Christians in Latin America Face Intensifying Persecution
Christians across Latin America, most notably in Cuba, Mexico and Nicaragua, are facing intensified persecution for their faith, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
Posted on: Thursday, May 16, 2024

Islamic Terrorists Massacre Christians in Democratic Republic of Congo
Islamic terrorists in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday slaughtered 11 Christians, abducted several others, and burned down homes in Ndimo village, Ituri province, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. 
Posted on: Thursday, May 16, 2024

Pakistan: Police Refuse to Arrest Muslim Who Pushed Christian Female Employee Into Electric Cutting Machine
A lawyer in Pakistan is demanding that reluctant police authorities arrest an Islamist employer who caused a young Christian female employee to lose an ear and most of her scalp when he pushed her into an electric chaff cutter last month, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
Posted on: Thursday, May 16, 2024

Nigeria: Nine Abducted University Students Now Rescued
Nine students who were abducted from Nigeria’s Confluence University of Science and Technology last week have all now been rescued, Reuters reports.
Posted on: Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Florida Church Baptizes More Than 1,600 People In One Day
Pastor Joby Martin, founder and lead pastor of Florida’s The Church of Eleven22 reports that his church witnessed a record 1,614 people publicly declare their faith in Jesus through baptism during an annual one-day Gospel event earlier this month, Crosswalk reports. The yearly event took place at Hanna Park Beach in Jacksonville, Florida on May 5.
Posted on: Tuesday, May 14, 2024

China: Two Imprisoned Church Leaders In Poor Health
Concerns are intensifying for the health of two house church leaders in eastern China who have been imprisoned on charges of alleged fraud, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
Posted on: Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Pennsylvania: Pastor Says God Protected Congregants When Tornado Smashed Into Their Building
The pastor of a Christian ministry in Pennsylvania says God protected his congregants when a tornado tore into their church building during a worship service Saturday, ripping off the steeple and a roof, and smashing windows Crosswalk reports. According to the National Weather Service, the twister was probably an EF-2 tornado with winds between 111-135 mph.
Posted on: Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Chinese Church is Fastest-Growing Church in Britain
A new study sponsored by the British and Foreign Bible Society shows that the Chinese Church in the United Kingdom grew by an average of nearly 29% between 2021-2023, making it the fastest-growing church in Britain, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
Posted on: Monday, May 13, 2024

Azerbaijan is Country of Particular Concern, USCIRF says
The United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has recommended that the transcontinental country of Azerbaijan now be placed on the US State Department’s list of Countries of Particular Concern (CPC) because of intensifying violations of religious freedom, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. The USCIRF made its recommendation in its new annual report on the status of religious freedom around the world.
Posted on: Monday, May 13, 2024

Indonesia House Church Raided As Anti-Christian Violence Spreads
Suspected angry Muslims raided a house church in Indonesia’s East Java province, just days after a similar incident in which two were injured, a pastor and other Christians told Worthy News on Friday.
Posted on: Sunday, May 12, 2024

US Pastor Forgives Gunman Who Nearly Killed Him
A pastor in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania says he has forgiven the man who nearly shot and killed him during last Sunday’s church service.
Posted on: Sunday, May 12, 2024

Music Ministry Sees Over 34,000 Professions Of Faith In Christ, “Gen Z Is On Fire”
The major US music ministry Winter Jam has seen over 34,000 professions of faith in Christ from young people in America this year alone, Christian Headlines (CH) reports.
Posted on: Thursday, May 9, 2024

USA: Pastor Says God Protected Him From Gunman Whose Firearm Jammed In Church Service
Pennsylvania pastor Rev. Glenn Germany attests it was a “miracle of God” that the loaded gun aimed at him by Bernard Polite during a church service on Sunday would not fire because it was jammed, Christian Headlines (CH) reports.
Posted on: Thursday, May 9, 2024

Algerian Pastor Sentenced To Prison Over “Unauthorized Worship”
Christians in Algeria have appealed for prayers after an appeals court sentenced a prominent pastor to one-year imprisonment related to organizing “unauthorized worship” in the Islamic nation.
Posted on: Thursday, May 9, 2024

UK: Islamist Found Guilty of Attempting to Murder Iranian Christian Convert and Murdering Elderly Briton
An Islamist asylum seeker in the United Kingdom has been found guilty of attempting to kill his Iranian housemate for converting to Christianity and for murdering an elderly man he did not know on the street in Hartlepool, northern England, Christian Daily reports.
Posted on: Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Nigeria: Fulani Murder Six Christians in Kaduna State
There has been an uptick in attacks on Christians in Nigeria by Fulani jihadist herdsmen, and on May 5, six people were boldly slaughtered in their homes during a raid on a predominantly Christian village in Kaduna state, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
Posted on: Wednesday, May 8, 2024

UMC Votes to Abolish Rule That Homosexuality Is “Incompatible” with Christian Teaching
America’s United Methodist Church General Conference last week voted to remove from its Book of Discipline rulebook a clause asserting that homosexuality is "incompatible with Christian teaching,” the Christian Post (CP) reports.
Posted on: Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Nigeria: Killing of Christians Continues, 28 Murdered in Benue State
The relentless murder of Christians in Nigeria is continuing, despite repeated warnings from rights groups, including the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, that Nigerian believers in Christ are facing genocide at the hands of Islamic terrorists.
Posted on: Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Pakistan: Police Refuse to Help Christians Driven Off Their land, “We Have Lost Everything”
Police in Punjab Province, Pakistan, have refused to assist a Catholic farming family after they were attacked by Muslims demanding they vacate their land, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. 
Posted on: Monday, May 6, 2024

Iran: Christian Re-Arrested, Detained for His Faith
A Christian member of a house church in Iran has recently been brought before the Islamic Revolutionary Court on charges of operating “propaganda against the Islamic regime,” International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
Posted on: Monday, May 6, 2024