South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published by Voice of The Persecuted A father, imprisoned for over two-and-a-half years for discussing theology with Christian converts in a private Facebook group following his conversion from Islam to Christianity, has declared a hunger strike in a heartbreaking letter to his wife and family. Religious freedom advocates are […]
Originally published in Christian Today A Christian missionary who was held captive by an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group has shared details of his ordeal, where he was kept in brutal conditions that saw him face extremes of heat and cold, scorpions, and scurvy. Incredibly, Dr Ken Elliott, who was 82 […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Two Christian brothers in Pakistan were arrested and charged with blasphemy on Tuesday after they were accused of desecrating pages of the Quran, sources said. Tabish Shahid and Kalu Shahid, 18-year-old sons of Shahid Masih of Kalay Wala Tehsil, Kasur District, Punjab Province, were […]
This week we publish the first of two articles by Open Doors SA ahead of the Amka Afrika Prayer Event for persecuted Christians in Africa on September 14 See also: Mary’s story In sub-Saharan Africa alone, more than 16 million Christians had been driven from their homes by the end […]
Originally published in Morning Star News Muslims burned down a church building in the early hours of Saturday Auguust 10 in central Nigeria’s Niger state, sources said. The razing of the building of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) congregation in Kontagora town at about 3am was the second […]
Originally published in Worthy News Five Christian converts from Islam in Iran have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from nine months to 15 years for reasons that have not been made public, the Jerusalem Post reports. The Jerusalem Post reports that news of the Christians’ sentences was first broken […]
Originally published in The Christian Post A Christian has been jailed under blasphemy charges since April 27 in Lahore, Pakistan, for inadvertently stepping out of his rickshaw onto some papers said to be pages of the Quran, sources said. Dennis Albert, a 35-year-old rickshaw driver, was booked under one section […]
Originally published in Morning Star News A Muslim in Somalia was seriously wounded for putting his faith in Christ this month and lost his wife and five children, sources said. Mohammad Abdul, 40, survived a knife attack by his Muslim relatives on the outskirts of Kismayo, a port city in […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Finnish Christian parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen submitted her defence to Finland’s Supreme Court after being taken to trial a third time for tweeting a Bible verse half a decade ago in opposition to homosexuality. Räsänen’s defence argues she was within her international rights to express […]
Originally published by Global Christian Relief When the inferno of war in Sudan arrived on the doorstep of Fatima’s family, they knew they had a difficult decision to make. One of their sons had already gone missing in the war, so Fatima, her husband and their remaining children began the dangerous […]