Asia/Pacific

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese authorities have detained at least 10 "house" church leaders who were involved in a world evangelism congress, a well-informed religious rights group said Wednesday, April 27.  

By Peter Simpson, Voice of America Correspondent in Beijing, special to BosNewsLife BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Police deployed in large numbers early Sunday, April 24, in northwest Beijing, where the independent Shouwang Church planned to hold an outdoor service to mark the most important day of the Christian calendar.

By church member Elizabeth special to BosNewsLife BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife Columns)-- Since the embattled Beijing Shouwang Church had its first outdoor public Sunday service in a snowstorm on November 1, 2009, the world has been watching. Now Beijing's largest underground "house" church is making headlines again. Some 300 parishioners have been arrested these last two Sunday's for worshiping outdoors, without state permission.   Why would its members insist to pray in the open air and risk being detained, fired, threatened, or forced to move out of their rented homes?

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- An Afghan man who faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity has fled Afghanistan where he was released on bail after international pressure, his friends said Wednesday, April 20.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese police harassed female members from one of Beijing's largest underground Protestant churches before releasing them and most of other Christians detained Sunday, April 17, a church member told BosNewsLife.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Luis Palau, the first American evangelist to openly preach in Vietnam since the Vietnam War, has cancelled his massive evangelism 'festival' in the capital Hanoi after authorities delayed permissions and local churches were no longer able to organize the event in time.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Police detained dozens of members from one of the largest underground churches in China's capital Beijing Sunday, April 17, as part of a wider crackdown on dissent, a Christian rights group said.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- American evangelist Luis Palau prepared to preach for thousands of people in Hanoi Saturday, April 16, after saying he was forced to cancel another massive meeting a day earlier because Vietnamese authorities delayed permissions.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- There was uncertainty in Vietnam's capital Hanoi Thursday, April 14, over where American evangelist Luis Palau would preach as authorities delayed permissions for a massive evangelistic festival planned  this weekend.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- The first American evangelist to openly preach in Vietnam since 1975  says thousands of people have "committed" their lives to Jesus Christ at meetings that were nearly halted by Vietnamese authorities.