Muslim Herdsmen Ambush Christian Couple With Machetes in Plateau State, Nigeria

Muslim Herdsmen Ambush Christian Couple With Machetes in Plateau State, Nigeria

JOS, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacked a Christian couple in Plateau state, Nigeria with machetes on April 26, leaving the husband with serious injuries, sources said. Yusuf Pam, 40, was recovering from deep cuts to his head at Nerat Hospital, Barkin Ladi, in Barkin Ladi County. He and his wife, Jumai Yusuf, were […]

Christian Relief Groups Working to Protect Thousands in Greek Refugee Camp During Pandemic

Christian Relief Groups Working to Protect Thousands in Greek Refugee Camp During Pandemic

(Evangelical Focus) — Fear of the coronavirus has also come to the Moria refugee camp in Lesbos (Greece), prompting several Christian organizations to take steps to protect the nearly 20,000 people crowded into the camp. According to a report published by Human Rights Watch on April 20, the refugee camps on the Greek islands, especially […]

Eleven Church Buildings Wrecked in Burkina Faso After Arrests for Desecration of Christian’s Grave

Eleven Church Buildings Wrecked in Burkina Faso After Arrests for Desecration of Christian’s Grave

(Barnabas Fund) — Barnabas Fund contacts report that eleven church buildings were destroyed in the course of a three-day attack in Gaoua district, south-west Burkina Faso, that began on Friday, 18 April. The perpetrators, from the Gan ethnic group, wreaked havoc in the town of Loropeni, where Christians are a small minority, as they burnt […]

Christians Denied Food in Pakistan, but the Church is Providing

Christians Denied Food in Pakistan, but the Church is Providing

Pakistan (Mission Network News) — As religious minorities are denied food aid in Pakistan during COVID-19 lockdowns, the Church rallies to feed fellow Christians. In Pakistan, social distancing measures don’t help many Christians, who labor every day for their daily food needs. Without work, these people need food distribution to survive. Many have been denied […]

Iranian Christian Fatemeh Mohammadi Issued Suspended Prison Sentence and 10 Lashes

Iranian Christian Fatemeh Mohammadi Issued Suspended Prison Sentence and 10 Lashes

(Article18) — Twenty-one-year-old Iranian Christian convert Fatemeh (Mary) Mohammadi has been sentenced to three months plus one day in prison and ten lashes. The sentence relates to Mary’s alleged participation in anti-government demonstrations following the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January. The sentence is suspended for one year and depends on her future […]

Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill Christian Student in Kaduna State, Pastor in Southern Nigeria

Muslim Fulani Herdsmen Kill Christian Student in Kaduna State, Pastor in Southern Nigeria

(Morning Star News) – A Christian student was killed in an attack by Muslim Fulani herdsmen in Kaduna state on Thursday night (April 16), a week after a pastor was slain at his church building residence in southern Nigeria, sources said. After his college in northwest Nigeria was closed due to the new coronavirus, Sebastine […]

‘Sharing My Burdens’: Imprisoned Iranian Christian Pens Letter Thanking Those Praying for Him

‘Sharing My Burdens’: Imprisoned Iranian Christian Pens Letter Thanking Those Praying for Him

TEHRAN (Article18) — An Iranian Christian convert serving a 10-year prison sentence for his membership of a Tehran house-church has written a letter thanking those who are praying for him. Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh, who is 58 years old, remains in the Iranian capital’s Evin Prison, despite the coronavirus outbreak persuading Iran to release tens of […]