Don't worry for us, but rejoice for us, says Egyptian Bible Society leader
The General Director of the Bible Society of Egypt is positive about the demonstrations that have led to the ousting of President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood..
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Egypt: The Muslim Brotherhood is down, but is it out?
These are dark days for the Muslim Brotherhood. But it has seen dark days before.
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Street preacher arrested over 'homophobic' speech
A street preacher has been arrested in south-west London for using \"homophobic\"speech.
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Algeria's Protestants want their churches back
The Protestant Church of Algeria (EPA) has reaffirmed its desire to regain control of several former churches used today for other purposes.
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Rare religious rights success in Vietnam, after persecution of faith
Vietnamese authorities in Kontum Province this month resettled four severely persecuted ethnic Sedang Christian families on new land not far from where their homes and farms had been destroyed last February. This is a rare, positive government response to persecution and an important step in the struggle for religious liberty – if it becomes a precedent.
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Pakistan court throws out blasphemy charge against pastor
A Pakistan court has acquitted a pastor accused of insulting Islam because the pastor's accuser has told the court he was mistaken.
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Assault on pastors' meeting in India shows depth of extremist hostility
Even in a state with no "anti-conversion" law, Hindu extremists in Andhra Pradesh this month levelled the accusation of forceful conversion at pastors as they belted the Christian leaders with iron bars.
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Two Christians slain by Islamists in Nigeria
COCIN church building in Zango, Plateau state, burned by Muslim assailants. (Morning Star News photo) WASE, Nigeria, June 21, 2013 (Morning Star News) – Ethnic Fulani Muslims killed a Christian in a village near here on Tuesday (June 18), less than a week after the Islamic extremist Boko Haram sect killed a pastor in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno.
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National Briefing prepares for World Youth Day 2013 Rio
With only one month to go before pilgrims set off for WYD in Rio de Janeiro, 50 Australian pilgrimage coordinators recently met in Sydney for a final preparatory briefing before leading over 1700 pilgrims to South America.
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30 days of prayer for the Muslim world
Christians will be praying for the Muslim world and persecuted Christians over 30 days during Ramadan.
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Scottish campaigners looking for action on hunger
Hundreds of Scots were in Belfast over the weekend to take part in a rally calling upon G8 leaders meeting in Northern Ireland to take action to end global hunger.
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John MacArthur to take corrective stance against 'strange fire' charismatic movement
John MacArthur, influential author, pastor and seminary president, has organized what has already proven to be a controversial conference, as he and several other evangelical Christian ministers will gather in October at his Sun Valley, Calif., church to take a corrective stance against what he describes as \"strange fire\" practices in the charismatic movement.
