A Chinese evangelist plans to appeal the lengthy prison term he received on charges linked to his Christian activities, several sources confirmed to Worthy News on Thursday.

A 14-year-old Catholic girl in Islamabad, Pakistan, has been kidnapped from her parents’ home by a local Islamist who forced her to “marry” him, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. 

A new study shows that Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) terrorists murdered 639 Christians in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the first six months of 2024 alone, Christian Daily International reports.

A Christian woman was beaten to death with a hammer and other weapons in central India after she abandoned Hinduism and turned to faith in Christ, several sources confirmed Wednesday.

The wife of an elderly Christian who recently died of his injuries after being lynched by a Muslim mob in eastern Pakistan has also passed away following a heart attack linked to stress, Worthy News learned Wednesday.

Seven Christian families in eastern India’s Odisha state have been rendered homeless after Hindu nationalists pressured their village leaders to evict them for leaving Hinduism, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

An Islamic social media campaign has come under condemnation for using controversial statistics and statements to stir up fear and strife over the spread of Christianity in Indonesia, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. 

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Jun. 27 issued a report recommending that the US State Department designate Sri Lanka as a Special Watch List country in 2023 and 2024, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

A Christian man has been sentenced to death in Punjab Province, Pakistan for sharing allegedly hateful content against Muslims on TikTok, The Hindu reports.

Suspected Fulani terrorists in Nigeria’s Plateau state murdered eight Christians, including two children, in attacks on three villages in the last week of June, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. 

As Islamic terrorism continues to grip swathes of Nigeria, jihadist terrorists are threatening to execute a pastor and his wife whom they abducted in Borno state last year – unless their demands and hefty ransom are not met, Crosswalk reports.

A long-time harsh critic of Israel and its policies toward Palestinians, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) on Monday, July 1 voted unanimously to divest from Israel bonds and called on pertinent US companies to stop trading with Israel, the Religion News Service (RNS) reports. With one million members and 8,000 churches, the Presbyterian Church (USA) is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the US.

Continuing a systemic crackdown on Christianity in Laos, authorities in Khammouane Province arrested a pastor and five other evangelical Christians on Saturday as they gathered in a home to pray for the next day’s Sunday service at their church, Christian Daily International (CDI) reports.

An evangelist who led Muslims to Christ in eastern Uganda was found dead in a pool of blood and tied with ropes soon after he texted his pastor that he was surrounded by Islamists, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

A court of appeals in Iran has sentenced a Christian Armenian man to 10 years imprisonment for alleged “proselytizing,” Barnabas Aid reports.

Christians have appealed for prayers as a new video apparently posted by the Islamic Boko Haram group shows Nigerian Pastor Paul Musa wearing an orange jumpsuit and kneeling in front of a masked gunman, pleading for his life and that of his wife.

Extremist Hindus in India’s Chhattisgarh state last week hacked to death a female relative of theirs because she left Hinduism to follow Christ, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

Following reported pressure from a powerful hardline Islamic group, a court in Punjab Province, Pakistan last week granted bail to 52 Islamists accused of lynching 74-year-old Nazeer Masih Gill in Sargodha on May 25 over false blasphemy accusations, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

There was concern Tuesday about the plight of a Lao church leader and five other Christians who were detained in central Laos amid a crackdown on Christian worship in the openly communist Asian nation, representatives told Worthy News.

Lawmakers in India’s Rajasthan state are considering approving the type of anti-conversion law that has led to the intense persecution of Christians and other non-Hindus in Indian states that already have such legislation.