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In this opinion piece, originally published in The Christian Post, Brad Brandon founder and CEO of Across Nigeria asks why increased awareness of the dire situation of Christians in Nigeria has not led to increased accountability. Brandon writes from the perspective of a missionary who spends much time in high-persecution areas of […]
Originally published in Christian Today Christians in Afghanistan are at risk of a “genocide” according to Martin Parsons, an expert in religious freedom and Islamic extremism and former aid worker to the country. Writing for The Critic, Parsons spoke of his experiences in the 1990s following the first takeover of power […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News Two couples who run a youth-based ministry in northern Lower Michigan are suing their local township and its leaders, alleging that they unconstitutionally banned their group from meeting. In a 169-page complaint filed Monday in US District Court in Grand Rapids, the plaintiffs said […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News A Christian man in China has been arrested for listening to the Bible in his car. The man, referred to as Brother AK, lives in a Muslim-majority region of north-west China and was listening to the Bible via a USB device connected to the […]
Originally published in Morning Star News Two church leaders abducted in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains have been released, local sources said. The Rev Yaqob Ibrahim Tia and Zakaria Suliman Jana, both prominent leaders of a Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) congregation in Heiban, South Kordofan state, were freed on July 28 […]
Originally published in Anglican Ink Before you read this article, I want you to understand something: the person who wrote these words could pay a high price simply for choosing to speak. If my identity is revealed, I could face danger or even death — not because I have committed […]
Originally published in My Christian Daily Following Algeria’s closure of nearly all evangelical churches in waves of repression that began in 2017, Christians have been forced underground in what they describe as an internal exile, sources said. Christians in the 99% Muslim country gather discreetly in homes, garages or under […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Christian congregations are expanding in some of the world’s most hostile countries even as an estimated 380 million believers face persecution each year for their faith, according to a report from the US-based persecution watchdog International Christian Concern. ICC’s report, Global Persecution Index 2026, found […]
Originally published in Christian Today International Christian Concern (ICC) has released its 2026 Global Persecution Index (GPI), a report that details the plight of persecuted Christians around the globe. The report looks at over 20 countries, most of which are in Africa or Asia, and shines a spotlight on three […]
Originally published in Harbinger’s Daily See also: https://gatewaynews.co.za/kidnapped-scripture-union-leaders-in-nigeria-remain-missing/ A new report suggests Nigerian Christians are suffering disproportionately compared to Muslim victims in targeted killings and massacres spearheaded by Nigeria’s Islamic terror groups. The study, published by Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa (ORFA), discovered that between October 2019 and September […]