North Africa (Christian Aid Mission/Mission Network News) — A young man receiving vocational training in North Africa was depressed and angry – and carrying a lethal weapon. Ahmed* was so heavy-hearted and sullen you could see it on his face the moment you looked at him, according to the leader of the local ministry offering […]
(The Christian Institute) — Over 120 Anglican bishops have reaffirmed the denomination’s adherence to the Bible’s teaching on marriage and sexuality. The Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches (GSFA) urged bishops at the Lambeth Conference 2022 to reaffirm the Lambeth 1.10 resolution from 1998. The resolution “upholds faithfulness in marriage between a man and a […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Suspected Muslim terrorists in northern Nigeria killed an 86-year-old Christian in his home on Aug. 2 and kidnapped two others who were later released, likely after ransom payments, sources said. The gunmen killed Daniel Yatai at his home in predominantly Christian Manchok village, Kaduna state, shortly after 11 p.m., according […]
(International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a preacher and a church coworker from Xuncheng Reformed Church in China’s Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, arrested in November 2021 for “illegal border crossing,” finally had their day in court Friday, Aug. 5. But they will have to wait longer for any resolution of their […]
(The Christian Institute) — NHS Scotland’s gender clinic for children should be closed, campaigners have said. The calls follow the announcement that the Tavistock gender clinic in England will close next spring, after the independent Cass Review’s interim report found it was not a “safe or viable long-term option.” Former Tavistock clinician Dr David Bell […]
Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Fulani Militants attempted to rape a 16-year-old Christian girl on the morning of Aug. 8 while she was walking with her mother to their farmland in Nkiendonwro village, roughly 20 miles from Jos, the capital of Plateau state. An ICC contact visited the family after the attack and spoke with […]
(Barnabas Aid) — The Supreme Court in Iran has refused three Christians a retrial following their convictions for “propaganda contrary to and disturbing to the holy religion of Islam.” Iranian-Armenian “house church” pastor Anooshavan Avedian, 60, was sentenced in April 2022 to ten years in jail. This will be followed on his release by ten […]
KIBOGA DISTRICT, Uganda (Morning Star News) – A month after a Christian was killed in Kiboga District, Uganda, a pastor in the same district fears for his life following death threats from Muslim extremists, he said. Pastor Godfrey Ssemujju, who oversees 130 Elim Pentecostal churches in the district, 75 miles northwest of Kampala, said the lives […]
(ChinaAid) — At the 2022 IRF Summit, ChinaAid invited Ren Ruiting, a former member of the Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, to give a presentation. Ren gave a three-part testimony on her personal experience of the Chinese government’s persecution of Christian faith communities and individuals. Due to China’s religious persecution, Ren Ruiting […]
(Barnabas Aid) — Islamist militants beheaded two Christian men during an attack on a minibus in northern Mozambique. The attack took place on July 30 near the village of Nova Zambézia in Macomia district, Cabo Delgado. The killings were claimed by the Islamic State (IS) of Mozambique, known locally as al-Shabaab. Continue reading this story […]