Prominent Russian Pastor Beaten to Death

A well-known pastor was beaten to death in St. Petersburg, Russia. Unknown assailants attacked Yuri Golovin, a 76-year-old pastor at Central Baptist Church in St. Petersburg, outside the home of an elderly church member he intended to visit, according to reports from...

Hindu Nationalists Threaten Christians in Madhya Pradesh

India (MNN) ― Hindu nationalist organizations in India’s Madhya Pradesh State have declared war on Christians. According to Compass Direct News (CDN), Hindu leaders promised to force “reconversions” from supposed Hindus who had become Christians in...

Haiti Copes With Its Orphan Crisis

Haiti (MNN) ― The 7.0-magnitude quake that shook Haiti on January 12 left much of the capital Port-au-Prince in ruins. The disaster destroyed the infrastructure and the seat of government, causing a humanitarian catastrophe. Four months later, hundreds of quake...

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Desert Cross

In a 5 – 4 majority opinion this week, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the continued display of a lone cross in the Mojave Desert memorializing veterans of World War I. Faith and Action, a Washington, DC-based Christian mission to government...