10.22.2022

RSVP Today To Hear Bob Fu & Brother Yun On October 28th!

We'd love if you could join Bob & Brother Yun, the 'Heavenly Man' on October 28th from 9-10am CDT (Texas) time for a ministry update & word of encouragement!

This Week At ChinaAid: Bob Fu Receives Religious Freedom Award

ChinaAid President & Founder Bob Fu received the 21Wilberforce Frank Wolf International Religious Freedom Award at an evening dinner on Monday, October 17th, at Dallas Baptist University. 

Power cuts can’t stop TWR Ukraine broadcasts

Ukraine’s infrastructure struggles continue following Russian airstrikes. Oleksandr Kharchenko, an advisor to Ukraine’s energy minister, said up to 40 percent of the national power grid had been severely damaged.

Post-Islamic trend growing in MENA

Gospel workers face significant challenges in the Middle East/North Africa region: illiteracy, unemployment, honor killings, war, massive displacement, food insecurity, and persecution – to name a few.

Pray for Pastor Lorenzo and his family in Cuba

This week, we are asking you to join us in praying for Pastor Lorenzo and his family in Cuba: his wife Maridilegnis, son David and daughter Lorena. 

Seven Killed and Several Missing After ISIS Group Attacks Congo Hospital 

OCCUPIED UKRAINE: Religious leaders seized, tortured; churches, mosques closed; no news of seized Baptist couple

Following Russia's renewed invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian
and Russian-backed officials and soldiers have in newly-occupied areas
seized and tortured religious leaders, searched and sealed places of
worship to prevent their use for worship, confiscated equipment and
literature, and demanded documents. 

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Hearing - U.S. Policy and Freedom of Religion or Belief in North Korea 

Please join the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for a virtual hearing on freedom of religion or belief in North Korea and recommendations for U.S. foreign policy.

Recent persecution in China reflects broader trend

Persecution in China filled the headlines in recent weeks.

USCIRF Releases New Report on Blasphemy in Southeast Asia

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new report:

EVENT: Iranian Government Propaganda Against Religious Minorities

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) will host a virtual discussion of USCIRF’s recent report on Iranian government propaganda and abuses against religious minorities, in light of the brutal crackdowns, arrests, and killings of peaceful protestors against the mandatory religious headscarf (hijab) laws.

Preacher locked up for NO reason! We urgently need your help!

Militants Stop Christians From Going to School in Nigeria

Nigerian authorities are failing to protect the right to education of displaced persons in the country.

Armed Militants Slaughter 12 Villagers in DRC

At 3 AM on Friday, October 14, armed militants burst into the village of Masome and began violently attacking residents.  

Kainama Terror Attack Leaves Twenty Dead, including an Anglican Evangelist

Twenty Congolese Christians were killed and several others kidnapped after the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) struck the village of Kainama, Beni territory in Nord Kivu on the night of October 4th. 

Chinese Authorities Shut Down House Church

Berea Church, a house church in Putian, Fujian Province, was recently shut down for “conducting activities in the name of a social group without authorization,” according to news source China Christian Daily.  

China's Great Leap Backwards (3): To Keep the CCP Safe

Church will face suffocating, albeit sophisticated, repression and persecution.

USCIRF News Digest - October 18, 2022

RUSSIA: First criminal conviction for opposing war in Ukraine on religious grounds

Russian Orthodox (ROCOR) priest Nikandr Pinchuk became the first person to
receive a criminal conviction for opposing Russia's war in Ukraine on
religious grounds

Stop Killing Christians

Iran prison blaze kills eight

A fire broke out at Evin Prison in Iran on Saturday night, killing at least eight.

Brother Andrew cared for Palestinian exiles in 1992

In 1992, the government of Israel expelled 415 Hamas militants to a Lebanese mountainside during the winter.

WMI supports missionaries among West Africa Fulani groups

The Fulani people make up one of the largest ethnic groups across West Africa. 

War intensifies in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

 The civil war in Ethiopia has seen its most intense fighting over the past few weeks.

Editorial: Hunger Is Increasing, Our Christian Family Remains in Need

The 2022 Global Hunger Index, published on October 13 by humanitarian groups Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe, outlined once again the scale of the global food crisis. 

Iranian Christian Convert Naser Navard Goltapeh Released From Evin Prison

An Iranian Christian convert from Islam has been released mid-way through his ten-year prison sentence.

Pastor Among 11 Killed by Islamists in DRC

Islamist militants killed 11 people in an attack on Christian-majority north-east Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on October 4.

Two Worshippers Killed as Gunmen Storm Church in Middle Belt, Nigeria

Two worshippers were killed when gunmen stormed into a church in Kogi State, Nigeria on Sunday October 16.

Extremists Block Bus Carrying Christian Children to Event in Madhya Pradesh, India Extremists intercepted a bus carrying tribal children to a Christian conference in Madhya Pradesh state, India, claiming that the event was being organized to convert attendees by force.

Iran Punishes Christians with Harsh Prison Sentences

House churches considered threat to national security.