Christians in Laos Face Hostile Police and Villagers

Lao women gather in front of their homes to hear the gospel proclaimed by a local Christian missionary

Police in Laos recently summoned the residents of six villages to make this announcement: “Since Christianity is a Western religion, any child under the age of 17 is not allowed to believe in Jesus.” “They later made a threat,” a native ministry leader said, “that if they found any Christians gathered in groups of five people or more, they would be nailed by their hands and feet, and then shot to death.”