http://au.christiantoday.com Copyright (c) 2013 Christian Today. All Rights Reserved. Christian News, Updated daily en-gb Updated: Thursday, 23 May 2013, 10:25 (EST) 5 144 31 http://au.christiantoday.com http://au.christiantoday.com/images/logo_rss.gif SELECT id,submittime,title,slug,summary FROM ct_article WHERE submittime>'2013-05-17 00:54:56' AND output='Y' AND subcat='1115' ORDER BY submittime DESC LIMIT 50 A Syrian Christian leader has spoken of the desperate plight of the church in the wartorn country http://au.christiantoday.com/article/syrian-churches-desperate-exhausted/15462.htm Thu, 23 May 2013 09:56:30 +1000 Reverend Robert Asserian a pastor at the Central Assemblies of God AoG Church in Tehran was arrested this morning while conducting a prayer meeting at the church Christian Solidarity Worldwide CSW has also received reports that the church may be forced to close by the end of June due to continued pressure from the Iranian Intelligence Ministry http://au.christiantoday.com/article/iranian-pastor-arrested-church-forced-to-close/15457.htm Wed, 22 May 2013 12:54:31 +1000 A Muslim political candidate suspected of murdering a Christian has instigated calls from mosque loudspeakers for attacks on Christians whom he blames for his May 11 election loss http://au.christiantoday.com/article/pakistan-calls-for-attacks-on-christians-emanate-from-mosque-loudspeakers/15451.htm Tue, 21 May 2013 12:05:47 +1000 Irans treatment of its Christian minority has come under fresh scrutiny in recent months with some damning verdicts on the countrys human rights record http://au.christiantoday.com/article/iranian-christians-face-systematic-persecution-and-prosecution/15449.htm Tue, 21 May 2013 11:46:44 +1000 The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland was today urged to continue speaking up for human rights and religious freedom around the world and especially in Arab Spring countries http://au.christiantoday.com/article/christians-in-north-africa-and-middle-east-under-substantial-threat/15443.htm Mon, 20 May 2013 16:54:30 +1000 International Christian Concern ICC has learned that two men accused of helping a young woman flee Saudi Arabia after her conversion to Christianity were sentenced to prison terms and lashes with a whip by a Saudi court on Sunday The case comes weeks after an independent US government advisory body listed Saudi Arabia among the top violators of religious freedom http://au.christiantoday.com/article/saudi-arabia-sentences-men-to-prison-lashings-for-role-in-womans-conversion-to-christianity/15422.htm Wed, 15 May 2013 12:37:11 +1000 After claiming victory in the Pakistani elections the Global Minorities Alliance is urging exprime minister Nawaz Sharif to protect the rights of the countrys suffering religious and ethnic minorities http://au.christiantoday.com/article/nawaz-sharif-urged-to-protect-rights-of-religious-minorities-following-election-victory/15415.htm Tue, 14 May 2013 17:46:18 +1000 After spending his 33rd birthday inside the small dark hole of solitary confinement US Pastor Saeed Abedini has been returned to the general prison population of Evin Prison in Iran http://au.christiantoday.com/article/pastor-saeed-released-from-solitary-confinement/15409.htm Mon, 13 May 2013 13:41:43 +1000 An Iranian Assemblies of God AOG pastor his wife and two church workers have been returned to jail after their one year sentences for converting to Christianity and propagation against the Islamic regime through evangelism were upheld by a High Court on 1 May http://au.christiantoday.com/article/iran-christians-returned-to-jail-after-high-court-upholds-sentence-for-conversion/15407.htm Mon, 13 May 2013 13:26:01 +1000 The nephew of bishop Yohanna Ibrahim one of the two archbishops kidnapped in Syria a week ago said he hopes Syrian Christians will not use the incident as an incentive to flee the country http://au.christiantoday.com/article/kidnapped-bishop-would-want-christians-to-stay-in-syria-says-nephew/15340.htm Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:53:28 +1000