Report in India blames attacks on conversions to Christianity
Christians in India's southern state of Karnataka are preparing to file a court petition against a panel that blamed a series of anti-Christian attacks in 2008 on conversions from Hinduism. .
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Reports of another church bombing in Egypt
Security officials told The Associated Press that an explosive device was detonated though energy officials said the church fire was caused by a gas leak.
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Muslims attack two Christian families in Egypt, 11 killed including children
A Middle East journalist is reporting news of the shocking massacre of two Christian Coptic families by Islamists which has just emerged from Upper Egypt with the return of the Internet connections after a week of Internet blackout by the Egyptian regime.
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Nigerian violence claims lives of Christians
Amid sectarian violence by Muslims, Christians and security forces in this capital city of Plateau state, a flash point for ethnic and religious conflict in Nigeria, scores of Christians were estimated to have been killed in the past month.
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Concern for Christians in Pakistan after Sherry Rehman drops blasphemy law Bill
The Centre for Legal Aid, Assistance and Settlement has said it is "extremely disappointed" with the decision of Sherry Rehman to abandon efforts to change Pakistan's blasphemy laws.
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Attacks on Indonesian Churches spiked in 2010, group says
Violations of Christians' religious freedom in Indonesia jumped from 12 incidents in 2009 to 75 last year, according to a report from the Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace.
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CSW leads appeal on behalf of imprisoned Christians in Iran
Andrew Johnston, Advocacy Director of Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), and Mansour Borji, pastor of the Iranian Church in London, attended the European Parliament's Iran Delegation meeting on Tuesday 1 February to present the dire situation of the evangelical church in Iran.
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Official recognition eludes Christian groups in Bhutan
Bhutan officials have given assurances that freedom for Christians to worship "within the cultural norms" of the tiny Buddhist nation in the Himalayas will not be violated, but they remain ambiguous on whether and when the miniscule community will obtain legal identity.
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Online Evangelism ministry reaches 687,000 in one day
An outreach ministry that specializes in sharing the gospel through online media announced Wednesday that it reached a record-breaking 687,000 people in just one day last year.
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Egypt's evangelicals ask for the world's prayers as unrest escalates
As protests against the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak turn increasingly violent, the country's evangelicals are appealing to the global church to pray with them for a peaceful resolution to the crisis.
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Anti-Christian speeches in Iran led to crackdown, sources say
Speeches by Iranian religious and political figures between August and October who acknowledged the existence of home fellowships and condemned them as a threat to the state triggered Iran's crackdown on Christians in the past few months, analysts said.
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Thousands of women march through Jos in protest against violence
The central Nigerian city of Jos was brought to a standstill yesterday as thousands of women dressed in black marched through the streets to protest the continuing violence in Plateau State.