Burma (also called Myanmar by its illegitimate military government) is systematically driving Christians out of this Buddhist country. Its military regime has killed half a million Christians in the last 30 years. Over 3,300 villages of Christians have been torched, causing over 1 million refugees to flee to squalid camps in neighboring Thailand. A government [...]

Nigeria’s predominantly Muslim northern sector continues to be a killing field for Christians. In March radical Muslims murdered nearly 500 Christians with machetes, including many women and children. At least three pastors were killed, nearly 100 houses destroyed, and ten church buildings burned. Jotham Kangdim, a Nigerian pastor, said, “I have chosen the way of [...]

This moderate Muslim country in northwest Africa has long allowed Christian orphanages to minister to abandoned children. However, in March the government ordered a massive, unexpected deportation of 70 foreign Christian workers, giving them only a few hours to leave the country. Many were torn away from the orphaned children they had taken care of [...]

Christians in Egypt continue to suffer for Christ because the government is attempting to follow radical Islamic law. Sharia mandates death for anyone who leaves Islam for another religion. Although Egypt hasn’t been able to enforce this punishment, they do make it as difficult as possible for those who convert. Maher Ahmad El-Gorhary, 56, converted [...]

During the recent Christmas season, a band of Muslims barricaded the doors of a Bible-believing church east of the capital of Algeria, cut the electrical power, stole the PA equipment, and threatened to kill the pastor.  The Muslims shouted, “This land is the land of Islam. Go pray somewhere else!” The 350 believers–all Muslims converts [...]

Somalia continues to rank high among countries that persecute Christians.  Last month al Qaeda terrorists murdered Mohammed Ahmed Ali, a 41-year-old underground church pastor.  Ali had left Islam to convert to Christ nine years earlier.  His wife was also threatened with death, and she fled to Kenya.  Last year Islamic militants beheaded two young boys [...]

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China continues to persecute Christians in unregistered churches.  One example occurred early on a Sunday morning in September when 400 police raided the Linfeng Church in Shanxi province.  More than 30 believers were injured, and the local emergency room was ordered not to treat them.  All Bibles and cell phones [...]

Two years ago two Christian attorneys, Nguyen Van Dai, age 40, and Miss Le Thi Cong Nhan, age 30, were sentenced in an unlawful trial to a four-year prison term. Both of them were converted to Christ through the testimonies of believers whom they had previously defended.  Vietnamese officials continue to violently harass unregistered house churches, [...]

Yemen is an Islamic country controlled by Sharia and ranks as one of the worst persecutors of Christians. Its laws forbid the conversion of people to other religions.  Two German Bible college students, Anita Gruenwald and Rita Stumpp (both nurses), went on a short-term internship to Yemen this past June. They, along with a Korean [...]

North Korea, where even owning a Bible is a crime, continues to top the list as the worst persecutor of Christians. An estimated 60,000 believers suffer in prisons.  On June 16th, 2009, a 33-year-old Christian mother, Ri Hyon Ok, was publicly executed for distributing the Bible and for allegedly being a spy.  The next day [...]