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More and more Chinese citizens are embracing Christianity to meet their need for spiritual fulfillment, a journalist who has covered the country since the 1980s said.

A Chinese Christian woman has been accused of belonging to a cult she has no association with and detained for nearly four months despite the pleas of her family.

The results of the recent gubernatorial election in Jakarta, with the incumbent Christian governor losing to a Muslim candidate after a religiously tinged campaign, could be a sign of rising political Islam in Indonesia, some experts said.

Schools in Pakistan teach children to hate Christians and other religious minorities despite the government’s promise to get rid of hate materials.

The persecution of Christians in China has “intensified” since Pres. Xi Jinping took hold of the Chinese Communist Party’s leadership in 2012. However, it has failed to curb the growth of churches in the country, a report said.

After a divisive election campaign rocked with protests and a blasphemy trial, Jakarta’s “quick count” election results show Christian governor Ahok trailing behind Muslim candidate Anies Baswedan.

A Vietnamese man was left bloodied and beaten by his own brother and isolated from his hometown after he, along with his family, converted from Islam to Christianity.

An Indonesian woman who embraced Christianity and rejected the teachings of Islam has been banished from her home by her Muslim family as religious intolerance continues to increase in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation.

A Taiwanese Christian pastor was detained in China after he sang "Jesus Love You" and accused of engaging in "illegal religious activity."

More than two months after his disappearance, Pastor Raymond Koh remains missing, his whereabouts or abductors still unknown, and people are wondering if religious vigilante groups are behind his abduction.

Jakarta’s Christian governor Ahok, or Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, led the polls by a slim margin a few days ahead of the runoff election. Experts say it's difficult to predict who will win.

Marvel comics have come under fire after it was discovered that an Indonesian artist inserted 'secret, coded anti-Christian and anti-Jewish messages' in a recent issue to protest the Christian governor of Jakarta.

The family of Raymond Koh has asked the international community to continue praying for his safe recovery as the search for the missing Malaysian pastor enters a second month.

Christian churchgoers in China were hospitalized after clashing with officials who attempted to install surveillance cameras inside churches.

Government officials in China's Zhejiang Province recently ordered surveillance equipment to be installed in churches so they could more easily monitor church activities, according to local, Christian watchdog sources.

Fifteen Christians attending a Bible study in China's southwestern Sichuan Province were recently detained by twenty police officers and forced to remain in custody for over two weeks.

A deaf girl living in Central Asia remains hospitalized with severe injuries after her family beat her because she refused to renounce the name of Jesus Christ.

A North Korean woman who was sold as a sex slave in China and then imprisoned risked everything - even her life - to return home and share her Christian faith with her family.

While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced ongoing turmoil within his governing coalition and criminal investigations back at home, the Israeli leader embarked on his latest groundbreaking visit to the Asian continent to forge closer ties with China, which has the world's second-largest economy.

One month after Pastor Raymond Koh was abducted by suspected Islamic extremists, Christians, Jews, Buddhists and Muslims united to pray for his safe recovery.

It's been over a month since Pastor Raymond Koh was abducted by masked men, and frustration continues to mount over the seeming lack of concern displayed by the Malaysian government.

Two South Korean Christian pastors have been arrested in China for allegedly helping to smuggle North Korean defectors out of the country.

As a meeting of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) convened this month, Beijing police detained two Christians who had travelled there specifically to pray for the proceedings.

A young Peruvian man who attempted to kill himself by poisoning embraced Christianity after hearing the Gospel on a radio program - and now works to share that Good News with others.

China Aid's 2016 Annual Persecution Report details a seismic shift in the Chinese government's approach to religious policy that is expected to lead to further persecution.