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Originally published in The Christian Post A Pakistani Christian woman imprisoned on death row for over eight years based on trumped-up blasphemy charges recounted how that experience helped her “grow strong in faith.” In an address to religious freedom advocates at the annual International Religious Freedom Summit, Asia Bibi, aided […]
A 70-year-old pastor was killed in Uganda on June 11 after a group of radical Muslims stopped him and his wife on their way home from a market. Bishop Francis Obo was the senior pastor of Mpingire Pentecostal Revival Church Ministries International in Odapako village Mpingire Sub-County and oversaw 17 […]
Originally published in Christian Headlines Fulani herdsmen on Sunday May 23 killed 14 Christians in a village near Jos, Plateau state and eight others in another village, sources said. Herdsmen attacked Kwi village, Riyom County, near Jos, at about 11 p.m., said area resident Solomon Mandiks, a Christian rights activist. […]
The Christian community in eastern Uganda is mourning the death of a beloved Pastor killed hours after he engaged in a public debate about Christianity and Islam in Komolo village, Pallisa town. Pastor Thomas Chikooma who had planted about 50 Churches during his lifetime, was killed May 3 by suspected […]
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin — by Elizabeth Kendal ‘Lawfare’ in Madhya Pradesh On Easter Sunday on April 4 Pastor Manu Damor, 35 led a 4pm worship service for five Christian families in a private home in Rangwasa Village, Indore District, Madhya Pradesh (MP). Towards the end of the service four […]
Originally published in Christian Today A staggering 1 470 Christians were killed by Islamist jihadists in Nigeria in the first four months of 2021, a non-profit in the country has said. The claim came in a report by the Intersociety for Civil Liberty and Rule of Law, which said that another 2 […]
Originally published in Christian Today Burkina Faso could be on the way to becoming the next Nigeria — a battleground for competing jihadist groups cutting a swathe across Africa. So fears a partner of Release International, which supports persecuted Christians around the world, writes Andrew Boyd. Picture a jihad, and […]
By Open Doors Southern Africa Four Christian men from Kalimago Village, Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, were beheaded by Islamic extremists on Tuesday (May 11). Central Sulawesi is the same province where Sigi is located – the area where another four believers were murdered on November 27 last year. The […]
Originally published in Morning Star News Camp for the displaced and five villages attacked Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Monday night (April 26) killed 10 Christians who had taken refuge in a camp for the displaced in north-central Nigeria, bringing to 33 the number of Christians slain in Benue state the […]
Originally published in CBN News Eight Christians who were abducted at gunpoint while traveling to an Easter programme in Kafanchan, Nigeria on March 26 have been released from captivity. Members of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) were on their way to attend an evangelism program when their church’s bus was […]