CHINA: Pastor’s Wife Released on Bail
- 30 June 2019
On the evening of 9 December 2018, over 100 members of the Early Rain Covenant Church were arrested in coordinated raids on their homes. The pastor, Wang Yi, remains in detention and is facing up to 15 years in prison. Several others, including his wife, also face charges. Thankfully, Pastor Wang’s wife, Jiang Rong, was […]
CHINA: Officials Plan to Turn Church into Hotel
- 30 June 2019
Officials in central Henan province recently informed some church leaders of their intent to seize the church’s building and turn it into a hotel. Although the church is a member of the officially recognised Three-Self Patriotic Movement, officials banned the church from meeting last year. The church continued to congregate, and in May 2019 authorities […]
Rejected by his Family but Found in Christ
- 25 June 2019
Mohammed was only a teenager when he was forced to live in a half-constructed apartment building after his family threw him out for going to church. As Fulani herdsmen, Mohammed’s parents were strict Muslims and kicked him out when he started attending church. He spent the next six years living in a building without plaster, […]
Former Fulani Herdsman Called to Evangelise
- 25 June 2019
Hafiz was once part of a Muslim community that killed hundreds of Christians, but since converting to Christianity he feels called to go back and preach to the persecutors. Growing up as the son of a Fulani herdsman and a voodoo-practising herbalist, Hafiz’s future was planned. Although his father had four wives and 39 children, […]
Fulani Herdsman finds Jesus
- 25 June 2019
As a Fulani herdsman, Abdul witnessed the brutal persecution of Christians in northern Nigeria, but accidentally hearing about Jesus while passing a church changed his life forever. Raised a Fulani herdsman, Abdul heartbreakingly recalls the times his own family and friends would attack Christian villages leaving no survivors. “You cannot count the people they killed […]
Project: 4WD for Pastor Y in Brunei
- 25 June 2019
Brunei is a Muslim majority nation, where the people live under the rule of a dynastic sultan. The law of the land is a version of Islamic Sharia. While some historic churches exist in Brunei, no new church buildings are allowed. Christians make up 9% of the population, and there are approximately 20 legally registered […]