South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Today Christianity is making such significant gains in one Muslim-majority nation in South Asia that local evangelists are now envisioning the day when their country would become a Christian nation. The country is Bangladesh, the fourth largest Muslim nation in the world with a population of […]
Originally published in The Christian Post A Christian pastor in Sudan says the government has “declared war against Christians” because it’s fearful Muslims will be led to Jesus Christ, which is the reason why pastors are being imprisoned and churches are being demolished in the Islamic nation. Persecution watchdog group […]
Originally published in Christian Today As Coptic Christians continue to flee for their lives from the threat of ISIS in Egypt, the head of the Coptic Church in the UK has called out the ‘horrific attacks’ that have claimed 40 Christians in the last three months. His Grace Bishop Angaelos, […]
Originally published in Christian Daily The US House of Representatives has labelled Nigeria as the world’s most dangerous place for Christians after a former Nigerian leader presented the challenges that believers in his country face. Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan presented the plight of the Christians in his country before […]
Jesus leads Sikh song leader out of Golden Temple We read in the bible about worship musicians going ahead of armies in battle — with amazing results (See 2 Chronicles 20:21-22), Worship pioneer Sean Feucht says he’s been seeing worship teams going in front of the army in northern Iraq […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald Two pastors and two new believers in the Middle East who were sent to prison for their faith received favour from a jail officer whom Jesus visited four times in a dream. The two pastors were reportedly giving Bible lessons to the two new […]
Originally published in Christian Today The pastor of a church in eastern Uganda and eight of his parishioners remain missing and feared dead or kidnapped two weeks after the church was attacked by a mob of Muslims, the Morning Star News reported. The mob turned the church into a den […]
Originally published in China Aid Christian house churches in China should brace themselves for “unprecedented suppression” that a change in government policy will bring about, a new report has warned. In its latest report on the implementation of the new Regulations on Religious Affairs, China Aid expressed fears that Christian […]
Originally published in The Christian Times Nigerian Christians were alarmed after the authorities demolished two church buildings in Dutse, the capital of the northern state of Jigawa. On Jan. 11, bulldozers, escorted by police officers, tore down the buildings of the Redeem Christian Church of God and the Lord Chosen […]
The World Watch List (WWL) — a list of the 50 countries where persecution of Christians is the highest — is a tool given to the Church each year to help us pay particular attention to those countries, to pray for our persecuted brothers and to consider how we can […]