An Indonesian pastor was physically assaulted and threatened amid the closure of his church as a result of the escalating persecution of Christians in Asia.

SURABAYA, Indonesia: A pastor in Jombang Regency, Indonesia, was forcibly removed from his house of worship on August 18. The building where his congregation gathered was subsequently locked up. The place of worship was closed as part of the Jombang government’s effort to reclaim several shops. The Weru neighborhood of Mojongapit village in East Java…

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Ten Christians, including a pastor, are sadly being held captive in Laos.

A rights watchdog claims that on June 22, while they were preparing for worship services the following day, village officials in central Laos detained a pastor and five other Christians. According to Sirikoon Prasertsee, director of Human Rights Watcher for Lao Religious Freedom (HRWLRF), the local authorities detained the pastor of the church, known only…

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In Nigeria, a pastor, his wife, and three other Christians were brutally murdered.

Abuja, Nigeria Suspected Fulani herders killed a pastor, his wife, and three other Christians at about midnight on June 2 in Plateau State, central Nigeria, sources said. The raiders, armed with heavy weaponry, invaded a Christian village in Kwall District, BASSA County, and killed Pastor Dauda Dalyop, 63, of the Assemblies of God Church. “In the…

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