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Uganda: Christian college student murdered for sharing the Gospel

Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2023

A 24-year-old Christian college student in northern Uganda was murdered last month by a suspected radicalized Muslim because he had been sharing the Gospel on his school campus, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. While Christianity is legal in…

Nigeria: Slaughter of Christians continues, “We lost hope in the Nigerian Police”

Posted on Monday, May 1, 2023

Christians in Nigeria are continuing to be slaughtered by Islamic militants as the authorities appear unwilling or unable to do anything to stop the slaughter and the international community does nothing to hold the Nigerian government to account.

Concerns About Abducted Christians In Nigeria After Killings

Posted on Friday, April 28, 2023

Seven people were abducted after returning from a church service in north-central Nigeria amid massive attacks against Christians that killed more than 130 believers, Christian aid workers confirmed.

Nigeria: Christian community devastated by jihadist attacks worships God in burnt-out church on Good Friday

Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2023

A Nigerian Christian farming community that was devastated in brutal attacks by Fulani militant herdsmen on the Easter weekends of both 2021 and 2022 gathered to worship God in the burnt-out roofless shell of their former church building…

100 Christian Families Freed From Pakistan Brick Kilns

Posted on Wednesday, April 26, 2023

A Christian aid group said Wednesday that it managed to free some 100 Christian families in Pakistan from brick kilns where they were effectively held as enslaved people by Muslim owners.

Nigeria: Mass slaughter of Christians continues; 134 murdered by Fulani jihadists in Benue state

Posted on Wednesday, April 26, 2023

The mass slaughter of Christians in Nigeria continues unabated and with impunity: radicalized Fulani Muslim herdsmen murdered 134 Christians in Benue state in the first week of April, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. 

Eritrea: Police round up and imprison 103 Christian college students

Posted on Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Eritrean police arrested and detained 103 Christian college students at a worship event in the capital city of Asmara last month, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. 

Pakistan Detains Christian Widow For ‘Burning’ Koranic Pages

Posted on Tuesday, April 25, 2023

An illiterate Christian widow has been jailed in Pakistan’s Punjab province for accidentally burning verses of the Koran, deemed a holy book by Muslims, several Christian sources told Worthy News.

Sudan: Church leaders ask for prayer amid escalating violence and fears of return to Islamic extremist law

Posted on Monday, April 24, 2023

Church leaders in Sudan are asking for prayer as the nation reels under yet another bout of deadly violence and instability that Islamic extremists may use to bring about the return of harsh Islamic law in the country,…

Eritrea Forbids Burial Of Evangelical Church Leader In Anti-Christian Campaign (Worthy News In-Depth)

Posted on Sunday, April 23, 2023

A popular Eritrean Christian leader who died this month is being denied a burial place because of his Evangelical beliefs amid an ongoing government crackdown on devoted Christians in the Muslim-majority Horn of Africa nation, rights investigators said…

Libya: Nine Christians including Libyans, AoG American missionaries, and a Pakistani face possible execution after arrest for apostasy and evangelism

Posted on Thursday, April 20, 2023

Nine Christians, including six Libyans, two Assemblies of God American missionaries, and a Pakistani have been arrested by Libya’s Internal Security Agency, and face possible execution on charges of apostasy from Islam and preaching Christianity, the Catholic News…

China: Government plans to bring in new measures requiring churches to include CCP propaganda in services

Posted on Thursday, April 20, 2023

China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP) is planning to bring in new regulatory measures that would require all churches and other places of worship to implement CCP propaganda as part of their services, the Bitter Winter Chinese human rights…

Indonesia: Church allowed to reopen after 13 years of legal proceedings

Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2023

After 13 years of legal proceedings, a church in Indonesia has finally been granted a permit and allowed to reopen after being shut down by government authorities in 2010, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

Nigeria report: 5,068 Christians murdered by Islamic jihadists last year, 52,250 Christians murdered since 2009

Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2023

A new report by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) attests that 5,068 Christians in Nigeria were murdered by Islamic jihadists on account of their faith last year and that 1,041 were murdered…

Nigeria: Radicalized Fulani herdsmen murder 33 Christians in Kaduna state

Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2023

In what has been described as “mindless bloodletting,” radicalized Fulani herdsmen murdered 33 Christians in an attack Saturday night through the early hours of Sunday (April 15-16) in Kaduna state, Nigeria, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. 

Uganda: Jihadists set off fuel bomb on Pentecostal church premises

Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Claiming that this was the way to serve Allah during the month of Ramadan, Islamic jihadists in western Uganda set off a fuel bomb on the premises of a Pentecostal church during a Good Friday service on April…

Myanmar: Former head of Kachin Baptist Convention sentenced to six years imprisonment, “outrageous travesty of justice”

Posted on Monday, April 17, 2023

A Myanmar/Burma court has sentenced the former President of the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC), Reverend Dr. Hkalam Samson, to six years in prison for speaking out against human rights abuses perpetrated against the Kachin people by the ruling…

Iran: Christian couple granted a retrial following prison sentence for house church membership

Posted on Monday, April 17, 2023

A court in Iran has accepted an application for a retrial by an Iranian Christian couple sentenced to a combined 10 years in prison for being members of a house church, Article 18 reports. 

India Supreme Court to hear case by Catholic Archbishop requesting disclosure of records of religious rights abuses

Posted on Thursday, April 13, 2023

In a case brought by the Catholic Archbishop of Bangalore, India’s Supreme Court will on Friday consider harsh anti-conversion laws passed in numerous Indian states and consider the church leader’s request to compel the disclosure of records of…

Burkina Faso: 44 killed in terror attacks, “believers have been targeted and killed in villages”

Posted on Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Amid ongoing murderous campaigns of terror in Burkina Faso, Islamic jihadists slaughtered 44 civilians in the villages of Kourakou and Tondobi villages between April 6-7, International Christian Concern (ICC) 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.

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Today’s Top Christian Persecution Stories

• Pakistan Christians Fear Future After Killing And Church Attacks (Worthy News In-Depth)
• 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

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