South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in CBN News Almost 70% of Finns are still members of the national Lutheran church. But that doesn’t mean they’re believers. Less than a third of Finns now say they believe in God. This historically Christian nation has not only left the faith but has begun criminal investigations […]
Originally published in Evangelical Focus At least 24 people were killed, including a church pastor, by unidentified gunmen who attacked a church in northern Burkina Faso, local officials said on Monday. The attack took place on Sunday during a worship service at a Protestant church in the village of Pansi […]
Originally published in Lifesite News The president of the Nigerian Catholic bishops’ conference has called on Western nations to “make known the atrocities” inflicted upon Christians and other groups in Nigeria by Islamic terrorists. Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze, the bishop of Benin City, told Aid to the Church in Need […]
Originally published in Christianity Today Having finished his Sunday sermon from Psalm 18 on God as a stronghold who delivers his people from their enemies, Enoch Adeboye then led them to a cemetery. It was an ironic yet appropriate choice. Wearing a bright green tuxedo, the General Overseer of the […]
Originally published by World Watch Monitor Forty Pakistani Christians, who’ve been on trial for the murder of two men during a violent protest following Easter suicide attacks on two churches in Youhanabad – a majority-Christian area in Lahore – have been freed by the Lahore Anti-Terrorism Court. Two others, arrested […]
Originally published in UG Christian News The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared three days of prayer and fasting starting on January 31 in the wake of extremist violence against believers in Christ across the west African nation. In a statement released by Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, General Overseer, […]
Originally published by CSW The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), an offshoot of the Boko Haram terrorist group, has released a video showing the execution on Monday (January 20) of a 22-year-old Christian student from Plateau State, Nigeria, by a minor. Ropvil Daciya Dalep from Jing village in Pankshin […]
Originally published by CSW The Abubakar Shekau faction of the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram executed the chair of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Adamawa state, Reverend Lawan Andimi yesterday. Rev Andimi was abducted on January 2, when terrorists wearing military fatigues ransacked Michika town and forced him […]
260 million Christians worldwide experience levels of persecution measured as extreme, very high or high, says Open Doors International in its 2020 World Watch List (WWL) that was published today. North Korea, which since 2002 has continuously topped the annual list of the 50 countries where Christians face the worst persecution […]
Originally published in The Christian Post As many as 11 Christians were killed in a December 6 bus attack carried out by the Somali-based radical Islamic terrorist group Al-Shabaab in Kenya, according to a Christian persecution watchdog group. Police said a group of armed men ambushed a bus travelling from […]