christian persecution

According to Fox News, global Christian minorities are at greater risk of facing persecution amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Cancellations of in-person church services because of the coronavirus pandemic have lead churches around the world to broadcast online church services. In China, however, when a pastor tried to do just that, the government shut him down. 

Muslim Fulani herdsmen have killed more than 60 Christians in Nigeria since March 1, including at least 13 Christians last week in Plateau state.

Two pastors were arrested in Nepal on the last Saturday of March falsely charging them with hosting worship services amid the Himalayan country’s lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19.

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Christians in India were beaten and arrested while offering aid to poor people in Southern India. Reportedly, the Christians were accused of forcibly converting some of the people they were providing aid to.

Christian leaders in Sudan rejoiced last week when Sudan's new transitional government released a truck filled with Christian literature and good that was confiscated eight years ago from a Baptist church.

A pastor was been arrested in Nepal for sharing a healing prayer amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Twenty-one civilians -- predominantly Christians -- were reportedly killed by Burmese army jet fighters in western Burma earlier this month.

Police beat Christians last week while forcing them to pose like Jesus on the cross.