Chinese pastor released from prison after seven years in jail, unable to get ID card

Beijing – Unable to buy a train ticket or even visit a hospital, a Chinese pastor found that even after he was released from prison, he was not very free. Pastor Cao Sanqiang was arrested when he returned from missionary service in Myanmar and sentenced to seven years in prison. Now back in his hometown … Read more

Ukrainian pastor details persecution in Russian-occupied territories

Before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Tavrisky Christian Institute (TCI) in Antonivka, a town on the Dnieper River in the Kherson region, had one of the richest Christian libraries in Eastern Europe. Valentyn Syniy, the church’s pastor and rector, told VOA that the church has launched a Bible translation project for … Read more