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Zara Sarvarian, Open Doors UK
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Colombian tribal couple share their faith even after losing jobs and receiving death threats
"We are preaching from one end to the other in this area. I feel strengthened, I'm alive."
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Mexico: family from indigenous community ejected from their home for planting a church
"They removed all evidence that there had ever been a church on the site. They even managed to plant plants, bananas, and that was it. They threw it all away."
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The church in the Soviet Union: watched like a 'fish in an aquarium'
Thirty years ago in August started the irreversible process of the collapse of the Soviet Union. How did the church survive behind the Iron Curtain and what challenges did it meet following the dissolution of the USSR?
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India: The persecutor who became the persecuted
Navin used to attack Christians. Then he became a pastor and the extremists came for him and his family.
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Project Pearl: how 20 brave Christians smuggled a million Bibles into China in one night
The beach was shrouded in darkness. The eerie silence was occasionally broken by the sound of waves gently lapping the seashore. Hundreds of Christians were silently clustered on the coast of Southern China.
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After the Myanmar coup, Christians are 'hiding in the forest for safety'
Christians faced serious persecution in Myanmar and many fear they could be targeted during the current conflict.
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No punishment, no repentance: The persecution of Christians in Egypt
A climate of impunity exists in Egypt where Muslims who have committed crimes against Christians are cleared of charges or not prosecuted at all.
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Investing in Syria's forgotten generation
Meet the Lebanese church that made a welcome for Syria's refugees.
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Syria: where churches are fighting for survival
What was only expected to last 'a few days' turned into a decade of war. Here's how the Syrian church has responded to the crisis.
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Where is Raymond Koh?
On 13 February 2017 Pastor Raymond Koh was driving near his home in Petaling Jaya, West Malaysia, when he was bundled into another car and driven away. Four years later, his family and friends still don't know where he is, or even if he is still alive.
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Myanmar's Christians 'scared' and 'panicking' following the military coup
"It feels like our hope has been taken away," says Pastor Zay from Rakhine State.
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Why is Nigeria the deadliest place to live as a Christian?
Over the space of one year, around 3,600 Christians were murdered because of their faith in Northern Nigeria. That number has almost trebled from the previous year. What is happening? Zara Sarvarian of Christian anti-persecution charity Open Doors UK & Ireland explains.
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