Asia
Uttarakhand, India — The northern Indian state of Uttarakhand passed the Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill 2025 on August 20, 2025, introducing some of India's harshest penalties for religious conversion, including up to life imprisonment. In a first-of-its-kind move, the legislation criminalizes sharing faith through digital media, including social
USA
Seoul, South Korea — The World Evangelical Alliance concluded its General Assembly on Thursday, October 30, 2025, installing Reverend Botrus Mansour as its new Secretary General and issuing the Seoul Declaration, a 15-page document addressing biblical sexuality, marriage, abortion, and religious freedom. Mansour, an Arab-Israeli from Nazareth, is the first Arab
Orthodox News
This is the first installment of a series of 5 articles titled The War on Christian Men: A systematic examination of how modern culture attacks masculinity. It’s getting harder and harder to deny it: there is a widespread crisis of masculinity, and most significantly, of Christian masculinity. The stats
Orthodox News
Chhattisgarh, India — More than 400 people from 22 villages in the Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, India, gathered on October 5, 2025, deciding to strip Christians of their burial rights. The local Hindus had gathered to discuss how the growing number of conversions to Christianity in their region was affecting their
Oceania
Vatican City — Aid to the Church in Need released its 2025 Religious Freedom in the World Report on October 21, 2025, revealing that 5.4 billion people live in countries with serious violations of religious freedom. The report indicates that 340 million Christians worldwide are currently facing high levels of
Asia
Afghanistan Earthquake Exposes Deadly Cost of Taliban Gender Laws: Women Left to Die in Rubble THE NEWS Kunar Province, Afghanistan — Women trapped under rubble after a devastating earthquake in Afghanistan were left to die because Taliban laws forbid male rescuers from touching them, according to multiple reports from the disaster
Asia
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan — A pastor tortured in a Kyrgyzstan prison has suffered traumatic brain injuries resulting in cognitive impairment, according to United Nations special rapporteurs and human rights group Forum 18. Prison Chief Major Azat Kudaybergenov informed relatives of Reverend Pavel Shreider, a 65-year-old True and Free Reform Adventist pastor, in
Protestant News
Global — Christians, particularly converts from Islam, face disproportionate vulnerability to human trafficking in countries with high levels of religious persecution, according to International Christian Concern. In the 50 countries with the highest levels of Christian persecution, forced marriages of women have increased by 16 percent. At least 90 percent of
Catholic News
Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, India - Major James Watson, a 58-year-old active-duty US Army officer, was arrested on October 3, 2025, in Bhiwandi, Thane district, Maharashtra, along with two Indian nationals, on charges of illegal religious conversion activities. Watson was detained alongside Sainath Ganpati Sarpe, 42, of Vasai, and Manoj Govind Kolha,
Catholic News
Kerala, India - Auxiliary Bishop Jacob Muricken of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Palai made international headlines in 2016 when he donated one of his kidneys to a 30-year-old Hindu man suffering from kidney failure. In August 2022, he resigned from his position to embrace a life of solitude and
Catholic News
China - Multiple independent scholars project that China will become the world's largest Christian nation by 2030, with an estimated 247 million believers, surpassing the United States, Brazil, and Mexico despite ongoing government crackdowns on religious freedom. The projections represent a dramatic reversal from 1949, when the Chinese
Middle East
Mosul, Iraq - Eight years after ISIS terrorists destroyed historic Christian churches in Mosul, Iraq, two landmark churches officially reopened in September 2025 following extensive restoration work, marking a significant moment for Iraq's dwindling Christian community. The Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (Al-Tahira Church) for