Evangelical Leaders Lift Up Day-Long Prayers for World

Evangelical Leaders Lift Up Day-Long Prayers for World
By Michelle A. VuChristian Post ReporterMon, Oct, 27 2008 10:29 AM PT
PATTAYA, Thailand – Hundreds of evangelical leaders from dozens of countries spent Sunday in a half-day fast and full-day prayer for the challenges facing the Church in different regions of the world.

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‘No God’ Ads to Hit London Buses

By Ethan Cole Christian Post ReporterWed, Oct, 22 2008 04:12 AM PT
London buses may soon be plastered with ads proclaiming “There’s probably no God,” if a British atheist group has its way.
The slogan is the brainchild of the British Humanist Association (BHA), an atheist organization that seeks to promote a world without religion where […]

UZBEKISTAN: Seven Protestants in self-financed detention, imam sentenced

By Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service <http://www.forum18.org>
Seven members of a Tashkent-based Pentecostal church are due to complete 15-day prison sentences on 25 October, imposed to punish them for attending a prayer gathering in a private home, Protestants told Forum 18 News Service. The seven have to pay for their own detention. Five other church […]

Religious freedom, defended by civil society, neglected by governments

by Bernardo CervelleraThe report from Aid to the Church in Need demonstrates that the violations of this right take place purely for reasons of power, and to block social and economic development in society. Civil society throughout the world is increasingly aware of its importance; governments consider it entirely secondary. But promotion of prosperity passes […]

Pastor killed in Sri Lanka

Pastor killed in Sri Lanka

Source:        www.persecution.net
Date:          October 22, 2008
 
Pastor Sebamalai Gunesh (33) of Elohim Gospel Church in the village of Orugodawatte on the outskirts of Colombo was found dead on October 8, according to the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka. The pastor was reported missing […]

TURKEY: Turkish nationalism, Ergenekon, and denial of religious freedom

By Dr. Otmar Oehring, Head of the Human Rights Office of Missio <http://www.missio.de>
A trial has begun in Turkey of influential people alleged to be part of an ultra-nationalist group, Ergenekon. Otmar Oehring of the German Catholic charity Missio http://www.missio-aachen.de/menschen-kulturen/themen/menschenrechte notes, in a commentary for Forum 18 News Service http://www.forum18.org, that opposition to religious freedom is […]

Soldier Protecting Christians Mutilated, Killed in Orissa, India

Soldier Protecting Christians Mutilated, Killed in Orissa, India

Source:        www.compassdirect.org
Date:           October 20, 2008
 
Two women whose houses were burned die from illnesses in hospital.
By Shireen Bhatia
 
NEW DELHI, October 20 (Compass Direct News) – A paramilitary soldier assigned to protect Christians from Hindu violence in Kandhamal district, Orissa was […]

AZERBAIJAN: State still deprives Muslims of mosque and Baptists of pastor

By Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service <http://www.forum18.org>
Azerbaijan continues to maintain the closure of Baku’s Abu-Bekr Mosque, Forum 18 News Service has found. The closure was imposed after a 17 August bomb attack on the mosque, and a nationwide “temporary” ban – still in force – on people praying outside mosques was also imposed. The […]