South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published by International Christian Concern Hani is a young woman in her mid-twenties serving a five-year sentence for converting to Christianity. Her family lives in Hargeisa, the capital of the Republic of Somaliland. A former Muslim, Hani heard the truth of the gospel from some of her fellow students […]
Originally published in Morning Star News A group of Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda seriously wounded a pastor and his wife in an attack on a meeting at their church on November18, he said. The knife attack on an evening service of Believers’ Church in Nansonko village, Kibuku District came […]
Thousands of Christian children in countries hostile to the Christian faith are facing increasing levels of extreme persecution, says Open Doors International in a new report titled A generation at risk: Children & Youth Report 2022. They are experiencing persecution “that is isolating, harsh and identity-shaping” and are being targeted […]
A new report by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is showing Christian persecution or oppression has increased by 75% in the 24 countries the group monitors. The main focus of the report was analysing countries from Africa, the Middle East and Asia. It showed the situation for Christians […]
Originally published in Open Doors It’s very rare that we receive direct communication from our family in North Korea. Occasionally, we get stories from believers in Open Doors’ safe houses in China, yet rarely are we able to read precious words straight from the mouths of our brothers and sisters […]
Originally Published in Worthy News As Fulani militant herdsmen murdered 70 more Christians in Nigeria’s Benue state this month, local authorities called on the federal government to supply volunteer guards with AK-47s to protect citizens as official security agencies have been unable to stem the ongoing slaughter of believers by Islamic terrorists, Morning […]
Originally published in Persecution.Org Twenty Congolese Christians were killed and several others kidnapped after the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) struck the village of Kainama, Beni territory in Nord Kivu on the night of October 4. The bishop of the Beni Anglican Diocese confirmed the attack by the Islamist rebel group, […]
Christians in Burkina Faso are facing an “existential threat” as Islamist militants capitalise on continued disruption and disorder in the country, a spokesman for Open Doors UK has said. “Islamist militants are waging an insurgency to establish a Caliphate, an Islamic State ruled by Sharia. “Thus non-Muslims are their prime […]
Originally published in Christian News A Christian woman in northeast Nigeria is on trial after being held incommunicado for more than four months on blasphemy charges for forwarding a WhatsApp message, sources said. Rhoda Ya’u Jatau, 45, was arrested in Bauchi state in May after receiving a WhatsApp message from […]
Forty-five worshippers were kidnapped when jihadists stormed a church in Nigeria’s Kaduna state on Monday, Sahara Reporters said. Monday’s attack took place during a service at the Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Kasuwa quarters of Kasuwan Magani Town, Kaduna State, the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) told reporters. In a statement, […]