Prayer challenge is taken to Africa
In the last issue of HEART there was an article about 100 Days of Prayer for Israel and a free book that readers could order. Here Richard Smart describes how…
Mum’s horror as police beat son to death
A CHRISTIAN mum suspected by Pakistani police of stealing from her former employer was forced to watch her adult son being beaten in an attempt to force a confession out…
Iran hangings shock jailed Pastor
SEEING SIX PRISONERS BEATEN and then taken away to be hanged has shocked American Pastor Saeed Abedini, still imprisoned in Iran’s notorious Rajai Shahr prison in Tehran.
Bomb mob fears grow in Pakistan
Wailing from a mother and little brother over the dead body of a young man killed in the attack CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM leaders have appealed for calm as mob violence…
Iran’s Shia ambitions extend beyond dominating the Middle East
The re-election of Binyamin Netanyahu in the Israeli General Election was a blow to President Obama who had sent his senior political team to Israel to try to influence the…
72 Syrian families kidnapped by IS
MILITANTS FROM THE ISLAMIC STATE (IS) have kidnapped 72 Assyrian Christian families – around 200 people – from three villages in Syria and threatened to kill all the men unless…
Response of grace to 21 beheadings
THE EGYPTIAN CHURCH has caused tears across the nation following messages of forgiveness from Christian families of 21 hardworking men beheaded by Islamic State (IS) militants in Libya. HEART reported…
Thousands suffer in CAR
‘THOUSANDS of Christians are suffering’ – the words of a pastor in the Central African Republic (CAR) after believers fled for their lives following a spate of attacks which saw…
Iran house church leader released
A HOUSE CHURCH LEADER who suffered beatings for his faith has been released from Rajai Shahr in Tehran, Iran.
Boko Haram slaughter continues
LIKE ITS COUNTERPART – the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria to which it has declared allegiance – the Boko Haram Islamist group continues its killing machine in Nigeria, Cameroon…
Sudan death sentence mum honoured
A SUDANESE mum imprisoned for her faith who fled to the USA after escaping a death-by-hanging sentence during her second pregnancy has been given the National Religious Broadcasters’ President’s Award…
Iran: “It’s a miracle!” Jailed Pastor Saeed’s wife meets President Obama
“Mr President, can you get my dad home by my birthday?” “Jacob, it’ll be hard but I’m going to try.” This was the conversation between the son of imprisoned Pastor…
Uganda: Teen girl converts clubbed by father
Then he writes letter to ‘disown’ surviving daughter, 12 A TEENAGE GIRL has been traumatised after learning her sister was beaten to death with a club by her father for…
A Christmas party in an Iranian jail? Yes, but not for the captive Christians
Pastor arrested hosting Christmas dinner IRANIAN authorities arrested a church pastor enjoying a Christmas meal with guests at home. The condition of 60-year-old Victor Beth Tarmez, who suffers from diabetes,…
Christians surviving in Yemen
RUTHLESS TERROR network Al Qaeda’s branch in Yemen has claimed responsibility for organising the terror attack which led to the brutal deaths of journalists and cartoonists at the satirical Charlie…