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Fire Hits Nigeria’s Christ Embassy Megachurch After Controversies

Posted on Monday, June 24, 2024

Nigerian authorities were investigating Monday a fire that destroyed the headquarters of one of the nation’s largest evangelical churches and that its controversial pastor blamed on the devil.

Iraq Forcing Christian Woman To Convert To Islam

Posted on Saturday, June 22, 2024

Iraqi authorities demand that a Christian woman “converts” to Islam and abandon her marriage to a Christian man, Christians confirmed.

Mob Kills Man In Pakistan For Koran ‘Desecration’

Posted on Friday, June 21, 2024

Christians said Friday their “hearts are heavy” after police in northwestern Pakistan confirmed that an angry mob had killed a man questioned there for allegedly “desecrating” the Koran.

Bodies Found Of Murdered Christian Passengers In Nigeria

Posted on Thursday, June 20, 2024

The bodies of three Christians, who were killed by Islamic fighters in northern Nigeria after being separated from other bus passengers, have been found, Christians said Thursday.

India: 11 Christians Freed After Two Years Imprisonment Under Anti-Conversion Law

Posted on Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Eleven Christians in India’s Madhya Pradesh state have just been released from prison after being jailed in 2022 on baseless charges of forcing people to leave Hinduism for Christianity, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

Indonesia: Established Church Faces Eviction for Proximity to Islamic University, “We Hold Onto Hope”

Posted on Wednesday, June 19, 2024

A well-established in Indonesia has been threatened with eviction from its worship center because a new Islamic university has been opened in proximity to it, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. 

DRC: Islamic State Affiliates Murder 80 Christians in Spate of Attacks, “These Attacks Continue Unabated”

Posted on Monday, June 17, 2024

Islamic State-affiliated terrorists slaughtered 150 people, including 80 Christians, in the Democratic Republic of Congo this month, the Christian Post (CP) reports.

5 Christian Sanitation Workers Killed In Pakistan

Posted on Thursday, June 13, 2024

Christians confirmed Thursday that five Christian sanitation workers have died in accidents in Pakistan this week, highlighting concerns about the plight of non-Muslim workers.

Pakistani Christian Young Man Brutally Tortured and Murdered by Employer

Posted on Thursday, June 13, 2024

A young Catholic man in Lahore, Pakistan was tortured and murdered by his Islamic former-employer earlier this month after he resigned to seek a better job, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

China: Christian Taken Into Custody for Posting Commemoration of Tiananmen Square Massacre

Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2024

An evangelical Christian in south-west China was arrested and detained earlier this month after he commemorated the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in a social media post, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. The massacre took place on Jun. 2,…

DRC: Islamic Terrorists Murder Nine in Village Attack, “A Trail of Sorrow and Despair”

Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Terrorists with the Islamist rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) murdered nine people in a devastating attack on a village in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Saturday, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. 

Armed Muslims Kidnap Priest in Nigeria

Posted on Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Christians were praying Monday for a Roman Catholic Church priest who they said had been kidnapped by armed Muslim “bandits” in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Kaduna.

Pakistan: “Devout” Christian Mother in Prison for Alleged Blasphemy

Posted on Tuesday, June 11, 2024

A devoutly Christian woman in Pakistan has been refused bail and faces a 10-year jail sentence for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of Muslims, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

India: Pastor Falsely Accused of Forced Conversions, Experiences “Bullying, Extortion and Mental Torture” in Jail

Posted on Monday, June 10, 2024

A pastor in India’s Madhya Pradesh state spent three tortuous weeks in a harsh prison earlier this year after being falsely accused of forcing Hindus to become Christians, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

Nigeria: Islamic State Murder Three Christian Youths

Posted on Monday, June 10, 2024

Answering their leaders’ recent call to kill Christians "where you find them,” members of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) executed three Christian youths in Nigeria’s Borno state last week, Christian Today (CT) reports.

India: 15 Christian Families Denied Basic Amenities for Refusal to Renounce Christ

Posted on Thursday, June 6, 2024

Council authorities in India’s Chhattisgarh state have denied basic human necessities to 15 Christian families who refuse to renounce Christ and worship a local Hindu god, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

Nigeria: Fulani Terrorists Murder Assemblies of God Pastor and Four Other Christians

Posted on Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Christians in Plateau state, Nigeria are devastated after Fulani terrorists murdered an Assemblies of God pastor, his wife, and three other church members less than one week after Christian Irigwe and Muslim Fulani leaders met to discuss an…

Pakistan: Elderly Christian Man Accused of Blasphemy Dies from Wounds Inflicted by Islamic Mob

Posted on Wednesday, June 5, 2024

A 74-year-old Christian man in Punjab Province, Pakistan, has succumbed to the injuries he sustained during a May 25 attack by a mob of Muslims who falsely believed he had desecrated the Quran, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.…

Nicaragua: US Missionary Remains Wrongfully Charged With Fraud, Colleagues Still in Prison

Posted on Thursday, May 30, 2024

Jon Britton Hancock, an American missionary to Nicaragua with the US-based Mountain Gate ministry remains wrongfully charged by the authoritarian communist Nicaraguan regime of fraud but, as he was able to return home to the United States, will…

Myanmar: Military Junta Rounds Up Dozens of Christian Leaders

Posted on Thursday, May 30, 2024

The Burmese army military junta which controls Myanmar on Thursday May 23 rounded up dozens of Christian leaders and children in the country’s Kachin state on suspicion of aiding the Kachin Independent Army (KIA) and other anti-Junta militias…

What is Christian Persecution?

Christian persecution includes any form of harassment, discrimination, legal restriction, or violence targeted at believers because of their faith in Jesus Christ. It ranges from social and economic pressure to imprisonment, torture, and martyrdom.

Our reporting seeks to verify facts, protect vulnerable sources, and direct readers to meaningful prayer and action while avoiding sensationalism.

Today’s Top Christian Persecution Stories

• Former Ugandan Sheikh Beaten, Home Demolished After Converting to Christianity
• LEAD Ministries Demands Justice for Murdered Christian Laborer in Pakistan (Worthy News Investigation)
• Prayer House Shut Down in Indonesia Amid Church Closures, Mob Attacks (Worthy News Focus)
• Eritrea Pressured To Release 7 Church Leaders Jailed For Decades (Worthy News In-Depth)
• Wave of Anti-Christian Attacks Alarms Church Leaders Across Europe
• Pakistan Police Detain 80 Christian Villagers For ‘Terrorism’ (Worthy News Investigation)

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