Article originally published in Christian Post Islamic militants killed at least 21 people in Baghdad and another Iraqi city on Tuesday in their offensive to capture the capital. Jihadists have also invaded Baiji, the country’s largest oil refinery. AFP News Agency reported that the violence came during a major offensive […]
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Persecution in the good ol’ Republic of South Africa?
[notice]Personal reflections by Luke Hulley, an elder in a local church in Cape Town.[/notice] Mixed reactions of Christians to mounting threat Historically, Christianity has always faced persecution somewhere in the world. I grew up in the protestant church and the persecution stories were a part of the culture. We would […]
Iraqi city being cleansed of Christians as thousands flee
Article originally posted in World Watch Monitor A mass exodus is underway from Iraq’s second largest city Mosul after its seizure by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIS, an Iraq and Syria-based Sunni Muslim extremist group. The BBC reports about 150 000 people have fled the city […]
Korea claims it is holding American tourist
An American tourist has been detained in North Korea for allegedly committing an unspecified crime, the country’s official news agency reported Friday. The Korean Central News Agency said that authorities were investigating the American for allegedly committing acts inconsistent with the purpose of a tourist visit. It did not give […]
China: How the Tiananmen Square massacre grew the Chinese Church
Originally published in Gospel Herald Twenty five years ago, on June 4, 1989, Chinese troops violently reclaimed the square in Beijing which pro-democracy protesters had occupied for weeks. The Tiananmen Square massacre left thousands of people dead and all but snuffed out the democratic movement. While the country has seen […]
Nigeria tops Christian persecution violence list: new Open Doors report
By Open Doors The World Watch List (WWL) Research team of Open Doors International has released a Top 10 Violence List of countries in which Christians have experienced the most violent incidents for their faith in Jesus Christ. The World Watch Top 10 Violence List, which is based on persecution […]
Christian group pickets Sudanese Embassy in Pretoria
Sudan rebuts reports it will free mother sentenced to death A group of 15 Christians representing various evangelical organisations picketed the Sudanese Embassy in Pretoria at lunch time today (June 3, 2014) and handed over a memorandum demanding the release of Meriam Ibrahim, 27, who has been sentenced to death […]
30 Christians killed as Muslim rebels attack Central African Republic church
Originally published in The Christian Post At least 30 Christians were shot dead by Muslim rebels in an attack on a church in the war-torn Central African Republic, a pastor said. “We were in the church when were heard the shooting outside,” the Rev. Freddy Mboula of Notre Dame de […]
Christians to protest outside Sudanese Embassy in Pretoria on Tuesday
Christians plan to picket in front of the Sudanese Embassy in Pretoria on Tuesday (June 3) afternoon in protest against a death sentence ruling by a Sudanese court against a young Christian mother and medical doctor, Meriam Ibrahim, 27, for refusing to convert to Islam. Ibrahim who gave birth to […]
The Christian vote in Egypt’s elections
Sisi’s victory: A step forward in protecting Egypt’s Christians? By Todd Daniels and ICC’s Egypt Representative Egyptians have cast their votes in the first presidential election since the removal of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi. As preliminary results come in, it appears that Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has received more than 95 […]