Christians in Sri Lanka warn new terror law risks abuse of minorities
When Ahnaf Jazeem wrote poetry condemning violence and promoting peace in Sri Lanka in 2017, he never imagined his verses would lead to 19 months in detention without trial.
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World Christianity insists we listen to majority world theology
In a lecture series at China Evangelical Seminary back in April, Alexander Chow, Senior Lecturer in Theology and World Christianity at New College, University of Edinburgh, established the need for Christians worldwide to listen to theologians from the Majority World. The future of the Global Church depends on us having ears to hear.
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Practicing your faith when your culture no longer tolerates it
The anti-Christian realities in India provide ample evidence that a culture can quickly turn against freedom of religion. Sadly, in India, some Christian leaders claim that if there is one place you can go to remain unaware of what is happening, it is in established churches on a Sunday morning! Thankfully the Holy Spirit is not so constrained and Christians continue to multiply in the midst of heightening persecution.
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Four million Christians are facing death and persecution in Myanmar
In Myanmar, the Church is often the strongest surviving institution in an isolated community, destroying it weakens not only worship but the community’s capacity to resist the oppressive control of Myanmar's military junta. Christians are often thought of as collateral damage in Myanmar’s civil war, but they are also being targeted.
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Viral West Papua documentary forces Indonesia to confront what it tried to hide
A documentary about indigenous land dispossession and military violence in West Papua has been watched more than 13.6 million times on YouTube within days, after Indonesian authorities failed to suppress organized screenings in cities throughout the country. More than 107,000 people in April 2026 have been displaced and most of them Christian.
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Imprisonment of human rights attorneys in Pakistan condemned
By CDI StaffThe imprisonment of prominent Pakistani human rights attorney couple Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha has triggered strong condemnation from the United Nations, international legal bodies and domestic rights groups.
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Christian leader calls for faith-driven engagement to promote ethical governance, combat corruption in the Philippines
Philippine evangelical leader Peter Tan-Chi, founder and senior pastor of Christ’s Commission Fellowship, has called on Christians to engage actively in national life, urging believers to confront corruption, vote responsibly and live out their faith beyond church walls. His remarks came during a recent half-hour interview on 1ON1, hosted by broadcast journalist Karen Davila, which has drawn hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube.
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Died: Mark Tully, who made India his home and became its most trusted foreign voice
Sir William Mark Tully, the British journalist whose distinctive voice shaped the BBC’s India coverage for more than three decades and who made India his permanent home, died Jan. 25, 2026, at Max Super Specialty Hospital in Saket, New Delhi. He was 90.
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China exporting repression of religion worldwide, Brownback says
By Edward RossChina is helping totalitarian regimes to repress religion around the world, even as the U.S. administration has cut or stalled programs vital for religious freedom globally, officials told a hearing of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee.
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Two Christian nurses in Pakistan acquitted of blasphemy
A court in Pakistan has acquitted two Catholic nurses who have been in hiding for nearly four years after they were charged with blasphemy in 2021, rights advocates said.
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Muslim kidnapper of Christian girl in Pakistan given custody, sources say
A federal court in Pakistan on Tuesday (Feb. 3) gave custody of a 13-year-old Christian girl to a Muslim who kidnapped and forcibly converted and married her, sources said.
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Nyishi Baptist pioneer and veteran statesman the Rev Khoda Tana passes away
Under a canopy at Nirjuli Village-I, district Papum Pare, at the residence of Mrs. Jumshi Tana, mourners gathered on the morning of July 13 for the funeral of the Reverend Khoda Tana – a founding figure of the Christian faith among the Nyishi, the largest indigenous tribal community in India’s northeastern border state of Arunachal Pradesh.
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