Authorities in Indonesia’s East Jakarta city have reopened a church building three months after they closed it as part of a broader crackdown on devoted congregations in the world’s largest Muslim nation, Christians confirmed Thursday.
...continue reading this storyAs part of an ongoing campaign of terror, murder, displacement and destruction of livelihood against Nigerian Christians in Plateau State, Fulani jihadists sent written warnings to specific local Christian communities at the weekend, advising them of impending attacks in specific locations, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Notably, the jihadists pointed out that no Nigerian security forces would come to the aid of the Christians if they valued their own lives.
...continue reading this storyA Christian pastor and three of his church members in China’s Guangdong Province have been in custody for six weeks after being arrested by the ruling Chinese Communist Party on suspicion of conducting “illegal business operations,” China Aid reports.
...continue reading this storyLeaders from the Church of Christ in Nations (CAN) denomination in Nigeria have called for all Christians to beseech God for His mercy on their land as Fulani Islamic jihadists murdered 11 more Christians in Nigeria’s Plateau state and 20 Christians in neighboring Taraba state in attacks on June 27 and June 25 respectively, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
...continue reading this storyA generation of children in Niger in the Sahel region of Africa is growing up surrounded and targeted by the murder, violence, and destruction inflicted on them by Islamic Jihadists in the Sahel region of Africa, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports, quoting a newly released statement from Amnesty International.
...continue reading this storyAmid the ongoing genocidal persecution of Christians in Nigeria by Islamic jihadists, unidentified gunmen on Saturday stormed the parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Ogun State, killing the pastor and abducting seven congregants, the Christian Post (CP) reports.
...continue reading this storyA locally renowned Muslim criminal in Lahore, Pakistan has confessed to being the lead perpetrator in the abduction, gang-rape and brutal murder of a Pakistani Christian widow who refused his demand to convert to Islam and marry him last month, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Ruled by an authoritarian Islamic government, Pakistan ranks 7 on the US Open Doors World Watch List 2023 of top 50 countries where Christians are persecuted.
...continue reading this storyHundreds of Muslims have attacked a Christian village community in Pakistan’s Punjab province and tried to burn their homes after a believer published a Bible verse on social media service Facebook, well-informed sources said Saturday.
...continue reading this storyChina’s ruling authoritarian Communist Party (CCP) has begun rolling out a new app that will require citizens to pre-register for approval to attend a religious service.
...continue reading this storyA Catholic charity says more than half of the world’s population lives in countries where Christians and others face religious persecution.
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