ISTANBUL, Turkey (Morning Star News) – Four men detained by police for attacking a church building in the Black Sea region of Turkey last week shouted jihadist slogans when released from jail, a marked departure from past harassment, church leaders said. Shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 25, the four Muslims went to a building rented […]
MOSCOW — An Uzbek woman who served as a nanny to a four-year-old girl declared prior her arraignment in court on Wednesday that Allah “ordered” her to cut off the girl’s head, which she then carried through the street. Gyulchekhra Bobokulova, 38, had been taken into custody by police on Monday after she was seen waving around […]
Nigeria (Mission Network News) — In the last year, killing of Christians has increased in northern Nigeria by 62%, according to Open Doors USA. In 2015, Open Doors recorded 4,028 killings and 198 church attacks. In 2014, there were 2,484 killings and 108 churches attacked. To better show how the violence is affecting the country, […]
SOUTH YORKSHIRE, U.K. — A Christian studying to be a social worker at a prominent university in the United Kingdom has been expelled after explaining the biblical stance on homosexuality on his personal Facebook page. According to reports, last September, Felix Ngole, 38, had posted on his private page—which is only able to be viewed by […]
Costa Rica (Mission Network News) — Three years ago, the Health Ministry of Costa Rica and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) launched a campaign to curb teen pregnancy. At the time, the Costa Rican Health Ministry and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) were alarmed that teenage mothers represented 15%-20% of all childbirths in […]
BEIJING (New York Times) — A court in southeastern China has sentenced a Protestant pastor to 14 years in prison and his wife to 12 years after convicting them of corruption, financial crimes and gathering people to disturb social order, an official provincial newspaper reported on Friday. The sentences for the pastor, Bao Guohua, and […]
Kenya (Mission Network News) — Nearly 70% of people in Kenya are Christians, according to African Studies Center. And in Nairobi, there’s the highest concentration of evangelicals in the world. Yet, even in this country, there are more than 4,000,000 people unreached by the Gospel. In the northern and eastern parts of the country, the […]
(Jerusalem Post) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed his support on the Knesset’s first designated LGBT Rights Day on Tuesday. Netanyahu rarely appears in the legislature on Tuesdays, a day on which it usually does not hold important votes, but he arrived specially to participate in LGBT Rights Day, during which discussions of the topic […]
(China Aid) — Approximately 200 Christians from two churches in China’s southwestern Yunnan province participated in a rule of law training in order to understand how to defend themselves against wrongful persecution in late January and early February. Bo Ai, the founder of the Chinese Christian Faith and Legal Training Camp, told China Aid he […]
TEL AVIV, Israel — Archaeologists in Israel have announced the discovery of a collection of textile fragments and seeds believed to date back to the era of King David and his son Solomon. Tel Aviv University disclosed the find on Wednesday, outlining that it helps to shed light on life during Bible times—including in regard […]