Christians in India Who Refused to Deny Faith Left Devastated After Attack by Extremists

Christians in India Who Refused to Deny Faith Left Devastated After Attack by Extremists

(International Christian Concern) – On Sept. 22, members of the Sarya Adivasi Samaj (SAM) group summoned 15 Christian families to a meeting in Kakadabeda village, located in the Kondagoan district of India’s Chhattisgarh state. At this meeting, the Christians were told they had to recant their faith or be forced to leave their homes. When […]

Six Nigerian Christians Killed in Fresh Fulani Militant Attack on Beleaguered Plateau State Village

Six Nigerian Christians Killed in Fresh Fulani Militant Attack on Beleaguered Plateau State Village

(Barnabas Fund) — Six people were murdered, including the acting village head, and three seriously injured in an attack by armed Fulani militants on Oct. 5 in Wereng, a beleaguered Christian village in Plateau State. The heavily armed attackers, who were wearing police uniforms according to eyewitnesses, sporadically fired their guns as they stormed the […]

Christian Couple to Face Trial as ‘Apostates and Evangelists’ in Muslim-Majority Somaliland

Christian Couple to Face Trial as ‘Apostates and Evangelists’ in Muslim-Majority Somaliland

(Barnabas Fund) — A Christian couple detained for being “apostates and evangelists spreading Christianity” in Muslim-majority Somaliland are to have their case forwarded to court, a police colonel announced at a press conference on Oct. 5. Police arrested the couple, who have three children, on Sept. 21 after finding Christian material at their home. Continue […]

Lawyers and Activists Call on Judiciary to Overturn Decision to Remove Child From Adoptive Christian Couple

Lawyers and Activists Call on Judiciary to Overturn Decision to Remove Child From Adoptive Christian Couple

(Article18) — One hundred and twenty lawyers and activists have written an open letter to the head of the judiciary in Iran, asking him to overturn a court’s decision to remove a two-year-old girl from her adoptive parents because they are Christian converts. Sam Khosravi and his wife Maryam Falahi’s appeal against the ruling, issued […]

Christian’s Hearing Damaged in ‘Reconversion’ Attacks in India

Christian’s Hearing Damaged in ‘Reconversion’ Attacks in India

HYDERABAD, India (Morning Star News) – A Christian and his 20-year-old son have taken refuge at an undisclosed location since an attack on Sept. 2 in Chhattisgarh state left the father with permanent damage to his hearing, sources said. Jagra Kashyap, 45, and son Asharam Kashyap had to leave their families at home in Badrenga village, Bastar […]

Three Young Christians Assaulted in North Sudan

Three Young Christians Assaulted in North Sudan

(Morning Star News) – A pastor’s son, his cousin and their 20-year-old aunt were assaulted in a suburb north of Khartoum, Sudan on Tuesday (Oct. 6) as Muslims continued targeting church members despite religious freedoms favored by the new transitional government. Levi Hakim, 17, had gone into a shop in the Alsamrab neighborhood in Khartoum […]

Survey Shows Many Professing Christians Being Shaped by Culture Rather Than Biblical Truth

Survey Shows Many Professing Christians Being Shaped by Culture Rather Than Biblical Truth

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The 11th installment of the “American Worldview” survey conducted by Dr. George Barna and the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University has found that many professing Christians are being shaped by the culture instead of biblical truth. “As Christians, we are called to be ‘salt and light;’ to transform the culture around […]

Indian Christians in ‘Fear and Shock’ After Extremists Warn Leave Faith or Die

Indian Christians in ‘Fear and Shock’ After Extremists Warn Leave Faith or Die

(Barnabas Fund) — Christians were warned “to leave their faith or face fatal consequences” before around 16 of their homes were razed by extremists in India’s Chhattisgarh state on Sept. 22 and 23. The series of “brazen and perilous” attacks by extremists on three villages in the district of Kondagaon have left the Christian victims […]