Imprisoned Lao pastor 'extremely weak,' family says
A Lao pastor imprisoned six months ago for holding a "secret meeting" has lost weight under harsh prison conditions and is extremely weak, according to his family. .
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Cuban Pastor, family arrive in U.S. after suffering under regime
An evangelical pastor once jailed by the regime of Fidel Castro arrived in the United States from Cuba yesterday with his family under a special resettlement program for political refugees.
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London 2012 Olympics evangelist: Steve Wages
Lay Witnesses for Christ International's Board of Directors have unanimously endorsed its Presidents' (Dr. Sam Mings, Sr.) recommendation to invite Steve Wages to serve as one of seven Evangelism Directors during Lay Witnesses for Christ International's (LWFCI) 'Bridging the Gap 2012 London~England Olympic Outreach.'
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Iran supreme court reportedly annuls death sentence for pastor
A death sentence for a house church pastor in Iran has reportedly been annulled by the supreme court.
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Evangelist Frank Shelton appointed Chairman of London Olympic Evangelism for LWFCI
Frank Shelton has been appointed the Evangelism Chairman for the "Bridging the Gap – London 2012 - Chaplains to the World\'s Olympians" ministry of Lay Witnesses for Christ International (LWFCI). This ministry has reached out to Olympians since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics under the leadership of Dr Sam and Sharon Mings who have personally led many elite athletes to Jesus Christ. Moreover they have established a most remarkable integrity within the Olympic family over these past eight Olympi
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Messianic Christian couple in Israel accused of converting minor
A hard-line Jewish ultra-Orthodox group in Israel that singles out Jewish Christians known as Messianic Jews for harassment and abuse is taking aim at a couple it claims is manipulating minors into becoming Christians.
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Shouwang Chinese Church to provide legal aid to members
Leaders of the troubled Shouwang house church in Beijing have established a legal committee to assist church members facing arrest or house arrest, the loss of employment or homes and forced relocation to their home towns.
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Lausanne Movement sets out its road map
At its leadership meeting in Boston in June, The Lausanne Movement adopted The Cape Town Commitment, issuing from The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization, as its \'roadmap for the next ten years\'.
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Chinese authorities expel Shouwang Church member from Beijing
Chinese authorities detained a member of one of Beijing's largest unregistered churches on Monday (June 27) and sent him to his home town in Shandong Province, sources said.
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Iran: death sentence for apostasy reportedly upheld for Pastor Nadarkhani
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has learnt that the death sentence handed down in 2010 for the crime of apostasy, to evangelical house pastor Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, has reportedly been upheld by the third chamber of the Supreme Court in the Shia holy city of Qom.
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Cuban Baptist pastor prevented from attending church service as pressure on all denominations intensifies
Baptist Pastor Mario Felix Lleonart Barroso and his wife, Yoaxis, were part of a group of 23 who were detained by Cuban police on Sunday 26 June and prevented from attending a church service in Santa Clara, in support of a pastor who was controversially removed from his post. They were picked up by police at around 10 am on Sunday morning and released five hours later, after the service had ended.
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Muslim mobs in Egypt attack Christian homes, threaten Priest
Enraged Muslims burned down several Christian-owned homes, surrounded a church and threatened to kill a priest last week in two unrelated incidents in Upper Egypt.