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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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Somali Mother Faces Death For Accepting Christ
Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2025
A mother of three children in Somalia says she struggles to survive as Muslim relatives have driven her from their home and threaten to kill her for abandoning Islam and turning to faith in Christ.
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Christian Evangelist Killed In Ethiopia
Posted on Friday, June 13, 2025
Police in Ethiopia still searched Thursday for a suspect in the killing of a Christian evangelist, who was murdered for “sharing the Good News of the Gospel” with others in his mainly Muslim community, Christians told Worthy News.
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Christian Converts Flee Iran After Jail Sentence
Posted on Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Two men who abandoned Islam and turned to faith in Christ have been forced to flee Iran, where they were sentenced to 12 years in prison each on charges linked to possessing “multiple copies of the Bible,” Christians…
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Dozens Of Christians Killed In Nigeria After Previous Massacre
Posted on Thursday, June 5, 2025
Dozens of Christians have been killed in Nigeria in recent days, several sources said after Worthy News already reported the killing of more than 100 Christians by Islamists since May 24 in the troubled African nation.
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More than 100 Christians Killed In Nigeria
Posted on Wednesday, June 4, 2025
More than 100 Christians, including children, pastors, farmers, and “even people attending a funeral,” have been killed and around 5,000 displaced in attacks by Islamist militants in Nigeria, a Christian advocacy group confirmed Tuesday.
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Cuba Extends Religious Repression, Report Says
Posted on Friday, May 30, 2025
Communist-ruled Cuba has extended its “repression” of religious and faith groups, including devout Christians, in almost every area, according to a new report released Thursday.
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Christian Graves Vandalized In Indonesia
Posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Over a dozen Christian graves at three cemeteries in Indonesia’s Special Region of Yogyakarta were reportedly vandalized from May 16 to 19 as part of a broader anti-Christian campaign in areas of the world’s largest Muslim nation.
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Fulani Herdsmen Kill 42 Christians in Nigeria
Posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Fulani herdsmen killed at least 42 Christians in coordinated attacks on three villages in Taraba state, northeast Nigeria, in the early hours of Saturday, May 24, according to Morning Star News.
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Cuban Pastors Face Prison For Mentioning God
Posted on Sunday, May 25, 2025
Two Assemblies of God pastors in Cuba, Luis Guillermo Borjas and his wife, Roxana Rojas, faced a tense Sunday after their reported detention for mentioning God at their son’s military trial.

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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