Christian Teenager in Pakistan Arrested for Alleged Blasphemy

A Christian teenager was arrested last week by police in Pakistan on allegedly blasphemy charges, according to media sources. Shahzad Masih, 16, who worked as a sweeper at the Shahmim Riaz hospital in Dinga city in Punjab Province’s Gujrat district, was accused of...

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Christians Can’t be Communists in China

To join the Party, you must give up your Christian faith. Christianity is growing in China, despite persecution. By 2030, if trends continue, China will have more than 247 million Christians, which would be more than 17 per cent of the projected population. The...

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Iranian Christian Prisoner on Hunger Strike

Ebrahim Firouzi has announced a 10-day hunger strike to protest the mistreatment of new Christian believers and converts by the judicial authorities in Iran. Iran is a dangerous place for Bible believing Christians. Anyone working to win converts to Christianity, and...

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Pastor Killed in India

“Please be in prayer for his family, for the cause of Christ he has been martyred. He is now in the presence of Our God!” Religious persecution targeting minority Christians is on the increase in India. On July 15, the pastor of a church was shot dead by two...

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Christians Face New Threats in Egypt

In the last eight months more than 100 Coptic Christians have been killed in attacks on church groups and individuals. Christians in Egypt have been requested by the security services to cancel all trips and activities outside of church buildings until at least the...

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Urgent Call to Prayer: Christian Woman Kidnapped in Egypt

Background: Nermin Mamdouh Mahrous, 21, is an Egyptian Christian woman in her third year at Beni Suef University, in the city of Beni Suef, Egypt. On May 16, 2017, Nermeen disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Exclusive Interview with Nermeen’s Brother Her...

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Urgent Prayer Request for a CFI Coworker

A Christian Freedom International coworker is in need of urgent prayer. To protect this individual, the name and country cannot be revealed. A CFI coworker in an overwhelmingly Muslim majority nation is facing serious charges because of a post attributed to this...

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CFI Factsheet: Dangerous Trends

“Christians are now the most persecuted religious group in the world” by CFI Field Staff Terrorist attacks as well as the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Muslim refugees in Europe have drawn renewed attention to the continent’s Muslim population. Since mid-2015,...

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