Two Christian Leaders Detained after Youth Camp is Raided

By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries

HENAN, CHINA ANS — A Christian youth camp was raided in Nanyang city, Henan on Thursday, July 23.

According to ChinaAid www.chinaaid.org, more than 20 students were participating in a summer youth camp at No. 23, Lizhuang, Pushan town, Wuolong district, Nanyang city, Henan, China, when they were raided by a number of Public Security Bureau (PSB) and Religious Affairs Bureau (RAB) officials. Read the rest of this entry »

Christian Murdered by Muslim who had ‘decided he would Kill a Christian’

Compass Direct News reports:

ISTANBUL – On a crowded street here last week a German businessman died after a Turk with a history of mental problems stabbed him for being a Christian. Read the rest of this entry »

Hindus Attack Gospel Media Team in Tamil Nadu state, India

By James Varghese
Special Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service

TAMIL NADU, INDIA (ANS) — A Gospel media team was attacked by a group of Hindu radicals at a village in called Erode in Tamil Nadu state, India on Wednesday, July 22. Read the rest of this entry »

Christian Dies In Eritrean Military Confinement Camp

SANTA ANA, CA ANS — Sources in Eritrea says there has been a death of another Christian in Mitire Military Confinement Camp.

Yemane Kahasay Andom, 43, of the Kale-Hiwot church of Mendefera died Thursday, July 23. He allegedly was secretly buried in the camp. He had spent the past 18 months in Mitire. Read the rest of this entry »

Christian Shot and Killed After Converting from Islam

Compass Direct News reports

AIROBI, Kenya – Muslim extremists early this morning killed a Christian convert in Mahadday Weyne, Somalia, 100 kilometers 62 miles north of Mogadishu.

Al Shabaab Islamist rebels shot Mohammed Sheikh Abdiraman to death at 7 a.m., eyewitnesses told Compass. They said the Islamic extremists appeared to have been hunting the convert from Islam, and when they found him they did not hesitate to shoot him. Read the rest of this entry »