THIS IS NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ABOUT CHRISTIANS WHO HAVE BEEN PERSECUTED THIS PAST YEAR JUST FOR BEING CHRISTIANS. THE USA IS NOT EXEMPT.

CHURCHES TORCHED - Tanzania

The mob burned down five churches, including the Seven Day Church, the Anglican Church and the Assemblies of God Church, Christians said Other property belonging to Christians in the area was also destroyed including a car belonging to the Anglican Church pastor, according to ICC investigators.     Click here

CHRISTIANS MURDERED - Nigeria

ABUJA, NIGERIA (Click here)-- At least five people were killed and dozens injured Sunday, November 25, when a suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into a church inside the Jaji military barracks in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state, officials said. Click here

CHRISTIAN GIRLS KIDNAPPED - Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (Click here)-- A Christian girl who had been abducted from Sukkur in Sindh was recently remanded to her alleged kidnapper husband by the Sindh High Court after rejecting all appeals by her lawyer to send her home with her father. … non-Muslim girls are being kidnapped by PPP members and then either forced to be sex-slaves of Islamic "feudal lords," or sold in marriage to wealthy Muslims in Sindh. Click here

PASTOR PERSECUTED – Arizona, USA

PHOENIX, ARIZONA (Click here) Pastor Michael Salman is serving a 60-day sentence in Maricopa County, Arizona, for holding a home Bible study. If you have a small gathering in your home for any kind of religious meeting, you’re going to be harassed by the government to somehow square with the zoning regulations for a formal institution," he said. Click here

PASTORS ATTACKED – Cuba

CUBA- By Joseph DeCaro, Worthy News Correspondent Many religious freedom violations were physical attacks on pastors of small congregations who had challenged local Cuban authorities, but who all lacked the legal resources of larger Christian denominations. Click here