Chen Guangchen heading to US
Update: Chen Guangchen arrived in New York City Saturday night. Story here. BEIJING (WordNews.org) May 19, 2011 — The blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng’s family is en route to the United States, Fox News is reporting. ChinaAid’s Bob Fu made a phone call to Chen today. Chen told Fu at the time that a Chinese […]
Read More →Chen left U.S. Embassy fearing for backlash against wife
BEIJING (WordNews.org) May 2, 2012 — ChinaAid said there’s more to the story regarding Christian human rights activist Chen Guangcheng’s decision to leave the U.S. Embassy’s diplomatic protection today on “his own volition.” ChinaAid has received reports from reliable sources that Chen’s decision to leave the U.S. Embassy was done reluctantly because “serious threats to […]
Read More →Video highlights persecution of religious minorities
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (WordNews.org) May 1, 2012 – Majed El Shafie, who once living under a death sentence for converting to Christianity while living in Egypt, is now working to highlight the lives of other persecuted Christians worldwide. Shafie, who escaped to Israel and now lives in Canada, is the subject of a just-released documentary, “Freedom […]
Read More →Christians urged to pray for North Korean believers today
By Brittany Sanford For Word News NORTH KOREA (WordNews.org) April 15, 2012 – Open Doors, a ministry to the persecuted church, is urging believers around the world to pray for Christians in North Korea today, the 100th birthday of Kim II-Sung. Today, mass celebrations were held in Pyongyang and other cities in the DPRK (Democratic […]
Read More →Ex-gay group picks ‘day of silence’ to speak out
WASHINGTON D.C. (WordNews.org) March 30, 2012 – An advocacy ministry for the ex-gay community has picked April 20—the annual “day of silence”–as a day to disseminate information at public schools about people who have left the gay lifestyle. Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays ( PFOX ) is urging students, parents, and educators to […]
Read More →Iranian pastor’s fate unclear
IRAN (WordNews.org) Feb. 27, 2012 — Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani received a death sentence last week for converting to Christianity, leading to an international outcry for his immediate release. But there have been not updates on his fate. The American Center for Law and Justice is urging American Christians to call their lawmakers to press for […]
Read More →Imprisoned Chinese Christian newspaper editor released early
JINMEN, Hubei, China (WordNews.org) Feb. 24, 2012 – A Chinese house church leader and the editor of a newspaper has been released five years early, ChinaAid president Bob Fu said. Li Ying, of the South China Church in Hubei, was released on Christmas day. She’d been sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2002 for […]
Read More →Open Doors releases its ‘World Watch List’
SANTA ANA, Calif. (WordNews.org) Jan. 4, 2012 — Open Doors released its World Watch List for 2012 and it may look similar to past lists. North Korea takes the top of the list again, the spot it’s occupied for the past decade. Open Doors said in North Korea, Christians face the most severe persecution. Open […]
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