Indonesia: Christians stand up to extremist threats in West Java
Christians in West Java are taking a firm stand against extremist threats and refusing to give in to demands that they stop worshipping. The congregation of the Batak Christian Protestant Church in...
View ArticleChina: 'Homeless' church appeals for urgent prayer as pastor harassed yet again
A church in Guangdong province has been thrown out of rented accommodation yet again in an apparent bid by officials to force its pastor to give up his ministry. Liangren Church in Guangzhou city had...
View ArticleIndonesia: Church elder critically injured in stabbing amid licence row
The elder of a West Java church at the centre of a licensing row is in a critical condition after being attacked. Hasian Sihombing was on his way to the Batak Christian Protestant Church (HKBP) in...
View ArticleLaos: urgent prayer request for five Christians detained in north
The church in Laos is calling for urgent prayer for five Lao Christians being held by police in the north of the country. The five were among 37 young Christians who were detained by police as they...
View ArticleChina: Guangdong house churches banned from meeting during games
Officials in Guangzhou city and surrounding areas in south Guangdong province have forbidden house churches to meet during the Asian Games. Church leaders and their congregations have been warned not...
View ArticleVietnam: Officials bulldoze Bible school and beat beleaguered pastor unconscious
Mennonite pastor Nguyen Hong Quang was beaten unconscious by Ho Chi Minh City officials today as they bulldozed his Bible school. Pastor Quang, one of the so-called ‘Mennonite Six’ jailed in 2004, is...
View ArticleVietnam: pastors arrested in crackdown on Christians
Vietnamese officials appear to have launched a major crackdown on Christians, calling a halt to Christmas services in several cities and putting pastors under house arrest. As recently as Sunday,...
View ArticleCatholic stores withdraw ‘dangerous’ books by William Barclay
A Catholic bookstore in Ho Chi Minh City has withdrawn from sale a series of books by a Scottish Protestant theologian on the advice of Vietnamese bishops’ doctrinal commission. The set of commentaries...
View ArticleJapan Society of Scotland chairman says devastated country will recover
A renowned Perthshire scholar who worked in Japan for more than 30 years is flying back to the disaster-hit country. The Rev Professor Stuart Picken, chairman of the Japan Society of Scotland, hopes to...
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Kirk minister recalls tsunami horror 10 years on
A Church of Scotland minister who witnessed the aftermath of the Asian tsunami in Sri Lanka a decade ago has told of the challenges he and his congregation faced in attempting to bring relief to the...
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