8+ hour, 46+ min ago   (822+ words) BEIJING (Worthy News) – Concern was mounting Monday about a Christian in northwestern China who was detained for listening to the Bible stored on a USB memory stick plugged into his car’s audio system, amid a wider crackdown on Christian activities…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (986+ words) WASHINGTON/NIAMEY (Worthy News) – Kevin Rideout, an American Christian missionary who spent more than nine months in captivity after being abducted by suspected Islamic militants in Niger, and his wife thanked believers for their prayers after they were reunited. “We…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (473+ words) WENZHOU, CHINA (Worthy News) – A prominent house church pastor and six other Christians have disappeared after being detained by police in Wenzhou, a major Christian center in eastern China often called the “Jerusalem of China.” Pastor David Tang, founder and…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (671+ words) JAKARTA/MEDAN (Worthy News) – Rescue teams in eastern Indonesia recovered six more bodies Sunday following a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake, raising the death toll to at least 53 as Christians prayed for victims and rescuers struggled to reach isolated communities. Authorities said…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (700+ words) NEW DELHI (Worthy News) – An elderly Christian leader has been detained in India for allegedly offending the religious sentiments of the Asian nation’s Hindu majority on social media. Arun Pannalal, 75, president of the Chhattisgarh Christian Forum (CCF), was arrested August…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1091+ words) ISLAMABAD (Worthy News) – Members of Pakistan’s Christian minority were reeling Friday after numerous violent incidents over faith and what they say were false allegations of blasphemy against Islam, the majority religion in the Asian nation. The latest tensions included a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (604+ words) (Worthy News) – Millions across Europe watched Wednesday as a rare total solar eclipse swept across the northern Atlantic and portions of the continent, an extraordinary celestial event unfolding just hours before the biblical calendar entered Elul — the month traditionally associated…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1038+ words) OUDE IJSSELSTREEK, NETHERLANDS (Worthy News) – Wim de Goeij, a former Jehovah’s Witness who became a prominent Dutch publisher of Bible-teaching materials and outspoken critic of the Watch Tower Society, has died. He was 64. His family said De Goeij died suddenly…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (176+ words) BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND (Worthy News) – A Christian motorist in Britain is considering legal action after his insurer reportedly told him that his car insurance could not continue unless he removed handmade “Jesus Loves You” messages from his vehicle. Chandra said the…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (805+ words) IZNIK, TURKEY (Worthy News) – Archaeologists in modern-day Turkey have uncovered remains of an ancient church believed to be connected to the historic site where the First Council of Nicaea was held in A.D. 325, drawing fresh attention to one of the…...