• Nigeria: Outcry Prompts Government to Suspend Law Regulating Pastoral Tenure

  The suspended regulation has begun a debate among Nigerian churches regarding pastoral tenure: should the government decide how long a church leader stays in office or not?

  

• Nepal: Fight for Religious Freedom Faces Hurdles from Hindu Extremists

  The fight for religious freedom in Nepal is like a tug-of-war where victory takes it one step forward, only to be countered by a setback that takes it one step backward. However, despite all these, the church keeps growing.

  

• Paris Peace Conference: Nations Call for Establishment of Palestinian State

  French President Francois Hollande said during the Paris peace conference that if the two-state solution will not be adopted, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will have adverse effects in the Middle East.

  

• Imprisoned Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Asks People to Pray Not for Him But for Others to Know Christ

  A human rights lawyer in China who has been detained since 2014 sent a message to his wife to gather people to pray not for his release but for the gospel to spread.

  

• ‘Blasphemous’ Facebook Post Lands Algerian Christian in Prison for One Year

  An Algerian Christian man was sentenced to one year in prison for allegedly insulting Islam and the prophet Muhammad.