Christian Persecution News – Reports on the Persecuted Church

Worthy News provides verified, timely Christian persecution news — reporting on believers facing pressure, discrimination, and violence worldwide, along with actionable prayer updates and ways to respond.

From Asia and Africa to the Middle East and Latin America, we work to amplify the voices of the persecuted, document violations of religious freedom, and bring biblically grounded context to the headlines.

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House Church Leaders Once Pardoned, Re-Arrested in Iran
Posted on Thursday, February 13, 2025
Two Christians in their 60s, who were "pardoned" and released after serving a combined six years in prison for leading house churches in Iran, have been re-arrested, a non-profit organization advocating for persecuted Christians reported.
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Evangelical Leader Killed In Nigeria
Posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2025
A prominent evangelical leader has been killed in northeastern Nigeria, a friend confirmed to Worthy News on Tuesday.
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Mastermind Of Killing Pakistan Christian Detained At Lahore Airport
Posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2025
The main suspect in the killing of a young Christian man in Pakistan that shocked the Christian community has been detained at the international airport of Lahore, the country’s second-largest city, sources involved in the case told Worthy…
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Nepal Detains 17 U.S. Citizens on Charges of Proselytization
Posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Over a dozen U.S. citizens and an Indian national were detained last week in southeastern Nepal for alleged evangelistic activities, as reported by Nepalese media. Civil society sources and religious leaders said that this act by the Nepalese…
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Pakistan Christian Girl ‘Abducted And Forcibly Converted’
Posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Christians in Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city, expressed concern Tuesday over the whereabouts of a 12-year-old Christian girl who was reportedly kidnapped, forced to convert to Islam, and married against her will.
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Terrorists Continue To Wreak Havoc in Nigeria as 1,500 Christians Displaced
Posted on Saturday, February 8, 2025
Boko Haram terrorists raided communities in northeastern Nigeria last week, displacing over 1,500 Christians. Since 2009, Islamic terror groups—including Boko Haram, Islamic State, and Fulani jihadists—have killed or abducted tens of thousands of Christians and displaced millions in…
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16 Christians Slaughtered in Southern Nigeria
Posted on Friday, February 7, 2025
As entrenched Islamic jihadism expands from northern Nigeria down the country, 16 Pentecostal Christians were murdered and homes set on fire during an attack by suspected Fulani militant herdsmen in southern Nigeria’s Ebonyi state on Sunday, International Christian…
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Christians in Syria Concerned for Their Future
Posted on Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Christians in Syria have reported they are worried for their futures as the country gets used to a new Islamic government following the ousting of dictator Bashar al-Assad on December 8 last year.
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Nigeria: Church Elder Shot Dead During Sunday Service
Posted on Tuesday, February 4, 2025
A respected elder of the Celestial Church of Christ, Eagle Parish, in Ogun state, Nigeria, was shot dead when three gunmen invaded the Sunday service on January 19, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
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Nicaragua: Evangelicals Increasingly Targeted by Ortega Regime
Posted on Thursday, January 30, 2025
A new study shows there has been a surge in attacks on Christians in Nicaragua over the last two years, with Nicaraguan dictator President Daniel Ortega now specifically targeting evangelical bodies as well as Catholic communities, Christian Daily…

What is Christian Persecution?

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