Florida AFB Removes Controversial ‘Missing Man Table’
Patrick Air Force Base in Brevard County, Fla., has recently removed a display honoring missing airmen from a base dining facility, according to International Christian Concern.
Christian Persecution – Americas
Mexican Mob attacks Christians, Church
Traditionalist Catholics assaulted a congregation of evangelical Christians with rods and stones in Oaxaca, Mexico last week, according to Morning Star News.
New Bolivian Law to Control Churches, Beliefs
Protestant church leaders in Bolivia are bucking a new law that they claim imposes religious beliefs contrary to their own and denies them the right to be a church. As a result, the National Association of Evangelicals of Bolivia intends to file suit this week asserting that Law 351 is unconstitutional and demanding it be revoked, according to Morning Star News.
Cuba Closing Evangelical Church Amid Wider Crackdown
Hundreds of Christians in Cuba were without a place of worship after security forces closed down the Full Gospel Church as part of a government attempt to “destroy” evangelical congregations on the Communist-run island, rights activists said.
Religious Expression Banned on Bourbon Street?
Last year, New Orleans’ Mayor Mitch Landrieu approved a ban prohibiting loitering on Bourbon Street “for the purpose of disseminating any social, political or religious message between the hours of sunset and sunrise.”
Rising Persecution of U.S. Christians
A joint report by Liberty Institute and the Family Research Council shows that anti-Christian persecution is not only increasing in America, but that it’s coming from our own government.
Arizona Pastor Serves Sentence for Home Study
Pastor Michael Salman is serving a 60-day sentence in Maricopa County, Arizona, for holding a home Bible study.
Phoenix Pastor Jailed, Fined for Bible “Church”
The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of a Phoenix man fined $12,000 and serving a 60-day sentence for using his private residence to host a weekly Bible study, allegedly violating city building codes.
Man Badly Injured in Home Invasion That Killed Wife and Daughter Forgives Attacker
Citing his Christian faith, a Las Vegas, Nevada, man nearly beaten to death in a brutal, random home invasion that also killed his beloved wife and ten year old daughter, forgave his attacker. Just three months after being left for dead after a vicious beating by a hammer wielding criminal, Arturo Martinez-Sanchez, 39, said in a recent news conference at his newly re-opened North Las Vegas boxing gym that his Christian beliefs made it possible to forgive the killer, who perpetrated what local police call one of the most heinous crimes in memory.
Hundreds ‘Accept Christ’ At Cuba’s First Evangelistic Outdoor Rally
Some 10,000 people attended Cuba’s first evangelistic outdoor rally in decades with many accepting Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior at the event, where a huge storm miraculously passed, an evangelical aid and mission group said.
Cuban Church Leaders call for U.S. Response to Persecution
Cuban church leaders recently asked the U.S. government to put their country on its list of the world’s worst violators of religious freedoms.
Cuba Reluctant To Detain Suspects In Attack On Pastor, Christians say
Over two months after a Cuban pastor was beaten and left unconscious in eastern Cuba, officials have still no suspects in the case, Christian rights activists told Worthy News Wednesday, April 10.
Cuba Pentecostal Pastor Injured in Violent Attack, Christians Say
A Pentecostal pastor in Cuba was recovering of brain damage Tuesday, March 13, after he was assaulted while trying to challenge the confiscation of a church truck by Communist authorities, Christians said.
Christian Missionaries Face Security Challenges After Murders
Christian missionaries in Mexico, including foreigners, face more security challenges after a married couple who had served for nearly three decades as Baptist church missionaries were killed, Worthy News learned.
Suspected Drug Traffickers Kill Pastor In Guatemala
Christians in Guatemala were mourning Monday, January 30, a pastor who was shot and killed by suspected drug traffickers on his way to a regional meeting of church leaders in a violent border area near Mexico.
Mexico Evangelicals Leave Village Amid Crucifixion Threats
At least 70 evangelical Christians in Mexico’s east-central region were homeless Saturday, September 17, after being expelled by local authorities from their village where traditional Catholics reportedly threatened to “crucify or lynch” them.
Pastor granted asylum, but blocked from leaving Cuba
A Cuban pastor who was imprisoned and then granted asylum by the United States was denied permission to leave Cuba.
Cuba Detains Over 20 Christians In New Crackdown, Activists Say
Baptist Pastor Mario Felix Lleonart Barroso and his wife, Yoaxis, were part of the 23 Christians detained by Cuban police in Santa Clara, said Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a major religious rights group.
Cuba Pastor Banned From Preaching After Prison Release
Cuba has released an evangelical pastor from a six-and-a-half year prison sentence under condition that he does not preach and remains confined to his home city of Camaguey, representatives said Monday, March 28.
Honduras Pastors Killed; Government Urged To Increase Protection
Christian leaders have urged Honduras’ government to improve protection of Christian workers after Carlos Roberto Marroquín became the second prominent pastor to be murdered this year in the Central American nation.