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Worthy News provides verified, timely Christian persecution news — reporting on believers facing pressure, discrimination, and violence worldwide, along with actionable prayer updates and ways to respond.

From Asia and Africa to the Middle East and Latin America, we work to amplify the voices of the persecuted, document violations of religious freedom, and bring biblically grounded context to the headlines.

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Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.

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Somali pastor violently attacked by father-in-law for leaving Islam
Posted on Wednesday, September 7, 2022
A Somali pastor sustained severe injuries when his Somali father-in-law violently assaulted him last month for refusing to return to Islam, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Somalis believe they are born Muslim, and anyone who leaves Islam can…
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Mozambique: Christians in danger as Islamic terror insurgency continues
Posted on Thursday, September 1, 2022
Christians in Mozambique live in danger as al-Shabaab ISIS-affiliated Islamic insurgents continue to wreak terror, now causing the total number of internally displaced people (IDPs) in the country to rise by 80,000, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
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Nigeria: Christian woman murdered while cleaning her church
Posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2022
The slaughter of Christians in Nigeria’s Plateau state by suspected Fulani Islamic extremists continues unabated, and on August 27, a Christian woman was shot in the head and killed as she cleaned her church building, Morning Star News…
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China: Major house church “liquidated” by authorities
Posted on Monday, August 29, 2022
A historical house church in China’s Shaanxi Province was officially “liquidated” by government authorities earlier this month, as the ruling Chinese Communist continues its nationwide “Sinicization” program and crackdown on Christianity, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
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Iran Jails Christian Couple Over House Church
Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2022
A frail man and his wife have been detained at Iran’s notorious Evin prison in Tehran, and Christians fear they will be locked up for years due to their involvement in a house church.
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Islamists Behead Christians In Mozambique
Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2022
Christian aid workers have confirmed that Islamist militants beheaded two Christian men during an attack on a minibus in northern Mozambique.
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Church in Afghanistan is growing amid harsh conditions
Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2022
The house church movement in Afghanistan is slowly growing, despite a surrounding environment of brutal tribalism and Islamic extremist violence that forces evangelism and worship to be carried out in secret, Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) reports.
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China: House churches raided, leaders taken away
Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Chinese authorities raided four house churches this month, taking their leaders away for questioning on false allegations, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
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Nigeria: Secular High Court upholds death penalty for blasphemy
Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2022
In a move that has caused severe consternation among rights groups, the secular High Court in Nigeria’s Kano state has upheld a recent death sentence given by a Sharia court to a man accused of blasphemy, International Christian…
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Young Children Of Late Deacon Killed In Sudan
Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Sudanese Christians are mourning after suspected Muslim militants killed the three young children of a deceased Catholic Church deacon in Sudan’s Central Darfur region, Worthy News established late Tuesday.
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DRC: 17 Christians murdered by Islamic State-affiliated terrorists
Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Seventeen Christians were murdered in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a spate of recent targeted attacks by Islamic terrorists, Christian Today reports. Although Christians make up 95% of the population in DRC, the rebel Islamic State-affiliated Alliance…
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Evangelist Burnt To Death In India
Posted on Tuesday, August 23, 2022
n independent Christian evangelist was burnt to death by his family and local villagers in the Bankura district of India’s eastern state of West Bengal, Christians confirmed Tuesday.

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