throat of Christian co-worker in Pakistan
A Muslim in Pakistan on Friday (March 21) slashed the throat of a Christian co-worker on allegations that he had committed blasphemy by touching an Islamic textbook “with unclean hands,” sources said.
-
Christian’s release delayed after bail granted in blasphemy cases
An 18-year-old Christian is still languishing in jail a month after winning bail in all three blasphemy cases against him as a trial court is delaying his release, his father said.
-
Christian apologists in Indonesia flee ‘blasphemy’ prosecution
A rash of complaints to police in Indonesia accusing Christians of blasphemy on social media has driven several of them abroad to seek refuge, sources said.
-
Commemorating 140 years since gospel arrived, Korean missionary association discusses changing global missions landscape
By CDI StaffThe Korea World Missions Association (KWMA) held a meeting of denominational leaders to commemorate the 140th anniversary of the Gospel’s arrival in Korea on March 13-14 at the Ambassador Seoul Pullman Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea. The gathering was organized to discuss the rapidly changing landscape of global missions, as well as mission strategies and plans.
-
Deterioration of human rights in Pakistan condemned at UN event
Religious freedom advocates this month strongly condemned deterioration of human rights in Pakistan, particularly continued abuse of the country’s harsh blasphemy laws and forced conversions of minority girls.
-
Court in Pakistan annuls Christian woman’s forced marriage/conversion
In a significant legal victory against forced conversions/marriages in Pakistan, a civil court has annulled the marriage of a Christian woman who was given to a Muslim man as a child and coerced to convert to Islam and marry him, sources said.
Most Recent
-
Slain church leaders among abuses by Russian occupation forces in Ukraine
Horrific human rights abuses of evangelical Christians by Russian authorities illegally occupying territories in Ukraine have been documented in a report released earlier this year.
-
-
-
-
-
