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Muslims in Bekasi, Indonesia oppose another church building

Islamic organizations have mounted a campaign against the planned construction of Mother Teresa Catholic Church in West Java Province, where Christian leaders report 20 other churches have faced Muslim hostility since 2009. .

  • Christian in India suffers miscarriage in Hindu extremist attack

    Police in a south Indian state known for turning hostile to minority Christians in recent years have arrested two suspected Hindu nationalists for beating four pastors and striking the wife of one of them in the stomach, killing her unborn child.

  • Australians urged to help persecuted Christians through online petition

    Christians in Muslim-dominated countries are facing increased persecution. Over the last month churches in Indonesia have been attacked and forced to close and a mob of Pakistani Muslim extremists shot and beat dozens of Christians, including one cleared earlier of "blasphemy" charges.

  • Ruth and Calvin Brundrett to 2012 Olympic outreach

    Lay Witnesses for Christ International's Board of Directors have unanimously endorsed its Presidents' (Dr. Sam Mings, Sr.) recommendation of Ruth and Calvin Brundrett to serve as '1 of the 7' international Olympian hospitality centre directors for Lay Witnesses for Christ International's forthcoming eighth (8th) Summer Olympic Outreach – 'Bridging the Gap 2012 London'. LWFCI is known as Chaplains to the World's Olympians.

  • North Korea's Christians face uncertain future under next leader

    The chief executive of Release International is calling on Christians to express their solidarity with persecuted believers in North Korea next month.

  • Robin Rees to 2012 London Olympic Outreach

    Lay Witnesses for Christ International's Board of Directors have unanimously endorsed its Presidents' (Dr. Sam Mings, Sr.) recommendation to appoint Robin Rees as the UK Managing Director for Lay Witnesses for Christ International's forthcoming eighth Summer Olympic Outreach. LWFCI is known as' Chaplains to the World's Olympians' having led major outreaches at past '7' Summer Olympics & a 33 year ministry to athletes.

  • Christian jailed in Ethiopia accused of desecrating Quran

    A Christian in Ethiopia's southern town of Moyale has been languishing in jail for two months after his Muslim business partner accused him of writing "Jesus is Lord" in a copy of the Quran, local church leaders said.

  • Somali family laments kidnapping of Christian girl

    An underground Christian family from central Somalia is agonizing over the kidnapping of their daughter nearly eight months ago by Islamic militants bent on punishing those who leave Islam.

  • African-American Christians largely absent from mission fields

    Richard Coleman has a passion for missions. But he\'s concerned that many of his African-American brethren aren\'t on the same page with him.

  • Three Aussies walking 2000km cross halfway mark

    Three walkers have recently passed the 1000 kilometre milestone on their 2000km walk from Cairns to Stanthorpe. They started in August and will walk down the Queensland coast and then head inland from Bundaberg, ending at their home town of Stanthorpe on November 11 – Remembrance Day. The three will arrive in Rockhampton on October 8.

  • Algerian Christians acquitted of eating during Ramadan

    An Algerian court today acquitted two Christian men of eating during Ramadan in spite of a prosecutor's demand that they be punished for "insulting Islam."

  • Muslims force expat Christian teacher to flee Maldives

    Authorities in the Maldives last week had to transport a Christian teacher from India off one of the Islamic nation's islands after Muslim parents of her students threatened to expel her for "preaching Christianity."