South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Today Martine from Burkina Faso lost her home and most of her family to Islamist militants. Her first thought: “I hope the killers come to know Jesus.” The day her church was attacked, Martine remembers how, at the end of the service, her pastor had asked […]
Episode 3 of a gripping account in three episodes of how Jesus turned a hardened, violent criminal into a passionate crusade evangelist who is now turning tens of thousands of hearts to the Lord across Africa When Samuel returned to Alexandra in obedience to God’s call he was not only […]
The Eritrean government is being urged to grant full religious freedom after 20 years of state persecution that has seen churches closed and Christians imprisoned or forced to flee. It is 20 years ago this month that the Eritrean state banned every religion except Sunni Islam and the Eritrean Orthodox, […]
Originally published by Open Doors Agnes was 19 when she and two of her friends were kidnapped by extremists during a deadly attack on her village in northeast Nigeria. Muslim extremist groups are bent on crippling the Church and anyone who doesn’t adhere to their radical interpretation of Islam. That […]
Originally published in The Christian Post A mob of Muslims have vandalised three church buildings and damaged and looted Christian-owned shops in Nigeria’s Sokoto state after police arrested two Muslims for beating to death 25-year-old Christian student Deborah Emmanuel Yakubu and burning her body over false allegations of blasphemy. Demanding […]
Originally published in Persecution.org Deborah Emmanuel, a 25-year-old Christian student at the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Nigeria’s Sokoto State, was fatally beaten and her body was burned yesterday. Her classmates were incensed at a supposedly blasphemous message she had sent to a school WhatsApp group. Deborah, who attends […]
Originally published in Christian Headlines Terrorism by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) stretched into Taraba state, Nigeria for the first time on April 19, killing six Christians, sources said. After an explosion killed the six Christians and wounded more than a dozen others at Christian-owned market where alcohol […]
Originally published in Christian Headlines A pastor in Sudan who was attacked during worship this month was sentenced to a month in jail along with another church leader on Monday under a law against disturbing the peace, sources said. Judge Awad Ibrahim Kury, a Muslim, found Pastor Stephanou Adil Kujo […]
Originally published in Christian News A Christian teacher in Uganda has been burnt and beaten for praying in Christ’s name. According to Morning Star News, Yusufu Mwanje was taken from his house and dragged inside a mosque by his colleagues at the Islamic primary school where he worked. Mwanje had […]
Originally published on CSW At least 142 people were killed, 156 were injured and 70 were abducted on April 10 during simultaneous attacks on communities in the Kanam Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau state, Nigeria by hundreds of armed assailants of Fulani origin. Survivors from the affected communities, which […]