South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
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. […]
Originally published in Assist News Service “America will stand by followers of Christ in this hour of need,” U.S. Vice President Mike Pence told the World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians, the recent conference on the topic of persecution held in the nation’s capital. “Our administration is fully committed […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald A Christian mother and her two daughters escaped China earlier this year with the help of an activist who has called the ordeal nothing short of miraculous. Chen Guiqiu fled China with her two children, ages 15 and 4, after authorities imprisoned her husband, […]
Originally published by World Watch Monitor Gloria Shehu is one of the people in north-east Nigeria set to benefit from the UN’s humanitarian fund targeting the devastation from the conflict with Boko Haram. Yesterday (17 May) the agency stepped up a call for more money, reminding that “the number of […]
Jan Gouws executive director of Open Doors South Africa looks at religious freedom in South Africa from a global perspective, On April 27, we celebrated freedom in our country. The constitution partly defines this freedom as follows: “everyone has the right to freedom of conscience, religion, thought, belief and opinion”. […]