South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
In the six months since the Biden administration removed Nigeria from its list of “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPC)—which identifies those in severe violations of religious freedom—religious violence has continued to surge across the region. Last week’s gruesome stoning and burning of Nigerian Christian college student, Deborah Samuel, by extremist […]
A three-member task group of Dutch Reformed Church leaders from Namibia spent 15 hours in talks with senior DRC leaders in South Africa last week over differences that threaten to divide the denomination. The consultations were a sequel to a March ultimatum by the Namibian synod, giving the DRC leadership […]
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 […]
This is post 3 of 3 in the series “Samuel Murrombe: from gangster to international soul winner” Samuel Murrombe: from gangster to international soul winner — Episode 1 Samuel Murrombe: from gangster to international soul winner — Episode 2 Samuel Murrombe: from gangster to international soul winner — Episode 3 […]
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 […]
