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India: Hindu Nationalists Attack Church, Two Christians Critically Injured, Others Wounded in Chhattisgarh State

Posted on Monday, December 11, 2023

Two Christians were critically injured, and several others wounded, when Hindu nationalists raided a church service in India’s Chhattisgarh state earlier this month, International Christian Concern reports.

Prison Sentence Reduced Of Algeria Church Leader

Posted on Wednesday, December 6, 2023

A senior church leader in Algeria has seen his original prison sentence for holding an “unauthorized” church service reduced on appeal, well-informed Christians told Worthy News Wednesday.

Indonesia: Muslims Block Construction of Authorized Christian School In Their Neighborhood

Posted on Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Muslims in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, are blocking a Christian school from being built in their neighborhood despite the school having been granted the requisite building permit by the authorities, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

Britain: Nearly a Quarter of Young Adults Would Be Willing to Ban the Bible, Poll Shows

Posted on Monday, December 4, 2023

A new poll shows that nearly a quarter of young people in the United Kingdom would ban the Bible if they believed it contained “hate speech,” Christian Today (CT) reports.

Nigeria: Pastor’s Wife Shot Dead by Terrorists in Taraba State

Posted on Friday, December 1, 2023

The wife of a Redeemed Christian Church of God pastor serving in Nigeria’s Taraba state was shot dead by terrorists as she drove home from her native Ondo state on Nov. 17, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

Kenya Christians Call for Greater Protection From al-Shabaab Terrorists

Posted on Friday, December 1, 2023

Christians in Kenya’s Lamu West Sub County are calling for greater government protection after suspected al-Shabaab jihadist terrorists attacked Marafa and Poromoko villages, beheading an elderly man and destroying 10 homes on Saturday, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

Nigeria: At Least 10 Christians Slaughtered in Taraba State

Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2023

At least ten Christians were murdered in northeastern Nigeria last week when suspected radicalized Islamic Fulani herdsmen attacked villages in Taraba state, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

Abducted German Missionary Priest Released After One Year In Captivity

Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2023

A German missionary priest who was abducted by Islamic militants in Mali over a year ago has been released and returned to Germany, Catholic and German officials say.

DRC: United Methodist Church is a Symbol of Hope to Internally Displaced Congolese

Posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2023

A United Methodist church in Kananga, central Democratic Republic of Congo has become a beacon of hope to thousands of Congolese who are returning to their country after being forced to flee to neighboring Angola during the 2017…

Pakistan: Islamist Murders Christian Man After Claiming to Hate Jews and Christians

Posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2023

A young Christian man in Punjab, Pakistan, was murdered earlier this month by a Muslim neighbor whose historically violent behavior and claimed hatred of Christians and Jews worsened after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by the Hamas…

Nigeria: Kano State Islamic Police Threaten to Kill 5 Christian Girls Because “Israel is Killing Our Sisters in Gaza”

Posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Five Christian girls in Nigeria’s Kano state were recently violently harassed by Islamic police who blocked them from going to church and who threatened they might kill them, saying: “Israel is killing our sisters in Gaza,” International Christian…

Major Watchdog Group Says Chinese Church Is Not In Decline, Despite Pew Report to the Contrary

Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2023

The leader of a major Christian watchdog organization has pushed back against a recent Pew Research Report that the number of Christians in China is in decline, the Christian Post reports. Citing a survey by the Chinese General…

Nigeria Church Leaders Killed; Grieving Christians Ask Prayers

Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Grieving Christians in northwest Nigeria asked for prayers as more details emerged Monday about the killing of two church leaders in ongoing anti-Christian violence in the West African nation.

UK: Christian Professor Fired from Bible College Over Social Media Post Against Homosexuality

Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2023

A Christian professor in Britain is suing the Methodist Bible college he worked for after being fired for posting on social media that homosexuality is a sin that is “invading the Church,” UK advocacy group Christian Concern reports.

Belarus Pentecostals Appeal Against Liquidation

Posted on Monday, November 27, 2023

One of the largest Pentecostal congregations in autocratically-ruled Belarus has appealed against plans by authorities to “liquidate” the church after already destroying its building.

Christian Schoolboy Escapes From Muslim Kidnappers In Nigeria

Posted on Monday, November 27, 2023

A Christian schoolboy was back with his family in Nigeria on Monday after escaping from Muslim kidnappers who tried to force him to convert to Islam, well-informed Christians said.

India: Uttar Pradesh Pastor Arrested, Detained for Allegedly Converting Hindus to Christianity

Posted on Thursday, November 23, 2023

Police in India’s Uttar Pradesh state raided a house church last month, arresting the pastor and detaining him for several weeks on suspicion of converting Hindus to Christianity, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

Nigeria: Plateau State Christian Teacher Decapitated by Suspected Fulani Terrorists

Posted on Thursday, November 23, 2023

A Christian community in Nigeria’s Plateau state remains afraid and on full alert after a teacher with the Church of Christ in All Nations (COCIN) was found beheaded, apparently by jihadist Fulani herdsmen on a farm in Mangu…

Myanmar: Christians suffer fresh wave of persecution from military junta

Posted on Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Myanmar continues to be wracked by the latest in a decades-long stream of civil wars, and the country’s Christians are facing a fresh wave of violent persecution from the Buddhist extremist Tatmadaw military dictatorship, International Christian Concern (ICC)…

Sudan: 81-year old church destroyed in civil war bombing, “We pray that the Lord would do a mighty work in Sudan”

Posted on Wednesday, November 22, 2023

As the deadly civil war in Sudan rages on, an 81 year-old church in Omdurman was heavily bombed in the first week of November, leaving two communities without the source of stability they had drawn comfort from, International…

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