South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By Anne Lim — Originally published in Eternity News As the Taliban takes full control in Afghanistan, Christian pastors are pleading for prayers as they and their families hide in fear from the conquering Islamic extremist group. Since the weekend, hundreds of Afghans have flooded Kabul’s airport, desperate to catch […]
Originally published in Eternity News This week, a Pakistani Christian couple, who had been on death row for seven years on false blasphemy charges, has safely arrived in Europe*. The Lahore High Court had overturned their death sentence in early June. A session court had sentenced Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel to death by hanging in 2014. The parents of four faced death threats after the news of their acquittal broke. “We are delighted that Shagufta and Shafqat […]
Originally published in Christian Headlines More than 3 000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria this year by Muslim militants amidst a massive wave of persecution that also has resulted in 300 churches being threatened, attacked or destroyed, according to a new report. The report by the International Society for Civil […]
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 […]