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A Jerusalem Lost

Melanie Kirkpatrick's 'Escape from North Korea' describes how the country descended into tyranny and madness, and why its people want out.

Flight from North Korea

Asia's underground railroad has deeply Christian origins, says journalist Melanie Kirkpatrick.

'God's Double Agent'

One-time atheist and now head of ChinaAid, Bob Fu believes China may soon have one of the largest populations of Christians worldwide.

Asian American Religiosity

A new survey's findings on the differences between Asians and Asian Americans.

Flickers of Hope for Some of the World's Longest Running Persecuted

Home to one of the longest running civil wars in the world, recent gestures offer cautious hope to Burma's Christians.

Persecution Prompts Missions Agency to Transform

Operation Mobilization India transforms itself into a local witness.

Interview: Chai Ling on Saving China's Daughters

Each day in China, 35,000 baby girls are aborted and 500 women commit suicide. One freedom fighter won't take it any longer.

Nepal Agrees to Give Christians a Cemetery

Nepal's small Christian community had formed protests demanding government allocation of land to bury their dead in crowded Kathmandu.

From Russia, with Love

Orthodox Metropolitan Hilarion offers evangelicals more than an olive branch.

Vietnamese Authorities in Hanoi Cancel Luis Palau Easter Celebrations

Local officials prevent events featuring U.S. evangelist Luis Palau.

After Japan Earthquake, Groups Question Nuclear Power

Also, several Christian relief agencies are on the ground.

Burma's 'Human Hope'

Activist's release signals optimism as election spurs fear.

Philip Yancey: A Living Stream in the Desert

How the Christian faith will be a subversive—and liberating—influence in the Middle East.

The Refugee Pastor That Could

As a teen growing up in Tennessee, Chansamone Saiyasak vowed to return to Thailand. And he did—with remarkable results.

Pew Forum Releases Landmark Survey of International Religious Freedom

70 percent of the world lives in areas with high restrictions on religion, report says.

China's 'Conscience' Missing in Action

Top Christian lawyer Gao Zhisheng vanishes as government stifles dissent.

More Than Profit

A business plan with a divine edge has an angle on fighting poverty.

Sounds of Silence

Banned Methodist hymn sing indicates Fiji church-state conflict is worsening.

Feeding Hope Under a Rogue Regime

Christian outreach to North Koreans helps to keep millions from starving.

Were Pakistan's Deadly Gojra Riots Enough to Provoke Change?

Widespread outrage might lead to reconsideration of country's blasphemy law or other reforms.

What's in a Name?

Christians in Southeast Asia debate their right to refer to God as Allah.

One in the Spirit

Evangelicals look for reconciliation in aftermath of Asia's longest civil war.

Desert Deaths

Martyrdoms threaten to displace Christian workers from Yemen.

A Victory in Vietnam

Officials permit massive outdoor Easter gathering for house churches.

Q & A: Carl Moeller

The president and CEO of Open Doors USA updated CT on North Korea, which the group ranks as the world's worst persecutor of Christians.

A Problematic Peace Accord

Christians in Swat Valley brace for Taliban rule.

Shari'ah Spreads

Islamic laws creep into half of Indonesia's provinces.

Capital Closures in Myanmar

Authorities order Yangon churches to stop meeting.

World's Worst Persecutor  Subscriber access only

Will U.S. diplomatic shift and Graham visit help Christians?

Listening and Learning in the Middle East

What it means to act as an advocate for global engagement.

Missions in Crisis

Korean church leaders look back on the 2007 kidnapping that brought Afghanistan ministries to the world's attention.

How to Be Un-Born Again

India's biggest radical Hindu group aims to wipe out Christianity through reconversions and violence.

U.S. Christian Leaders Protest Anti-Christian Violence in India

Open letter to George W. Bush urges diplomatic action.

Managing a Crisis

Relief needs in China and Myanmar are massive—and will likely continue for years.

Bizzare-istan

Death of self-styled autocrat gives hope to isolated Christians.

The Problem with Hating Religion  Subscriber access only

A scholar rescues the reputation of generation of Middle East scholars.

Equal-Opportunity Offender  Subscriber access only

Uzbek government crackdown on Muslims worries evangelicals.

Child Sex Tours  Subscriber access only

The average victim is 14, and Americans make up 25 percent of the customers.

Red-Light Rescue  Subscriber access only

The 'business' of helping the sexually exploited help themselves.

God's Word in an Old Light  Subscriber access only

Philip Jenkins on how global South Christians read the Bible.
News Feed
Chinese scholar to Americans: Let go, and let the church develop in its own way
Missionaries have often tried to recreate their version of church abroad. But for Christianity to flourish in another land, it must adapt in its own way, says Xi Lian on Christianity in China. (Faith & Leadership)
World's 2012 Daniels of the Year: Chinese Christian Activists in Prison
It’s a new day for China’s Communist leadership, but not for the dissidents the government imprisons. They linger in remote jails, beaten, forgotten, and cut off from work, fellowship, friends, and family. WORLD’s 2012 Daniels of the Year are these outspoken Chinese Christians and their long-suffering loved ones. (World)
They Remember Their Martyrs
Whatever Westerners choose to forget, the Pacific martyrdoms remain vividly alive for the thriving churches of those regions, now wholly under local control. Taking China and the Pacific Rim nations together -- Japan's abortive empire of the 1940s -- we count at least 220 million Christians, a tenth of the global total of believers. And they remember their martyrs. (RCR)

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