Today I read a story from Compass Direct News about a young Christian woman who had gone through an unimaginable trauma. This story nearly brought tears to my eyes. A male colleague, who she considered a close friend, began acting strangely. “One day when I was least expecting it, he told me that he had [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Compass Direct News’
An Unimaginable Choice
Posted in Bible, Church, Events, Pakistan, Persecuted Church, Prayer, tagged Christian, Compass Direct News, Pakistan, Persecution, Pray on September 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Compass Direct News
Posted in Compass Direct News, Events, Open Doors USA, Persecuted Church, Persecution, Prayer, tagged Compass Direct News, Persecution, Pray on April 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In case you have not checked it out before, go to http://www.compassdirect.org/. This is a wonderful news source!
China: Officials Grapple with Spread of Christianity
Posted in Compass Direct News, tagged Beijing, China, Christian martyrs, Christianity, church persecution, Compass Direct News, Corruption, Government, Leaders, Persecuted Christians, Persecuted Church, persecuted churches, Persecution, persecution of Christians on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BEIJING, February 4 (Compass Direct News) – Concerned by the growth of unregistered house church groups in an uncertain political and social climate, the Chinese government has ramped up efforts both to identify Christians and to show Christianity as a subversive foreign force. Sources told Compass that authorities in recent months have been quietly gathering [...]
ERITREA: Christian Students Shut into Shipping Containers
Posted in Bible, Compass Direct News, Eritrea, Persecution, tagged Bibles, Christians, Compass Direct News, Eritrea, Persecution, Sawa, Shipping Containers, Students on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Eight believers punished for objecting to officials’ burning of 1,500 Bibles. LOS ANGELES, August 11 (Compass Direct News) – Authorities on Tuesday (August 5) locked up eight high school students at a military training school in metal shipping containers for objecting to the burning of hundreds of Bibles. The eight male students who were near [...]
Olympic Glare Exposes Religious Freedom Issues in China
Posted in Bible, China, Persecution, tagged Beijing Olympics, Catholic, China, China Aid Association, Compass Direct News, Government, House Churches, Human Rights, Illegal activity in China, International Olympic Committee, Persecution, Protestant, Relgious Education, religious freedom on May 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
DUBLIN, May 22 (Compass Direct News) – When the International Olympic Committee in July 2001 awarded China the right to host the 2008 Summer Olympics, Chinese citizens were ecstatic. But what potentially could have been China’s proudest moment has turned into something of a public relations minefield as world media probe China’s human rights gains and abuses. [...]
