More than two hundred Eritrean Christians have been arrested in coordinated raids on churches, workplaces, homes and off the streets since September 30. The primary concerns are for the safety of those arrested, as well as families left at home. Sources in Eritrea consider this to be the worst action of its kind to date.
More than two hundred Eritrean Christians have been arrested in coordinated raids on churches, workplaces, homes and off the streets since September 30. The primary concerns are for the safety of those arrested, as well as families left at home. Sources in Eritrea consider this to be the worst action of its kind to date.
On September 29, an Indonesian Assembly Pentecost Church in the Katapang sub-district of Bandung, West Java was forced to close. Local community leaders met with the pastor and other leaders, and insisted that the church be shut down. Eventually the church leaders were pressured into signing a letter agreeing to the demand.
At noon on October 3 in the village of Pantengolemba in Poso, a fifty-three-year-old man, Pamilton Tadoa, was shot in the head and killed as he rode his motorbike to the school where he served as treasurer. The assassin has not been identified. Pamilton was a member of the Tabernakel Pentecostal Church.
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