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Nigeria: Jihadists Slaughter 23 Christians In Series Of Attacks

Posted on Sunday, February 25, 2024

Islamic terrorists murdered 23 people, including burning six alive, abducted five people, and set fire to 28 homes, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

Pakistan: Christian Man Sentenced To Mandatory Life Imprisonment For Alleged Insulting Comment About Muhammad

Posted on Sunday, February 25, 2024

An Additional Sessions Court in Punjab Province, Pakistan has sentenced a Christian man to life imprisonment for allegedly posting a blasphemous remark about the Islamic prophet Mohammed while using a phone that had actually been stolen from him.…

Nigeria Evangelist In Hiding After Surviving Beatings And Police Detention

Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2024

A Nigerian evangelist who left Islam and accepted faith in Christ was recovering from his injuries in a “safe house” Saturday after he was freed on bail following beatings and nine days in prison for trumped-up charges, his…

Christian Group Helps To Free Tens Of Thousands Of Sudanese Slaves

Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2024

An international Christian organization helped to free 1,500 Sudanese civilians from slavery last year, bringing the total number freed to more than 100,000 over 30 years, CBN News reports.

Pakistan: Supreme Court Rebukes Punjab Authorities For Inadequate Prosecution of Jaranwala Anti-Christian Rioters

Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2024

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Feb. 13 rebuked the Punjab Province government for only charging 18 of the 304 Muslims who were arrested for attacking Christians during a riot in Jaranwala last summer, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

India: Two US Christians Fined $500 For Allegedly Preaching The Gospel

Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2024

Authorities in India’s Assam state have fined two American Christians $500 each for allegedly violating their tourist visas by preaching the Gospel and leading people to Christ at various locations, Christian Today India (CTI) reports.

Iran: Christians Faced Surge of Arrests in 2023

Posted on Thursday, February 22, 2024

Cracking down on Christianity it perceives as a threat to its authoritarian power, Iran’s Islamic regime last year arrested a record number of Christians across the country, targeting Bible distributors in particular, the Christian Post (CP) reports. 

American Missionary Asks US State Department To Help Imprisoned Nicaraguan Pastors, “Pray For Our Team”

Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2024

An American missionary has met with senior officials at the US State Department in an effort to secure the release of 11 pastors imprisoned in Nicaragua on trumped up charges of money laundering and organized crime, CBN News…

India: Hindu Extremists Violently Attack Three Members Of Christian Family Over Refusal To Renounce Christ

Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Hindu extremists in India’s Chhattisgarh state violently assaulted a Christian man and his father and brother last week after he refused to renounce Christ and return to Hinduism, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) reports. Christians in Chhattisgarh state have…

India: Hindus Attack 8 Christians in Chhattisgarh State, Indian Christians Suffering “Psychological Trauma”

Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Hindu extremists in India are continuing to persecute Christians in their zeal to ensure Hindu nationalism is the dominant ideology in this vast country: in a recent incident, a mob of Hindus in Chhattisgarh state attacked and hospitalized…

Nigeria: More Than 8,000 Christians Murdered Last Year In “Jihadist Genocide,” Report

Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Islamic jihadists slaughtered more than 8,000 Christians in Nigeria in 2023 alone, according to a new report by Nigerian human rights organization International Society for Civil Liberty and Rule of Law (Intersociety).

China: Three Church Leaders Arrested While Leading Congregation’s Children In Worship

Posted on Monday, February 19, 2024

As China’s ruling Communist Party continues its crackdown on Chinese Christian families and house churches, police on Jan. 18 arrested three believers from the Fuyang Maizhong Reformed Church as they led children in the congregation in singing hymns…

Uganda: Former Muslim Converts To Christ Vulnerable To Extreme Violence From Islamic Community, Christian Couple Slaughtered

Posted on Monday, February 19, 2024

Christianity is legal in Uganda, but believers who left Islam for Christ are increasingly vulnerable to extreme violence by radicalized Muslim relatives and neighbors. In the latest incident of such brutality, a formerly Muslim couple in eastern Uganda…

Pakistan: Christian Homes Firebombed By Muslims Over Voting In General Election

Posted on Sunday, February 18, 2024

Christians in Punjab Province, Pakistan, last Monday had fire bombs thrown and gunshots fired at their homes by Muslim extremists enraged that they had voted for an opposing political party in the Feb. 8 general election, Morning Star…

Britain: London Police Threaten To Arrest Christian Street Preacher

Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2024

Police officers in the United Kingdom recently threatened to arrest a Christian who was preaching the Gospel of salvation on a London street after they received a call claiming he had made a homophobic statement through an amplifying…

Sudan: Christian Mother Attacked By Muslim Husband On Account Of Her Faith In Jesus

Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2024

A Christian mother of seven living at an internally displaced persons camp in Sudan was badly beaten by her Muslim husband after he heard about her new faith in Jesus, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

India: Hindu Group Demands Removal Of All Christian Symbols From Schools in Assam State

Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2024

A Hindu rights organization in India’s Assam state is demanding the removal of all Christian symbols from local Christian schools on the grounds that missionaries must be prevented from evangelizing pupils, UCA News reports.

China: Government Is Pressuring Believers Not To Raise Their Children In The Christian Faith

Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Christian rights advocates are concerned that believers in China are being pressured by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to discourage their children from entering into faith in Christ, Christian Today (CT) reports.

Uganda: Muslims Beat Evangelist Unconscious, Burn His Home

Posted on Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda beat a Christian man unconscious, and then torched his house, after seeing him setting up for a Gospel event near their village last month, Morning Star News reports. Christianity is legal in Uganda…

Pakistan: Islamic Gunmen Slaughter 14-Year Old Christian Boy Saying “No Christian Should Be Left Alive Here”

Posted on Friday, February 9, 2024

Screaming that no Christian in the area should be left alive, Islamic gunmen in Punjab Province, Pakistan, murdered a 14-year-old Christian boy during an attack in a marketplace on Feb. 5, Morning News (MSN) reports. 

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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