Islamic militants have targeted Christian communities in several states of Nigeria in recent days, killing and injuring numerous believers, Christians told Worthy News early Friday.
...continue reading this storyFulani herdsmen launched deadly raids on two predominantly Christian villages in Plateau state, Nigeria, on May 3-4, killing six people and injuring dozens, Morning Star News reported.
...continue reading this storyAn evangelist in eastern Uganda was killed last month after preaching the Gospel to Muslims, some of whom reportedly came to faith in Christ during an open-air event, Morning Star News reported.
...continue reading this storyRepresentatives of Mauritania's tiny but thriving Christian community have expressed concerns about renewed Islamic extremism in the northwest African nation after Muslim imams organized a protest against the presence of Christians in the southern city of Sélibaby. The April 7 rally, which was approved by local authorities, followed the death of a Christian convert in a motorcycle accident a few days earlier, Christians told Worthy News.
...continue reading this storyA branch of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the umbrella group of major denominations, has urged calm after a truck crashed into an Easter procession of pilgrims, killing at least five people and injuring numerous others.
...continue reading this storyAn American pastor who was abducted last Thursday during his sermon at a church in South Africa‘s port city of Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape province, has been rescued in a shootout, that left three suspects dead, Christians told Worthy News.
...continue reading this storyA new spate of attacks in Nigeria killed at least 113 people, many of them Christians, well-informed sources told Worthy News on Tuesday.
...continue reading this storyAn American missionary who was detained in Tunisia for over a year on charges of espionage has spent his first days in freedom after the United States secured his release, Worthy News learned Tuesday.
...continue reading this storyFollowing the massacre of over 60 Christians in Plateau State earlier this month, a fresh dawn attack today (April 14) on another predominantly Christian community has claimed at least 51 lives, according to Morning Star News.
...continue reading this storyA U.S. missionary has been kidnapped in South Africa’s port city of Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape province, and his family has urged prayers for his “safe return,” Christians confirmed Friday.
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