The UK's Black and multi-ethnic Christian magazine
Jerusalem churches have appealed for peace in the wake of recent violent clashes in the city. Senior church leaders are deeply concerned by the confrontations and in particular the coordinated activity of radical groups that target religious minorities.
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Myanmar’s Christians have been telling Open Doors partners of how they are living in constant fear, following February’s coup. With the internet shut down, communications from the country have been few and far between. However, Open Doors’
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Another 35 Christians have been arrested in Eritrea for conducting prayer meetings.
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The Christian charity Open Doors UK and Ireland and its partner organisation Article18 have jointly urged Iran not to imprison a 62-year-old man suffering from advanced Parkinson’s disease.
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Nabeel Masih, a 20-year-old Christian in Pakistan has been released from prison after being charged with blasphemy by the government.
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Since 2016, Christian Solidarity International (CSI) has been supporting endangered religious minorities in Sri Lanka through its local partners.
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An armed and hooded gang slashed four Christians in Venezuela with crosses and forced them to eat pages of the Bible.
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More Christian prisoners of faith have been set free in Eritrea. A further 21 women prisoners have been released, making
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Though the COVID pandemic has driven many aid organizations out of Mozambique, Christian Solidarity International (CSI) and their partner Pro Vision continue to supply food, clothing, and shelter for Christians and non-Muslims displaced by Islamist extremists.
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It’s not all bad. Some churches seem to have overcome the challenges of COVID in astounding ways. I love seeing reports about the amazing things happening in churches around the country despite the crisis.
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The Give Hope Campaign, which profiles the work of the UK church, is supported by leaders from Anglican, Methodist, Salvation Army, Baptist, Pentecostal, and Evangelical churches across the country.
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The 25th January 2021, marked ten years since the so-called Arab Spring occurred in Egypt. A revolution of sorts, it led to the resignation of the then President Hosni Mubarak who had ruled the country for almost thirty years.
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Iranian Christians paid almost £1m in bail fees over the last year according to a new report co-authored by Open Doors.
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The Chinese New Year on February 12 looks set to herald another year of crackdown against Christians and religious minorities in the country, warns UK-based Release International, which supports persecuted Christians around the world.
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His Beatitude Theophilos III, the 141st Patriarch of Jerusalem, has described another attack on a Jerusalem church as a “terrorist act that reflects the extent of the Israeli extremists’ hatred for the Christian religion.”
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