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The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense subcommittee on Foreign Policy urged the Israeli government Tuesday to garner support from Evangelical Christians around the world, and to strengthen its connection to those outside of the US. Read the rest of this entry »

In an Iraq torn by national and religious divides, there is no safe haven for Nuria’s family or other Arab families who convert from Islam. Muslim family members, neighbors or employers who discover they are converts can make their lives unbearable. Read the rest of this entry »

Local government officials in Hungary are handing state-owned schools over to churches, unable to afford their upkeep during the economic recession, according to church sources. "Churches are entitled to run schools in Hungary as public service provid... Read the rest of this entry »

Translators of U.S.-based Wycliffe Associates have launched two Bible translation projects in countries where evangelism, or even reading a Bible, is forbidden. Wycliffe CEO Bruce Smith said among the nations targeted by his organization was at least... Read the rest of this entry »

Pilgrims are flowing back to the traditional site of Jesus' baptism on the Jordan River as Israel removes 40-year-old land mines and improves the area, but barbed wire and armed soldiers testify to the area's tense past. Located in a closed military a... Read the rest of this entry »

Eleven members of one of Iran's largest evangelical house church movements, who were charged with ‘action against the order of the country’ and drinking alcohol, have been acquitted by an Iranian court, BosNewsLife learned Friday, May 20. The cha... Read the rest of this entry »

Two Indian Christians of a thriving Pentecostal house church in Saudi Arabia have been moved from pre-trial detention to a prison in the Saudi capital Ryadh where they are "forbidden to pray or read the Bible" and "suffer of a lack of food and medica... Read the rest of this entry »

“Why We’re Fasting” is the title of columnist Mark Bittman’s essay in Wednesday's New York Times, the “we” being himself and David Beckmann, here described as a “reverend,” and “this year’s World Food Prize laureate.” The pastor ... Read the rest of this entry »

[Update] Turns out that the pastor of a rural United Methodist church was not 'fired' from his job after voicing his doubts that sinners live an eternity of torment. It was initially reported that Reverend Chad Holtz was dismissed from Marrow's Chapel ... Read the rest of this entry »

Five Iranian house church Christians were behind bars Wednesday, March 15, after being sentenced to one year imprisonment on charges of "crimes against the Islamic order" and there were reports that Iranian authorities have been burning Bibles. The at... Read the rest of this entry »