Latest Updates

• 

  Daughter of imprisoned pastor in China hopeful at International Religious Freedom Summit

  The daughter of a pastor imprisoned in China told the sixth annual International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, D.C. on Monday (Feb. 2) that she may never see her father again but maintains hope and faith in God.

  4 min read

• 

  IRF Summit opens in Washington with call to confront rising religious repression

  The sixth annual International Religious Freedom Summit opened Monday, Feb. 2, in Washington, D.C., with a call to intensify global advocacy for freedom of belief, as co-chairs warned that religious restrictions and persecution are rising worldwide even as the movement to defend conscience rights gains strength.

  2 min read

• 

  Family in Somalia flees home after embracing Christ

  A mother of three in Somalia fled her home after her Muslim husband learned she had accepted Christ, but he later also converted and now the entire family is at risk, they said.

  3 min read

• 

  Persecution high in India despite slight shift on World Watch List

  India’s move from 11th to 12th place on an annual ranking of countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian may appear to signal marginal improvement, but church leaders and rights advocates say it masks historic highs of persecution in the country.

  8 min read

• 

  Pastor in South Sudan refugee camp jailed after Muslim converts

  A Sudanese family that expelled an 18-year-old relative from their home in a refugee camp in South Sudan for accepting Christ has dragged a pastor to jail on accusations of kidnapping, sources said.

  3 min read

• 

  Muslim in Pakistan sets Christian on fire over petty dispute

  A Catholic suffered severe burn injuries after a Muslim neighbor allegedly doused him with petrol and set him on fire following a minor dispute, his attorney said.

  3 min read

• 

  Pastor assaulted in India felt police left him to die

  As police looked on, a Hindu nationalist mob in India this month subjected a pastor to dehumanizing brutality, damaging his hearing and forcing him to worship a Hindu deity, sources said.

  10 min read