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  • Iran: pastor’s wife bailed

    CSW

    Anahita Khademi , the wife of a Church of Iran leader, has been released on bail after spending over three weeks in prison. She was released after posting bail equivalent to about $4,000, but still faces charges of ‘propaganda against the system’ and ‘disturbing public opinion’.

    Ms Khademi was arrested days after her husband, Pastor Matthias Haghnejad, was seized, together with two other Christians. Haghnejad remains in prison on charges of ‘acting against the security of the country by forming a group and propagating Christianity’.

  • China: Hudson Taylor cross toppled

    China Christian Daily

    The cross on top of the Hudson Taylor Memorial Tower, behind Xuande Church in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province has been removed.

    Built in 2018, the tower was also open to the public. Hudson and Maria Taylor were buried under the Memorial building after their tombs were moved to the Hudson Taylor Memorial Church in 2014. Both the church and the Memorial used to have a cross on top. Although the Memorial’s cross has been removed, the one on the church remains for now.