The Rev. James Audu Issa, ECWA pastor in Ekati, Kwara state, Nigeria, was found dead on Oct. 2, 2025. (ECWA church, Ekati) ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Suspected Fulani criminals in western Nigeria kidnapped and killed a Christian pastor despite receiving 5 million naira ($3,125 USD) in ransom, sources said. The Rev. James Audu […]
Zafar Bhatti with wife Nawab Bibi after his release from prison. (British Asian Christian Association) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A pastor acquitted of a false blasphemy charge after 13 years of languishing in prison tragically died two days after his release, a rights group said. Pastor Zafar Bhatti, 62-year-old founder of the […]
Pastor Praveen Pagadala was a well-known evangelist in southern India. (Morning Star News) HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – More than six months after police in southern India dismissed the death of a pastor as a road accident, Christians in the region say there is strong evidence the continually threatened evangelist was murdered. Pastor Praveen Pagadala’s […]
Kacheri group of Hindu temples, Dwarahat, Uttarakhand state, India. (Creative Commons) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – The first Christian charged under Uttarakhand state, India’s “anti-conversion” law has become the first to be acquitted under the statute, sources said. After a four-year legal battle, Judicial Magistrate Anju (who uses only one name) of the Ramnagar Court […]
10/1/2025 Washington, D.C. – The Board of Directors of International Christian Concern (ICC) has named Shawn Wright the organization’s next president. Wright was selected among candidates when longtime leader Jeff King announced his retirement after building and leading the ministry for more than two decades. Wright will take the helm of the global ministry […]
Evangelical School of Sudan in Omdurman. (Morning Star News) JUBA, Sudan (Morning Star News) – A years-long Islamist attempt to seize a Christian school in Sudan continued this month even as people displaced by war have taken refuge in the facility, sources said. An Islamic business interest sent three Muslims who forcefully entered the embattled […]
Members of 10 civil society organizations on Sept. 25, 2025 discuss strategies to fight Rajasthan state, India anti-conversion bill. (Rahul Kashyap for Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – A wave of attacks on Christians erupted in northwest India’s Rajasthan state following passage of harsh anti-conversion legislation even though it has yet to receive […]
Muslims protest at site of church in commercial complex in Gerendeng Pulo village, Tangerang, Indonesia on Sept. 21, 2025. (Screenshot from Instagram) SURABAYA, Indonesia (Morning Star News) – A Muslim crowd near Jakarta, Indonesia demanded a congregation suspend worship on Sunday (Sept. 21), sources said. In Tangerang, a satellite town of Jakarta, at least 20 Muslims arrived […]
Shafiki Wasike was killed for his faith on Sept. 1, 2025 in Mbale City, Uganda. (Morning Star News) NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Muslim high school student in Uganda stabbed his brother to death this month a day after he converted to Christianity, sources said. Akram Kairoki, a third-year student at Mbale High School […]
Christian woman raped in Kondagaon District, Chhattisgarh state, India on July 15, 2025. (Morning Star News) NEW DELHI (Morning Star News) – Hindu relatives of a 20-year-old Christian woman in central India raped her and nearly killed her mother for their faith in Christ, sources said. “Since we started to attend church six years ago, my […]