NEPAL – UPDATE – The leader of the Hindu extremist group, Nepal Defense Fund (NDF), has threatened to bomb the homes of all Christians if they do not stop spreading the gospel within one month, according to The Voice of the Martyrs contacts. In a letter received by local newspapers in Nepal, R.P. Mainali, the supreme commander of the NDF, demanded that Nepal be declared a Hindu state and Christians should not be allowed to worship freely. He said Hindu groups would not allow foreign missionaries and if the government did not comply, “they would fight the government.”

Richard Schlotter became a Christian in 2001 as a result of efforts of volunteers who visited him during jail ministry outreach. In January, he became lead pastor of the volunteers’ church, First Pentecostal Assembly of God in Ottumwa, Iowa.

For many Christians in the rapidly growing church in Iran, Friday’s presidential election could be life-altering.

A federal appeals court in Denver ruled Monday that a Ten Commandments monument outside an Oklahoma county courthouse is unconstitutional.

The faith of Simbari believers in Papua New Guinea is being strengthened as they rely on God’s power.

Christian beauty queen Carrie Prejean said she is “looking forward to where God leads” her after losing her Miss California title on Wednesday.

They are a part of the fast growing demographic in the United States. They are targeted by new-home builders, surveyed by designers, invited to dinners by financial planners and are a lucrative niche for health and beauty products. Annually, 800,000 join their ranks.

Who are they? They are the invisible among you–they are widows.

Nepal ― Gospel for Asia native missionary Manja Tamang was released from a Nepali prison Friday after serving 9 years of a 20-year sentence. Manja was imprisoned in 2000 after being falsely accused of murder.