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(Church in Chains) — In mid-August, Christian evangelist Karthridasan Madhavan (known as Madhavan) was burned to death in the state of West Bengal in northeast India by a mob that included his own family. Madhavan was the only Christian in…

Raid on Aug. 21, 2022 on Changchun Sunshine Reformed Church in Changchun, Jilin Province. (Twitter) (Morning Star News) – Authorities in China on Aug. 19 officially “liquidated” an historical house church in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, as…

Photo Credit: blk24ga (Christian Aid Mission) — Whether facing jungle beasts or hostile followers of tribal religion, a native missionary in Liberia relies on God to protect him and other team members. The leader of a local ministry said he…

Photo Credit: Garon Piceli (The Christian Institute) — Over 40 NHS Trusts in England now refer to maternity patients using “gender neutral” language, a newspaper investigation has revealed. More than a third of NHS Trusts responding to a…

Photo Credit: Francisco Osorio/Wikimedia Commons (The Christian Institute) — The University of Manchester has been criticized for allowing a student to complete a PhD documenting his sexual gratification from reading erotic comics involving…

China (International Christian Concern) – On August 20, a Christian woman named Li Chunqing from Zhejiang province’s Wenzhou sent out an open prayer letter for her husband, Lin Xuesui, who was detained for attending Sunday worship. On June…

Ethiopia (Mission Network News) — In the mountains of Ethiopia, there lived a group of about 6,000 people unreached by the story of Jesus. They practice a local animist religion, believing that all beings have a life force and that spirits…

Salamat Mansha Masih (center) sees his mother and former attorney (right) on arrival at jail in Lahore on April 23, 2021. (Morning Star News) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – A two-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan…

(Evangelical Focus) — The Helsinki Court of Appeal has announced the dates of the hearings of the Päivi Räsänen case, which finished its first stage with a victory of the Christian parliamentarian in March. August 22-24, 2023 is the date…