Nirmala Carvalho - 26th August, 2008
A Catholic nun was burnt alive by a group of Hindu fundamentalists who stormed the orphanage she ran in the district of Bargarh (Orissa), this according to Police Superintendent Ashok Biswall.
A priest who was at the orphanage was also badly hurt and is now being treated in hospital for multiple […]

By Teresa Neumannf - Staff BBC
They are needed to rebuild the country.
(Iraq)—After meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in Italy, Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri Maliki is urging Christians who fled Iraq to return and help rebuild the country.
According to a BBC report, Maliki said he urged the Pope “to encourage Christians who left the country to […]

By Teresa Neuman
“The next several nights in dreams he saw a group of Christians carrying their Bibles into a church. He thought to himself, ‘I would gladly lay down my arms for one of those Bibles.’”
(Colombia, South America)—Wayne and Phyllys Wozniak are missionaries to Colombia, South America. They have shared with Faith News Network the […]

Various Christian groups asked the precious Coalition government to allow Christians who are being persecuted in overseas nations to come as migrants to Australia. This was particularly relevant for Christians in some of the Middle East countries that have Muslim majorities.
Richard Kerbaj has TWO articles in The Australian - one Saturday July 19th, and one […]

By Jerry Dykstra
“People suddenly became aware of the importance of death and people are more willing to listen. At the same time, Christians can go to witness to them. We also went to hospitals and were quite surprised—things are quite open. The leaders wanted people to visit, not only to identify their own family members, […]

Maryam Namazie, head of the Council of Ex-Muslims in Britain, says that rights are for individuals, not religions or beliefs.

Picture this, says Maryam Namazie: “A child is swathed in cloth from head to toe every day. Everything but her face and hands are covered for fear that a man might find her attractive. At school […]

Below is a link to an interview recorded on Monday 3rd March at an Assembly of God district leaders meeting held in Keysborough, Melbourne.
Hear an overview of Pastor Danny’s testimony, background and his life as a Christian. Listen to approximately 10 minutes of extreme encouragement, showing God to be a wonderful provider, who uses […]

Source: National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka
Ampara District (Eastern coast)
Pastor Neil Edirisinghe of Ampara was shot dead last night (17th February 2008). He was shot in the chest and his wife was shot in the stomach. She has been admitted to hospital in a serious condition. It is reported that their child too […]

By Michael Ireland
Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service
Saturday, February 2, 2008
ROCHESTER, ENGLAND (ANS) — A bishop who claimed Islamic extremism in Britain has turned some communities into no-go areas for non-Muslims has received threats against himself and his family.
 
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) says the Bishop of Rochester, the Right Reverend Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, said last […]

Dear Friends and Family in Christ,
 
Following is a report on my recent trip to Sri Lanka – Challenging but Exciting
For 10 days in January I had the opportunity of visiting my country of birth, Sri Lanka, along with Pastor Bob Cotton from Maitland AOG in NSW. The purpose of the trip was both ministry and […]

By Teresa Neumann : Jan 20, 2008 : Neil and Jennifer Lawrence - FaithNews
Muslim man hears God’s voice saying, “Go back to that altar and give your heart to Me.”
(Kenya)—Church of God missionaries Neil and Jennifer Lawrence have reported that 80 people have been saved recently in their area of Kenya.
Below, the Lawrences list some […]

By Daily Mail 
First published on 1st January 2008
A screaming mob set fire to a Kenyan church and killed up to 50 villagers cowering inside, including women and children, as the death toll from ethnic riots soared towards 300 last night.
Anger triggered by President Mwai Kibaki’s disputed reelection at the weekend has seen simmering tribal tensions […]

By Michael Ireland
Published on Monday, December 31, 2007
Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service
UNITED KINGDOM (ANS) — According to Impact News (IN) at www.thepath.fm/news , not only have Pakistani Christians lost a vital supporter of their rights, but the assassination of Former Prime Minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has left them with little hope of becoming […]

Danny Nalliah “Satan’s strongholds” leaflet: Clearing up 3 misconceptions
Featured on The PRODOS blog 
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this article is to clear up three misconceptions about a controversial leaflet created and distributed by Danny Nalliah of Catch The Fire Ministries. These misconceptions have been busily circulating across the mainstream media, and the web.
In an earlier article I […]

by Dan Wooding : Sep 24, 2007 : ASSIST Ministries
“We see this as the hand of God”
(Tripoli, Libya)—A new wave of religious freedom is sweeping across Libya, say Christians in the North African country. This follows three decades during which, observers say, the tiny Christian community faced restrictions due to the overwhelmingly Muslim nation’s hostile […]

By  Dibin Samuel   Christian Post Correspondent
Thu, Sep. 13 2007 02:39 PM ET
PATNA, India – A Pentecostal church in India that was recently accused of conducting mass conversions by promising money and jobs spurred angry Hindu nationalists to hold a demonstration against it in the Patna district.
Gopal Prasad and Kishori Sao, local leaders of Hindu organizations […]

Sep 3rd, 2007 3:39 AM  By BosNewsLife Special Reporting Unit
TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife) — Despite reported execution threats and police abuse, Iranians “massively” turn to Christianity, fueling an “unprecedented” demand for Persian Bibles and New Testaments, BosNewsLife learned from Iranian sources Saturday, September 1.

by Inspire Staff/TN : Aug 19, 2007 : Inspire Magazine (Ethiopia)
http://www.inspiremagazine.org.uk
“People always seek the money and the wealth of the earth, but what I seek is from God.”
Inspire Magazine has reported on a former Islamic leader in Ethiopia describing how he found faith in Christ after Jesus appeared to him in a dream.
Notes the report: […]

by Martha Wade : Aug 8, 2007 : ASSIST News Service           http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2007/s07080054.htm
“No one even cared for us, but this man brought joy, peace, and love to our families. We want you to release him or arrest all of us, because we are all followers of Jesus.”
(Bilaspur, India)—A beaten pastor awaits his fate under police custody. […]

On Wednesday April 18, 2007, the fledgling Christian community in this nation of 70 million Muslims, suffered a devastating blow, when three of its finest, were brutally murdered for their faith.  One German and two other Turkish brothers were found in the print shop, in south central Turkey, where they published and sold Bibles.
They had […]