2009 (By Year)

An Arizona church is holding prayer vigils for Robert Park, a Korean-American missionary who is believed to be under arrest in North Korea.

A new report has found that nearly a third of the world's countries have stiff restrictions on religious practice, either because of government policies and laws or hostile acts by individuals or groups.

A plea for prayer is being made for Christians in North Korea as sources inside the communist nation have told Open Doors USA that the situation for Christians and all residents is dire in the closed country.

Members of a Chinese megachurch say it has been closed by police and hired thugs who smashed doors, seized Bibles, and sent dozens of worshippers to hospitals with serious injuries.

A house church leader in China has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

A church leader has been released from prison by communist authorities, but another believer is still incarcerated.

Two Christian women have been released from an Iranian prison after being held captive for roughly nine months.  

Two pastors in Russia were recently fined for holding a worship service in public.  

A high school student in China, expelled because of his Christian faith, has now been allowed to return to school.

Two Christian women are jailed in Iran, reportedly because they will not deny their faith in Christ.

Nearly a thousand Bible school students in Indonesia are facing eviction by government officials.

The story of a Chinese Christian who has raised awareness of human-rights abuses in communist China is being heard in America.

Christians are being encouraged to sign an online petition against a proposed United Nations resolution that some say would increase persecution against believers.

A spokesperson with an organization that raises awareness of human-rights abuses in China says President Obama's decision not to meet with the Dalai Lama is nothing more than a move to appease the communist superpower.

As China celebrates 60 years of communist rule, house church leaders in that country are facing an increase in persecution. Meanwhile, Pastor Chuck Baldwin says Americans need to remember the number 70-million as China observes its 60th anniversary.

One ministry doesn't want Christians in Iran to be overlooked, as media attention is focused on that country's president and his address to the United Nations.