PA: Worldwide
Thursday, 17 January 2013 16:40
Iran: Pastor Irani will not survive another five years in prison
Pastor Benham Irani is severely ill in jail in Iran – and he shouldn’t be in prison in the first place. As you read this, Pastor Irani is bleeding severely from acute stomach ulcers and colon…
Thursday, 17 January 2013 16:37
Colombia: Murdered evangelist’s widow also killed after threats
Four months after guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN) sent a murdered evangelist's wife their first demand to abandon her home in northeast Colombia's volatile Arauca department, the militants made good on their threats, report…
Thursday, 17 January 2013 16:35
Haiti: Help still needed after three years
After the powerful earthquake that devastated much of Haiti, a priest has pleaded with people in the UK to remember the plight of Haitians. Saturday marked the three-year anniversary, but Father Francois Kawas says many thousands…
Thursday, 17 January 2013 16:32
Central African Republic: Pastors request prayer
The situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) is ‘precarious’ according to national Baptist leaders. Singa-Gbazia Nicolas Aime Simplice, president of the Association of Baptist Churches of the CAR, requested ‘urgent prayer’ last week as rebels…
Thursday, 17 January 2013 16:28
India: Attacked Christians in fear of returning home
After Hindu nationalists in Maharashtra State attacked Christians two weeks ago because they refused to honour a tribal deity – violence that led many to flee their homes – the extremists yesterday assaulted remaining Christians as…
Friday, 11 January 2013 12:55
NIGERIA: Huge fire in slum area of Lagos
A massive fire has ripped through one of the poorest suburbs in Lagos, burning down dozens of ramshackle homes and workshops in Ebute Metta community, along the Lagos lagoon where sawmills process timber. The huge blaze…