South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in The Christian Post WATCH: ‘Hannelie’, testimony of South African missionary, produced by Voice of the Martyrs for International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church As Christians from around the world are facing persecution in unprecedented numbers, churches and Christian organisations will hold special prayers for the […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor. Nigeria’s Middle Belt is the scene of ever-continuing attacks on Christian farmers by mainly Muslim Hausa-Fulani herdsmen, including this past week where attacks have occurred in both Kaduna and Benue states. Now a recent report about another state in the Middle Belt, Nasarawa, shows that […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald. A young Iraqi Christian girl displaced by ISIS, who made headlines last year after saying God’s grace enabled her to forgive her tormentors, has said she can’t wait to return home now that her hometown is almost liberated. During an interview with SAT-7 KIDS, […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor The kidnap of a pioneering American missionary in Niger is a “terrible tragedy” for the communities he served for 24 years, according to the local mayor. It has also raised security concerns among the country’s missionary community. Jeff Woodke, 55, who worked for Jeunesse […]
Originally published in The Christian Telegraph After six years in prison, Pastor Behnam Irani has been released from Ghezel Hesar Prison, and is now free in Iran, Christian Telegraph reports according to ASSIST News Service. “I basically have very little details. He finished serving his sentence and was released. He […]
Originally published in Christian Today. A young Christian woman from Eritrea has described how she was imprisoned in a shipping container, tortured and beaten and starved – all because she refused to stop saying the name of Jesus. Helen Berhane is from Eritrea, one of the worst countries in the […]
Originally published by The Gospel Herald. As Islamist groups warned of reprisals for a possible acquittal in Pakistan’s highest profile blasphemy case, the country’s Supreme Court today delayed ruling on an appeal against the death sentence given to Christian mother of five Aasiya Noreen. The ruling on the death sentence […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor. Three Iranian Christian converts are appealing after they were sentenced to 80 lashes each for drinking alcohol during Holy Communion. (Non-Muslims are permitted to drink alcohol in Iran, but leaving Islam is forbidden, so any such conversions are not recognised.) Yasser Mossayebzadeh, Saheb Fadaie […]
Originally published in Christian Today. Islamist militant group al-Shabaab claimed the deaths of six Christians in an attack on a residential compound in Northeast Kenya on Thursday. “We are behind the Mandera attack in which we killed six Christians,” Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al Shabaab’s military operations spokesman, told Reuters. […]
Originally published in CBN News. Pastor Saeed and Naghmeh Abedini announced on social media that they are divorcing. The Iranian-American pastor spent years in an Iranian prison after being arrested for being a Christian and for sharing his faith with Muslims. It’s an act considered illegal and worthy of death […]