• Church of Pakistan Seeks Prayers as Deadly Flood Toll Passes 1,500

  As flood waters continue to wreak havoc in Pakistan, the country’s leading ecumenical church body has called upon the worldwide Christian community to pray for the more than three million people affected and in need of emergency assistance.

  

• WCC Official: Church Growth in China 'Unique and Explosive'

  The Church in China is experiencing tremendous growth like never before, says an official with the World Council of Churches (WCC).

  

• Christians Bring Relief as Pakistan Flood Kills Over 1,200

  More than a thousand people have been killed by heavy monsoon rains that lashed through Pakistan's north-west region last week.

  

• Report: Religious Intolerance Is the 'New Racism'

  According to a leading minority rights organization, religious minorities are facing attack, detention, torture and the repression of their fundamental freedoms on every continent.

• Indian Legislator Jailed for Murder, Two Years After Violence

  NEW DELHI – One of the main suspects in the 2008 anti-Christian violence in Orissa, India, was been sentenced to seven years in prison for murder.