Asia

Watchmen Gathering is Online - 26th March - 5am (Pacific Time)

21 Mar 2020
With the current global pandemic, the South Korean government has requested the cancellation of all gatherings taking place. Therefore, the locals will no longer host a physical gathering in Korea from March 24th-26th.…

Israel: anti-terror technology now counters coronavirus

19 Mar 2020
Israel’s government has approved emergency regulations to enable the Shin Bet to perform mass surveillance of phones belonging to Israelis who contracted COVID-19. This is not to monitor quarantined people, but to track…

Iran: good and bad news

19 Mar 2020
Iran has temporarily released tens of thousands of prisoners in recent weeks to stop the spread of coronavirus. Among these prisoners is British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe She will be required to wear…

India: police implicated in Hindu riots

19 Mar 2020
As the Hindu mob descended, Delhi market stalls were reduced to ashes, just 100 metres away from two police stations. The mobs came three times; desperate stallholders repeatedly ran to the police stations…

China: what can we learn from the Chinese Church?

19 Mar 2020
Pastor Huang Lei leads a church in Wuhan. The coronavirus crisis makes it impossible for his church to have their usual gatherings, so they are meeting online. They are not just doing church,…

A heart-warming story

12 Mar 2020
Spring comes late to Nanai country in the Russian Far East. Ice on the river is three feet thick, after winter temperatures of 40o below zero. Anton, Timur and Misha were sent by…

Israel: Jewish-Arab partnership?

12 Mar 2020
On 2 March Israel held its third election in a year. Already huge Likud roadside billboards bearing the faces of Blue and White and the Arab Joint List leaders have been erected, stating,…

Tajikistan: fined for Bible translation

12 Mar 2020
As well as targeting individuals for exercising their freedom of religion and belief, Tajikistan’s regime also targets Christian communities. For example, the Full Gospel Protestant Church's two buildings in northern Tajikistan have both…

Afghanistan: pray for change

12 Mar 2020
Afghanistan’s population is 99.9% Muslim, containing 72 unreached people groups. There are 48,000 mosques and no churches. Any belief contrary to Islam is illegal. Converting from Islam to Christianity results in death. Christian…

Aasia Bibi says ‘I’ve forgiven everyone’

05 Mar 2020
She was picking fruit on a sweltering summer’s day in June 2009 with Muslim women when a dispute arose over a shared cup of water because the Muslim women would not drink from…
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