With inflation exceeding 4,500 percent—some reports put the figure nearer eight thousand percent—currency no longer buys food and medical care in Zimbabwe. There is little food due to drought and poor harvests, and the collapse of civil infrastructure has meantRead more…

A new religion law in Tajikistan could make ministry difficult in that former Soviet bloc nation. Slavic Gospel Association’s (SGA) Joel Griffith says it could ban all unregistered religious activity. Griffith outlines some of the other restrictions: “Religiously-affiliated political partiesRead more…

“We are ready to assist the churches in their quest to regenerate morals in our society,” declared Sphiwe Ngwenya, executive secretary of the Bible Society in Swaziland, at a recent symposium held as part of celebrations to mark the tenthRead more…

In western Sudan, more than 200,000 people have died in the four-year Darfur region conflict between ethnic African rebels and pro-government militia. “Sadly, it is the civilians who suffer,” said Dr. Mwaya Wa Kitavi, Bible League’s associate director of AfricaRead more…

IBS-STL South Asia (formerly International Bible Society-South Asia) and STL (Send the Light) OM Books India announced plans for a strategic alliance to collaborate efforts to distribute the Bible and Christian resources throughout the subcontinent and surrounding territories. Both organizationsRead more…

A new report from Christian Solidarity Worldwide has accused North Korea of international crimes, including crimes against humanity, and recommends that the United Nations establish a strong commission of inquiry. The report states that “there is a prima facie caseRead more…

The Anglican Church of Kenya has appointed two bishops to oversee a group of clergy and congregations in the United States, amid continuing tensions between the Kenyan denomination and the US Episcopal (Anglican) Church over homosexuality. “The Anglican Church ofRead more…

The general secretary of the World Young Women’s Christian Association (World YWCA) has called on the movement to strengthen its ties to the Christian values upon which it was founded. “I believe this movement will go further if it continuesRead more…

China Aid Association (CAA) confirms that a central government-directed campaign to expel suspected foreign missionaries has been ongoing since February 2007. According to reliable China Aid sources and collaborated reports by at least five different mission agencies, over one hundredRead more…

Nearly four hundred Christian leaders met in Budapest, Hungary, recently for the Lausanne Bi-Annual International Leadership Conference. The weeklong conference was for the purpose of praying, planning and working together for the next Lausanne International Congress on World Evangelization (LausanneRead more…

According to a report carried by the Catholic News Agency (CNA), some 200 million Christians in sixty countries are at risk of suffering persecution. The report reveals that in the Sudan, for example, “thousands of Christians have been massacred andRead more…