(International Christian Concern) – Earlier this month, on Aug. 10, Pastor Hemant Meher was attacked and beaten by a mob of Hindu radicals in Dalki village, located in India’s northeastern state of Odisha. Following the attack on the pastor, the radicals initiated a social boycott against the Christian community of Dalki until they either “reconverted” […]
(International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on Aug. 26, a Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) officer filed a lawsuit against an ethnic Kachin pastor for the comments he made during a meeting with President Donald Trump. The conversation took place at the White House during the Ministerial to Advance International Religious […]
(The Christian Institute) — Medics at a London hospital have carried out an in-womb blood transfusion on a child who was just 20-weeks old. A doctor used an ultrasound sensor to guide the needle into the umbilical cord, which was approximately 2 to 3mm wide at the time. Edward, also called Teddy, received further transfusions […]
TIZI-OUZOU, Algeria (Morning Star News) – A brigade of gendarmerie showed up at an evangelical worship site in Algeria on Monday (Aug. 26) to execute the latest of several church closure orders from provincial authorities, but Christian leaders thwarted the attempt. When Akbou gendarmerie parked their vehicles at 9:30 a.m. at the church courtyard in […]
JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen killed a Pentecostal pastor and abducted a Baptist pastor in a spate of kidnappings this month in Kaduna state, Nigeria, sources said. “The herdsmen, about 20 of them, shot into our house and broke the doors of the house,” said Emmanuel Noma, who along with his father, 60-year-old […]
(Independent.ie) — Coronation Street star Antony Cotton lept from ITV’s float during Manchester Pride to confront a group of Christians holding Scripture signs. The actor, who plays Sean Tully in the long-running soap, confronted the group on Peter Street during the annual LGBT parade. Cotton was cheered on by crowds as he swung a rainbow […]
(The Christian Institute) — A man forced to live in an Australian drug-taking cult until he was rescued at 15 says Jesus Christ healed the damage he suffered. Ben Shenton was handed over to cult leader Anne Hamilton-Bryce at just 18 months old. In the years that followed, he and other children were abused and […]
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide) — A pastor from the Fraternidad Cristiana church was shot and killed in Oaxaca, south-west Mexico, on Aug. 18. Alfrery Líctor Cruz Canseco was waiting in his car after a church service at the Fraternidad Cristiana church in the municipality of Tlalixtac de Cabrera when he was shot and killed. His attacker […]
(Mission Network News) — Lebanon may be short on money, but it’s full of problems. An estimated 900,000 to 1.5 million Syrian refugees strain resources and infrastructure. Forced deportations, ongoing since April, send refugees back to Syria whether they want to leave or not. Political leaders blame the refugees for many of Lebanon’s problems, especially […]
(Evangelical Focus) — According to the British charity Christian Action Research and Education (CARE), 445 churches and religious buildings in Northern Ireland have been attacked over the past three years. On average, a crime against religious buildings, churchyards and cemeteries happens almost every other day. The figures also show that attacks have happened in every […]