Eritrea Arrests 30 Evangelical Christian Women

Yesterday we told you a little bit about this story via our friends at Mission Network News, and today we wanted to share a few more details from the Christian Post.

The Eritrean government arrested 30 elderly, Christian women this past weekend, a Christian persecutionwatchdog reported Monday.

Security forces on Dec. 5 rounded up a group of mostly elderly women praying together at a house and took them to a police station in Asmara, the capital city, according to International Christian Concern.

The women are mostly members of the Faith Mission Church, an evangelical church with a Methodist background. The church has an over 50-year history in Eritrea but became a target of government crackdown after a law requiring churches to register with officials was adopted in 2002.

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