A Central African Republic pastor and his son were killed Tuesday at their home in Bangui as sectarian violence raged in the suburbs of the city, according to Christian Today news.
...continue reading this storyIslamic militants attacked St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church in Wada Chakawa village, Nigeria, Sunday, according to the Charlotte Observer.
...continue reading this storyAs of Tuesday, sectarian fighting in the Central African Republic town of Boda has left at least 75 dead, a local priest told the BBC.
...continue reading this storyUsing the Twitter social networking site, Lebanon's March 14 General Secretariat Coordinator warned Christians that backing President Bashar al-Assad would backfire on their own communities, according to NOW news.
...continue reading this storyBoko Haram has killed a Nigerian Muslim cleric who had publicly chastised the militant Islamist sect.
...continue reading this storyLast month, police arrested seven members of a Hindu Vahini group accused of attacking the pastor of the Hebron Church at his home in Vikarabad, 39 miles from the Indian state capital of Hyderabad, Deputy Superintendent of Police Ram Mohan Roa told Morning Star News.
...continue reading this storyInternational Christian Concern has reported that 22 Christians were killed in an assault on a worship service in northeastern Nigeria Sunday morning.
...continue reading this storyThe World Evangelical Alliance has called for the protection of Syria's Christian population ahead of the upcoming peace conference in Geneva, according to International Christian Concern.
...continue reading this storyAlthough charges of "propagating extremism" leveled against a 67-year-old Presbyterian pastor were dropped Wednesday by a court in Kazakhstan's capital of Astana, the minister still remains in prison, according to International Christian Concern.
...continue reading this storyA senior church leader has compared the systematic slaughter of Christians in Northern Nigeria to the Rwandan genocide.
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