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(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…

Photo Credit: Geralt/Pixabay Afghanistan (Mission Network News) — Flash flooding sweeps across 10 provinces in 10 days in eastern Afghanistan, killing nearly 100 people and displacing thousands. It’s the latest in a series of disasters…

Parvez Masih says his daughter, 12-year-old Zarvia, remains in the custody of her captors. (Morning Star News courtesy of family) LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning Star News) – Refusing to review evidence from a Christian couple trying to…

Photo Credit: Tumisu/Pixabay China (International Christian Concern) – Two heavily targeted house churches in Beijing and Taiyuan are relieved as their members were released this week after detention. On Aug. 18, Zong Fang Fang from Beijing…

(The Christian Institute) — An essay on the website of Shakespeare’s Globe arts venue suggesting Elizabeth I was “non-binary” has triggered a huge backlash. People took to social media in their droves to challenge the view, promoted by…

Photo Credit: High Court of Karnataka (Barnabas Aid) — Indian Christians have launched a formal challenge against the “anti-conversion” law in Karnataka. An appeal (known as a petition) against the law was filed with the Karnataka High…

BANGLADESH (Open Doors USA) — What do you do when the only church in your village is burned to the ground? This is the question a group of believers in Bangladesh is now asking. Believers are relatively few in Chattagram Hill Tracts, the…

JEJU ISLAND, South Korea (ChinaAid) — In the last several months, options dwindled for the Mayflower Church and Pastor Yonggang. The South Korean government refused to grant them asylum due to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) influence.…

Photo Credit: Karl Allen Lugmayer/Pixabay Afghanistan (Mission Network News) — Last August, all eyes were on Kabul as the United States rushed to leave Afghanistan. The withdrawal remains a black mark on U.S. President Joe Biden’s foreign…

Photo Credit: Hugo Heimendinger/Pexels (The Christian Institute) — Distraught parents in the Australian state of Victoria fear prosecution if they do not encourage their children’s gender confusion. Six months after the state’s conversion…