On 28 September, the Indian state of Karnataka joined several others by officially enacting laws that restrict conversion from one religion to another.

When Ali was just 15, he rejected Islam and began searching for the one true God. A friend provided him with a Bible, and by reading God’s Word, Ali found what he was looking for: the truth.

A Bible school in northern Myanmar was attacked by the Tatmadaw (Burmese Army) last Thursday, injuring four men in the dormitory.

On 5 November 2005, Collin Lee and his wife, Hedwig, were driving along the Ugandan border in Sudan when they came upon a roadblock.

Last month, we reported concerns over the ongoing harassment experienced by churches in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine.

On 29 October, Li Xiaoyan, the wife of house church minister Chen Lijun, sent out a prayer request and disclosed information about her husband’s case.

According to media outlet Morning Star News, Fulani militants killed more than 70 Christians last week in a village in central Nigeria.

In two separate instances, churches in Sri Lanka received demands to close on the pretence that their activities were offensive to their communities.

During 10 years of intense government persecution, Atamurat, Zamira and other church members cautioned their children to keep quiet about their faith.

In Uzbekistan’s conservative Muslim culture, women can almost go unnoticed, leading hard lives of unending work around the home or farm. So when visitors appear, especially during the long, cold winters, women are usually glad to take a break and drink tea with a newcomer.