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Islamic Radical Ideology Sweeps Across Burkina Faso, Targeting Christians

Posted on Friday, June 14, 2019

The entire Christian population of a town in Burkina Faso was forced to flee following two attacks by radicals as the shadow of Islamism creeps across the Western African nation.

Arrests of Non-Denominational Christians Continue in ‘North Korea of Africa’

Posted on Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Thirty Pentecostal Christians were arrested in the Eritrea Capital of Asmara recently, continuing a trend of government crackdowns on non-organized religion in the East African country that saw 141 more Christians arrested on May 10th.

Christians in Iraq Struggle to Reclaim Ancestral Homeland in Nineveh Plains

Posted on Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Christians in Iraq are struggling to reclaim their ancestral territory, according to a new report by International Christian Concern (ICC).

Indian Christian Man: ‘Everything Now Is Gone’ Following Government Demolition of His School for Orphans

Posted on Monday, June 10, 2019

A Christian man in Odisha State, India, who built a school for orphaned children 8 years ago, had his life’s work devastated on May 13th when local officials demolished the school and its dormitories following sabotage of his…

Ugandan Muslims Wield Influence Against Police to Shut Down Open-Air Evangelism

Posted on Monday, June 10, 2019

Bwera, a city on Uganda’s Western border with Democratic Republic of Congo, has banned open-air evangelistic preaching due to threats from Muslim clerics following the conversions of 35 Muslims.

Protests Over Death of Nigerian Christian Man Lead to More Reprisals by Muslim Fulani Herdsmen

Posted on Friday, June 7, 2019

Another spate of violence against Christians by Muslim Fulani Herdsmen occurred in Nigeria's Plateau State last week, following the discovery of a Christian man’s body that led to protests by Christians against repeated Muslim aggression.

Iraqi Christian Survives Immolation Three Times Due to Appearances by Jesus in His Dreams

Posted on Monday, June 3, 2019

'Hearts and Hands: Iraq,' a new documentary by Sean Feucht at Bethel Music, tells the story of an Iraqi Yazidi man who survived being burned alive three times after ISIS fighters found out about his Christian faith.

Man on Motorcycle Appears From Nowhere to Rescue Missionaries from Gun-Toting Crowd

Posted on Friday, May 31, 2019

A group of missionaries was spared from a gun-wielding mob of protesters in Haiti following a visitation by a man on a motorcycle who told them “it’s going to be okay.”

Indian Christians Say ‘God Works for the Good of Those Who Love Him’ As Modi Rides Anti-Christian Nationalist Wave to Second Term in Office

Posted on Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Christians in India are bracing themselves for more of the same after Prime Minister Narendra Modi was elected to another five-year term last Thursday, having garnered a 303-seat parliamentary majority—a 31-seat gain from his initial election in 2014.

Mob Attacks Against Christians By Hindu Radicals Continue in Shadow of Modi Re-election

Posted on Monday, May 27, 2019

Christians at Praise the Lord Church in Kanjapalli, a village in India’s persecution-ridden Tamil Nadu state, were ruthlessly attacked by a mob of Hindu radicals on May 3rd, following an identical instance of mob violence in February in…

Christians Abducted from Choir Practice as Nigerian Herdsmen Violence Continues Unabated

Posted on Friday, May 24, 2019

Seventeen people were abducted by Islamic Herdsmen militias in Dankande Village of Nigeria’s Kaduna State Sunday in a perpetuation of violence against Christians that has seen five similar incursions in the last few months.

Two Iranian Christians Sentenced for Involvement in ‘Zionist Christianity’

Posted on Thursday, May 23, 2019

Two Christians in the northern Iranian city of Rasht had their sentences upheld after losing their cases in an Iranian court of appeals.

Christianity a Threat to Chinese National Security, Xi Jinping’s Government Determines

Posted on Friday, May 17, 2019

"Christianity’s Enormous Harm on China’s Security" is the title of the most recent seminar held by party officials of the Chinese communist party, which took place in Henan last month amidst Xi Jinping’s campaign to assimilate all Chinese…

Christians Overwhelming Persecuted for their Faith according to a British Gov’t Report

Posted on Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Roughly 80 percent of people who suffer persecution for their faith are Christian according to a recently released report issued by the British government.

Terrorists in Burkina Faso Execute Six at Pentecostal Church

Posted on Monday, May 6, 2019

Christians in Burkina Faso are mourning a deadly attack on a Protestant church as 'a new turning point in terrorism' in the West African nation.

U.K. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt ‘Appalled’ By Global Persecution of Christians

Posted on Friday, May 3, 2019

U.K. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt pledged support from his country for war-torn Nigeria on Wednesday, where the Boko Haram arm of the Islamic State has massacred countless scores of Christians.

USCIRF Annual Report Highlights China’s ‘Tragedy’ of Religious Freedom

Posted on Thursday, May 2, 2019

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its annual report Monday, detailing religious rights abuses around the world and recommending state actors for the U.S. State Department to earmark as “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPCs).

18 Dead in Cameroon as Boko Haram Travels Across the Border from Nigeria

Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2019

Two separate attacks in Cameroon’s Far North region, both by Boko Haram, have claimed the lives of 18 people.

321 Killed in Sri Lankan IS Attacks

Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2019

Christians in Sri Lanka are reeling from a series of coordinated attacks Sunday that killed 323 people and injured 500 others.

Sudanese Christians Eye Democratic Sudan As Ticket Out of Persecution

Posted on Monday, April 22, 2019

Muslims and Christians in Sudan are unifying under the banner of democracy after a rare window of opportunity opened following the ousting of longtime military dictator Omar Al-Bashir.

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