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Chinese pastor Hao Zhiwei is serving an eight year sentence for preaching the gospel and collecting offerings without government authorization. The Egangqiao Church church pastor was arrested in July 2019 and accused of fraud for taking offering at her church in China’s Hubei province. Zhiwei was sentenced on February 11, 2022 by the Ezhou Echeng District People’s Court. … [Read more...] about Chinese Pastor Jailed 8 Years for Preaching the Gospel Writes ‘God Is Faithful’ in Letter to Son

By The Associated Press The latest on the Russia-Ukraine crisis: —— KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian forces are trying to seize the Chernobyl nuclear plant. The plant was the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident when a nuclear reactor exploded in April 1986, spewing radioactive waste across Europe. The plant lies 130 … [Read more...] about Ukraine Says Russia Trying To Seize Chernobyl

Myanmar (International Christian Concern) On February 21, two Catholic priests who were on their way to help internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Shan state were arrested by the Burmese Army (Tatmadaw). The reason for their detention is not known. According to UCA News, Father John Paul Lwel from Pekhon Catholic Church and Father John Bosco from Tuangyi Catholic … [Read more...] about Two Catholic Priests in Myanmar Taken by the Tatmadaw

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee. Ukraine’s government said Russian tanks and troops rolled across the border in a “full-scale war” that could rewrite the geopolitical order and whose fallout already reverberated around the … [Read more...] about Russia Attacks Ukraine; Peace in Europe ‘Shattered’

Iran (International Christian Concern) Pastor Hekmat Salimi, an Iranian Christian convert and Anglican minister, fled Iran six years ago with his wife and daughter after years of harassment and resettled in Turkey, seeking asylum. Turkey issued the family a seven-day deportation warning in mid-February to either return to Iran or face forced deportation. Though the family … [Read more...] about Christian Convert Faces Deportation to Iran From Turkey After Six Years