Amid death and despair in a country wracked by COVID-19, local missionaries in Burma (Myanmar) are going to streets, parks and prisons, daring to offer help and hope.
Drug Addicted Inmate in Myanmar Receives Hope and Healing
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As Anti-coup Protesters Face Crackdown, Ethnic Nationalities Urgently Appeal for Aid
CSW has received first-hand reports of anti-coup protests in Burma’s (Myanmar’s) major cities of Rangoon, Mandalay, and the capital Naypyidaw, as well as in the ethnic states, particularly Kachin and Chin states. There are concerns about the implications of the coup for vulnerable internally displaced peoples […]
Free Burma Rangers Helping Thousands Displaced Following Burma’s Military Coup
In the early hours of Monday 1st February, Burma’s military took control of the country in a coup and declared a year-long state of emergency.
U.S. Takes Action Against Global Violators of Religious Freedom
In a recent statement, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said, “Religious freedom is an undisputable right, and the foundation upon which our free American society prospers. Today, the United States—a nation founded by those fleeing religious persecution, as the recent Commission on Unalienable Rights report noted—has once again […]
Poor Workers Grow Desperate for Food As Restrictions Increase in Burma, God Works Miracles for Local Missionaries to Share the Gospel
Burma (Myanmar) has one of the lowest rates of COVID-19 disease in the world, but its cases are said to be vastly under-reported, and the country’s poor are especially hard-hit by outbreaks – and the measures to contain them.
USCIRF to Annual Release Religious Freedom Report
A new report tomorrow highlights the countries most guilty of restricting religious freedom.
Rebels in Myanmar Who Closed Over 100 Churches Allow 51 to Reopen
YANGON, Burma, December 20, 2019 (Morning Star News) – Ethnic rebels who closed more than 100 churches in eastern Burma (Myanmar) in 2018 have allowed 51 Baptist churches to reopen, sources said.
Persecuted Rohingya Muslims Attack Minority Christians Within Refugee Camps in Bangladesh
Nearly three-quarters of a million Rohingya people from Myanmar (Burma) have already spent two miserable years in refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh.
Hindu Radicals Livestream Attack on Christians Where They Disrupted Chruch Service, Ripped Apart Bibles, and Beat Congregants in Efforts to Make Area ‘Free of Christianity’
Indian authorities jailed church leaders and their families after Hindu extremists disrupted a worship service, beat individuals, and livestreamed the events on Facebook in efforts to make the area “free of Christianity.”
The Gospel of Christ is Having a Deep Impact in a Country Stricken with Fear and Opposition
Between ethnic rebels trying to recruit them as soldiers and evil spirits threatening to afflict them, young adults in Burma (Myanmar) have a lot to fear.
Christian Pastor from Myanmar Details the Torture He Endured When He Was Jailed for Over a Year by the Government
A Christian pastor from northern Myanmar (also known as Burma) opened up about the horrors he faced when jailed and tortured for over a year and welcomed sanctions recently issued by the U.S. government against key military leaders responsible for abuses.
Sunday Htoo: I Pray for Refugees Because I Was One
I walked for nine days in my slippers in the deep forest. My father carried all the food. My mom carried my one-year-old brother. My other younger siblings had to walk by themselves. I carried all the cookware, some blankets, and clothes for them.
