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Missionary Couple Faces Serious Threats after Home Prayer Meeting

Gospel for Asia-supported missionaries Rahul and Deepika Bhambri are facing a time of intense trial stemming from a prayer meeting they had at their home. The couple, who are both third-year students in a local Bible college, were assigned to work in this village as part of their field internship. Most of the villagers are openly hostile to the Gospel, and Rahul and Deepika have been under harsh physical and spiritual attack since their very first days there. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Christian, Gospel for Asia, India, Persecution

Nationalists target Calvary Chapel Kaharlyk in Ukraine with firebomb attack

By Peter Wooding,  Special to ASSIST News Service KAHARLYK, UKRAINE ANS — The pastor of Calvary Chapel Kaharlyk, just south of Kiev in Ukraine, is thanking God for His protection, after their church building, where his family lives, was hit by a firebomb attack by suspected nationalists. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Persecution, Ukraine

Muslim Neighbor’s Single Complaint May Force Closure of London Church

By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries LONDON, UK (ANS) – If you think you’ve heard it all from post-Christian Britain, here’s a story that will shock many of you. A London, UK, church has been effectively “silenced” by a Court after a decision by Magistrates to uphold a noise abatement notice, not to play excessive sound, after just one Muslim neighbour complained about noise levels of worship in a church which was next door to the house he purchased. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, England, Muslim

Christian Family Attacked for Refusing to Convert to Islam

By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries MURREE, PAKISTAN (ANS) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Monday, September 28, 2009, Islamists attacked the home of a Christian family in Murree, a town near the Pakistan capital of Islamabad, for refusing to convert to Islam. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Assist News Service, Christian, Muslim, Pakistan

Missionary Attacked with an Ax

ASSAM, INDIA ANS — Gospel for Asia missionary Titus Aamer has severe head injuries after being attacked by an ax-wielding man who was trying to kill him. Titus was not expected to live, but God had other plans. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Christian, Gospel for Asia, India