5+ hour, 25+ min ago  (488+ words) VLISSINGEN, NETHERLANDS (Worthy News) " Several Syrians who converted from Islam to Christianity while staying at a Dutch asylum seekers" center in the southwestern port city of Vlissingen were threatened after publicly professing their faith through baptism, church leaders and politicians…...

3+ day, 21+ min ago  (401+ words) (Worthy News) " A 79-year-old Protestant missionary remains missing in southern Mexico more than six weeks after armed men reportedly abducted him while he was preaching and distributing Bibles in Guerrero State, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide. Benito Guevara Arcos was…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (487+ words) by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International Correspondent JERUSALEM (Worthy News) " An Israeli Christian leader is urging the government to formally recognize Christians as a distinct community with stronger political representation, citing what church leaders and advocacy groups describe as…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (634+ words) MINSK/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) " Evangelist Franklin Graham said Sunday that "God did a miracle" in Belarus after he held what organizers described as the largest evangelical Christian gathering in the country's modern history and met authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. Graham…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (776+ words) by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau Chief reporting from Budapest, Hungary BUDAPEST (Worthy News) " Hungary's new center-right government has pledged to restore the church status of the Hungarian Evangelical Fellowship (MET), headed by 74-year-old Pastor G'bor Iv'nyi, a longtime…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (351+ words) KYIV/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) " More than 100 new evangelical churches have reportedly opened and thousands of people have been baptized in Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022, church leaders say. The Ukrainian Baptist Union (UBU)…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (308+ words) MINSK/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) " Three Greek Catholic parishes can no longer continue operating legally in autocratically ruled Belarus after their mandatory applications for "re-registration" were rejected by a regional court, well-informed Christians told Worthy News. The three churches in Belarus's…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (469+ words) ASMARA (Worthy News) " Some 24 Eritrean Christians have been released from prison after lengthy periods behind bars in the authoritarian-ruled African nation, advocates confirmed Friday. "Most of the freed Christians had been detained for more than two years, one of them…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (244+ words) (Worthy News) " U. S. President Donald Trump has called on Jewish Americans " and citizens of all backgrounds " to observe a national Shabbat from sundown on May 15 through nightfall on May 16 as part of Jewish American Heritage Month and the celebration of America's…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (514+ words) BEIJING (Worthy News) " China has freed the last two church leaders detained for nearly four years following a controversial police raid on a Christian gathering, amid ongoing concerns over religious persecution. The released believers were among those arrested when more…...