Religious Freedom

‘Like Joseph, North Korean defectors were sent ahead for God’s mission’: Gospel-centered reunification festival held in South Korea

Asia Church & Missions Religious Freedom Migration

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North Korean defectors and members of the South Korean church gathered on June 21 at Saejoongang Church in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, for the 2025 Pan-Korean Reunification Festival, a time of worship and prayer centered on the dream of reunification through the gospel. The event was jointly hosted by the North Korea Christian Association (led by President Rev. Seo Kyung-hwa) and the Global Mission United Training Center TMTC (chaired by Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim).

Massacre in Benue state, Nigeria elicits rare response from president

Africa Religious Freedom

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Mother in Somalia loses husband, home for accepting Christ

Africa Religious Freedom

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Bullied 8-year-old Christian boy dies after assault in Indonesia

Asia Religious Freedom

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Finnish MP Räsänen describes police, government opposition to faith

Europe Religious Freedom

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Blasphemy laws misused to seize religious minorities’ property in Pakistan: HRW

Asia Religious Freedom

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Slain church leaders among abuses by Russian occupation forces in Ukraine

Europe Religious Freedom

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Christian falsely charged with blasphemy in Pakistan is acquitted

Asia Religious Freedom

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Opinion

Antisemitism in Christian, Islamic, and Secular perspective

Europe Society & Culture Religious Freedom

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Christian, Islamic, and secular/atheistic perspectives and politics have shaped recent world history more than any other international movement. All three have produced widespread forms of antisemitism that have repeatedly intermingled, threatening the human rights of Jewish people. It is important that Christians understand the roots of antisemitism and resist it as an evil and an affront to God.
"Baby Ruth" continues to inspire Nigerian Christians

Africa Religious Freedom Church & Missions

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Years after she lived through unspeakable violence, young Ruth’s smile emerges free from trauma but she still bears some physical effects of a people facing continuous threats from tribal, economic, and religious opposition to their presence on the land. Yet hope remains as the people trust in Jesus as their deliverer.
Christians should uphold freedom of belief for all including homosexuals

Africa Religious Freedom

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South Africa celebrates Pride Month during October even as persecution of homosexuals is rising in other African states. This should be of concern for Christians as freedom of belief has long been a commitment of Protestant Christians. It doesn’t mean Christians must agree with differing beliefs, but it does mean that we must support the human right of others to hold, practice, and celebrate their beliefs as we have the right to hold, practice, and celebrate ours.
I was forced from home for my faith in Christ

Asia Religious Freedom Family & Children

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After a miraculous healing and turning to Jesus, an Indian family has faced persistent persecution. Recently it became so fierce they were forced to flee. Nevertheless, a powerful witness to faith in Christ remains in their village that we pray will one day bear much fruit. Here is their first-hand story.

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Asia Religious Freedom

Banned church in China faces closures, detentions

By Edward Ross

A large church in China that has regrouped and spread after authorities dismantled it in 2018 has faced renewed detentions and closures in the past few weeks, rights monitor Bitter Winter reported.
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Asia Religious Freedom Church & Missions

‘Christians must sing to the [communist] party before praising Jesus’: worship restrictions intensify in China

By CDI Staff

Churches affiliated with China’s state-sanctioned Three-Self Patriotic Movement have effectively been required to sing a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) anthem before the closing benediction in Sunday worship services, according to recent reports. The mandate has sparked serious concern, as it is viewed not merely as a formal adjustment but as a deliberate shift intended to displace God from the center of worship and replace Him with loyalty to the Communist Party.
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US & Canada Middle East Religious Freedom Society & Culture

Afghan Christian refugees facing deportation still in limbo; advocate rejects claim it's safe to return

By The Christian Post

A woman advocating for around two dozen Afghan Christian refugees facing deportation who attend her North Carolina church has pushed back against the Trump administration's assertions that conditions in Afghanistan have improved enough for them to return and is still looking for someone in Washington to champion their cause.
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Europe Religious Freedom

UK Supreme Court supports school worker fired for anti-LGBTQ+ views

By Chris Eyte

The Supreme Court of the U.K. on Monday (June 9) refused a school’s attempt to appeal a Court of Appeal decision favoring a Christian employee fired for social media posts opposing LGBTQ+ materials in class.
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Africa Religious Freedom

Digital Shadows: How terror groups in Nigeria and the Sahel leverage social media, AI, and drones

By CDI Staff

In April, the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) - an offshoot of Boko Haram and an affiliate of the Islamic State in parts of Nigeria and the Sahel - deployed four armed drones carrying grenades in an attempted attack on a military base in Borno, northeast Nigeria. This was the first time the proscribed group was using drones for direct attacks, a step-up from surveillance and reconnaissance cases.
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Middle East Religious Freedom

Officials affirm Egypt will not seize historic monastery

By Morning Star News

Meeting on a possible forced closure of the world’s oldest continuously active Christian monastery, Greek and Egyptian officials last week stated the monastery and its monks would be protected but provided no clear legal guarantees on how that would be achieved.