South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in God Reports An Ethiopian evangelist suffered significant wounds to his head when he was attacked by a group of radical Muslims with machetes. The 27-year-old man – who cannot be named for security reasons – was attacked on July 16 while he was alone in his home […]
Originally published in CBN News President Donald Trump is nominating Kansas Gov Sam Brownback as the ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom. If confirmed by the Senate, he’ll run the State Department’s office which promotes religious freedom through foreign policy. He and his staff would be charged with investigating religious freedom […]
Originally published in Christian Today Seven Christians have been killed in Kenya by al-Shabaab militants, according to International Christian Concern. The killings took place earlier this month in three separate villages. Three policemen were killed in the first raid, when 200 militants attacked Pandanguo village in Lamu county. Three days […]
Originally published in CBN News The little girl had no idea her parents were criminals until the day she found a Bible hidden in the family’s home. “When I was twelve, I accidentally found a Bible my parents had hidden in their closet. I don’t know why, but I started […]
By Open Doors SA It is estimated that for one in every 12 Christians around the world,persecution is a daily reality –they endure intimidation, prison and even death because of their faith. During 2016, Open Doors distributed 2.5 million Bibles and Christian literature worldwide, trained a million people and provided […]
The US has extended its sanctions against Sudan for another three months, saying “more time is needed” to review whether Sudan has done enough to merit their removal. Sudan’s President, Omar Bashir, responded by suspending his negotiating committee until the end of the three months. The committee has been in negotiations with […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor An Iranian church leader and two men who converted from Islam to Christianity have received lengthy jail sentences for offences relating to evangelism and acting against national security. The defendants were not in Tehran’s Revolutionary Court when the sentences were read out July 4, […]
Rising persecution sparks protest during Indian leader’s White House visit Originally published in Persecution.org Christian families were beaten by villagers, forced to take part in Hindu rituals and had the water for their crops cut off in one of a growing number of incidents of persecution being reported from India […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor A video showing a call for jihad from a senior Iraqi Shi’ite cleric has caused anger among Iraqi Christians. The undated footage shows Sheikh Alaa Al-Mousawi, head of the Shia Endowment, a government body that looks after Iraq’s Shia holy sites, describing Christians as […]
Originally published in CBN News Sudanese pastor Hassan Abduraheem is finally free after being falsely imprisoned for his faith. Abduraheem faced a possible death sentence after speaking at a Christian conference in Ethiopia, where he showed the crowd a picture of a young man who was assaulted for attending a protest. […]