South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published by Christian Today Franklin Graham has called Christians to stand against the global “Christian genocide”, saying that 100 000 believers are killed every year for their faith. Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse and an outspoken conservative evangelical commentator, was speaking as he opened a four-day conference in Washington […]
Originally published in Morning Star News A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Christian to life in prison under the country’s blasphemy laws in spite of scanty evidence, an advocacy official said. Nasir Saeed said a trial court in Rawalpindi sentenced Zafar Bhatti to life imprisonment, even though conviction under Section […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Ethiopia’s northern Tigray State is considering adopting a new law that would restrict Christian activities to within official church compounds, rendering illegal the activities of smaller churches that do not own their own buildings and gather in houses. The law, if passed, would most […]
Originally published in One News Now A persecution watchdog group is launching a new campaign to stop dozens of church demolitions in Sudan. The grassroots effort by International Christian Concern is designed to raise awareness of ongoing threats by the Sudanese government to thrash churches in and around the capital […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald A Taiwanese Christian pastor was detained in China after he sang Jesus Love You and accused of engaging in “illegal religious activity.” According to persecution watchdog China Aid, Pastor Xu Rongzhang from Taiwan was detained over the weekend because he led a group of […]
Originally published in Christian Today Authorities in China’s coastal Zhejiang province carried out violent attacks against churches refusing to install surveillance cameras in late March, according to persecution watchdog China Aid. The Zhejiang provincial government had instructed local authorities to install security cameras in churches with the aim of helping […]
Originally published in Christian Today Egyptians have been paying their respects to a female police officer who was killed when she stopped an Islamic extremist suicide bomber from entering a Coptic church in Alexandria on Sunday. At least 44 people died in two bombings targeting Egypt’s Christian minority on Palm […]
Originally published in WTOP Undeterred by the arrest of hard-line protest leaders, thousands of Muslims marched in Indonesia’s capital on Friday, calling for the jailing of the city’s minority Christian governor. Following Friday prayers, the protesters marched from Istiqlal Mosque in central Jakarta to the nearby presidential palace, which was […]
Originally published in The Christian Post A Muslim extremist who tried to kill a Christian pastor last week in Central Africam Republic has now accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior, according to a global missionary network. Bibles for Mideast, a group of missionaries that delivers Bibles to underground […]
Originally published in Christian Today Iranian government agents have arrested two newly baptised Christians — a mother and her son –seizing their Bibles and other Christian books. Anousheh Reza-bakhsh and her son Soheil Zagarzadeh Sani — also known as “Veronika” and “Augustine,” respectively — were arrested by Iran’s elite Revolutionary […]